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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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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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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We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded “approved social enterprise” status from Good Market Global. Good Market Good Market accredits organisations which are “good for people, good for the planet”, recognising our commitment to having a positive social and environmental impact through our programs and wider business activities. We were assessed on
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We are so excited to be shortlisted for the Downing Enterprise competition – recognising outstanding business ideas and start-ups from Downing College, Cambridge. The Competition Downing Enterprise is a start-up competition run by alumni from Downing College, Cambridge, supporting student entrepreneurship. Each year, they invite students to pitch their business or idea with prizes totalling
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Our founder, Katie Prescott, was interviewed for the University of Cambridge Social Impact Careers Blog, describing how her experiences studying and volunteering in China inspired her to launch Abridge Academy. Cambridge Social Impact Careers Run by the University of Cambridge Careers Service, the Social Impact Careers blog aims to inspire students interested in pursuing careers
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We are delighted to have been awarded a generous start-up grant from Southampton University as part of the SEED Start-Up program under the Social Impact category. This award recognises our innovative approach to running affordable cultural exchange programs as a new social enterprise, and will fund a trial program this summer. The SEED Start-Up Fund
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