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Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Commitment Year•2007Country of Activity•United KingdomDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United KingdomSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 12, 2007
Start (actual)
Mar 12, 2007

Geospatial footprint

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The project established the Confucius Institute at University of Wales Trinity Saint David on the University's Lampeter Campus in Lampeter, Wales, UK. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/55127928

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Hanban, Confucius Institute Headquarters

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Beijing Union University

Loan desecription

Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Narrative

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Project narrative

On March 12, 2007, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Wales, Lampeter (UWL) signed an agreement to establish the first Confucius Institute in Wales. As part of the agreement, Hanban is obligated to provide volumes of teaching materials, annual funds, and numbers of Chinese instructors. The funds are dispersed through a local special account created by the institute. The agreement has a 5-year validity and automatically renews at the end of every 5-year term. Later, when the University of Wales, Lampeter merged with Trinity University College in 2010 to form the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), the Confucius Institute was transferred to UWTSD's control. The cooperating institution is Beijing Union University, which signed an implementation agreement with UWTSD on December 9th, 2013. As of 2017, the institute has grown from one teacher and a few students to five Confucius classrooms and 1,652 registered students. In the past ten years, a total of 15,487 students have studied in different Confucius Classrooms and Confucius Institutes, and a total of 37,745 people have participated in Chinese cultural activities organized by the institute. The Confucius Institute at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David oversaw the following 6 Confucius Classrooms: - ID#90714: Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe School - ID#90715: Penglais School - ID#90850: Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn - ID#90859: Crickhowell High School - ID#90712: Dyffryn Taf School - ID#90713: Llandovery College

Staff comments

1. The Chinese name of the project is 威尔士三一圣大卫大学孔子学院. 2. The monetary value of the grant commitment that supported this project is unknown. 3. While the recipient has changed names over the years, because it represents the same organization, AidData has opted not to create a separate project for the Confucius Institute at the University of Wales, Lampeter.