At the Invitation of Newcastle College, Hou Yiduo, Liu Meng and Gou Kaige, who are Business English students from School of Businessof Administration, visited Newcastle College for a three weeks study focusing on English and English culture from July 22 to August 14. They returned to China safely from the UK on August 15.
Newcastle College paid much attention to the first batch of SXPI students visiting, except careful and detailed arrangement for their academic and social activity, especially, arranged students in local British families for home stay so the students can well learn English and understand British life. This is an excellent arrangement for Chinese students who are studying English. During the stay in the UK, the students mainly studied courses for General English, Academic English and Business English.They also did some English practice in the state of art language lab in Newcastle College. The social activities included campus tour of Newcastle College,Americano Festival, Sunderland Air Show, Tyne bar BBQ, visiting historical cities like Leeds, York and Edinburgh. Also, the students made communications with international students from other countries who studied in Newcastle College. The visiting to Newcastle College not only helped students to improve their English ability and understanding of the UK culture and society, but also helped to broaden their international vision, improve their independence and team spirit.
Newcastle College is one of the largest Further and Higher Education College in the UK with over 20,000 students. Its international student population comprises of students from over 70 different countries.Newcastle College has been consistently graded as ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ in several categories by the UK’s principal inspection body for education and skills. Newcastle College has also been awarded Beacon status in recognition ofits excellent teaching and learning experience and is only one of 19 collegesin the UK to achieve such status. Furthermore, Newcastle College received outstanding results awarded by Quality Assurance Agency for higher education provision in the UK.
