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Featured Teacher: Jadwiga

Congratulations Jadwiga, October’s mentor of the month! Jadwiga, studying Chinese at Lancaster University, joined us in March 2020 and has already taught over 100 classes with the Star Mentor program. Jadwiga’s ability to connect with younger children, understand linguistic differences and engage kids with fun educational games has made her one of our most popular […]

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Star Student: Shine

Shine, aged 10 and from Beijing, has been studying with the Star Mentor program since we launched in February 2020. She has studied over 300 hours of one-on-one classes with multiple mentors, as well as attending several Star Courses and every members group class to date – definitely a Star Mentor superfan!  Today, Shine’s mother

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LBC Business Hour Radio Show

It was an honour to be invited to share Abridge Academy’s story on the LBC (London Broadcasting Company) Business Hour radio show. LBC Radio The UK’s first licensed commercial radio station, LBC is a London-based national radio station. With over 2.7 million listeners every week, they are one of the top ten commercial radio stations

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Enterprise Nation

Abridge Academy joined the Enterprise Nation Amazon Small Business Accelerator in June 2020 and were delighted to be invited to write an article sharing our top tips for building a positive community around your small business. Enterprise Nation Enterprise Nation is a community of small businesses and professional advisors, offering support to young entrepreneurs starting

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Featured Teacher: Megan

Let’s give a big welcome to our latest Mentor of the Month! Megan, from Bristol but studying Education at Durham University, joined our online tutoring program in March 2020. With her enthusiastic personality and passion for teaching, she has quickly become one of our most popular tutors – teaching over 10 students in the past

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Free online Chinese courses

Our online tutors learning Chinese online! While we offer free online Zoom classes for our online and incoming homestay tutors, we’ve also curated this great list of free self-paced online Chinese courses for anyone to enjoy! Can I learn Chinese myself for free?! Chinese has a reputation for being a difficult language to learn, and

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Featured Teacher: Athina

Let’s give a big welcome to our latest Mentor of the Month! Athina, studying Biochemistry at the University of Birmingham, joined our online tutoring program in April 2020. She has quickly become one of our top tutors, particularly specialising in teaching fun science themed classes!  As well as teaching students one-on-one, Athina has also taken

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Featured Teacher: Meg

Let’s give a huge congratulations to our September 2020 Mentor of the Month! Meg first joined us on the summer camp program in Beijing in 2019, before joining our online tutoring program this year.  She has taught over 40 students and almost 1000 class sessions to date, while also taking on additional responsibilities such as

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