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Educational Leadership Spotlight Session
Self-Directed Learning & Changing Roles in Education

Time & Date: 18:30 (CST), Thursday, 3rd December, 2020

Event Venue: The University of Manchester China Centre, Suite2901, L’avenue, 99 Xian’Xia Road, Chang’Ning District, Shanghai

As the Chinese national curriculum transition towards a more comprehensive & individualized model, it’s pushing all schools to be more visible and transparent about what they offer, in order to stay relevant.

- How education should change?

- How to prepare youngsters for a world of tomorrow?

- What is the current international education climate with the impact of Covid-19?

To help both educators and parents to prepare themselves to shape a new path in education, The University of Manchester China Centre is pleased to invite you for Educational Leadership Spotlight Session on 3rd December evening.

In this session, Mr. Mark Upton, an experienced educator with nearly 40 years expertise in education will have an interactive discussion with you focusing on the recipe for youngsters’ education success and gives his views on the current international education climate, self-directed learning and the future of education. 

About Speaker



Mr. Mark Upton


Mr. Mark Upton continues an extensive and impressive career in educational leadership. From once being the youngest headmaster in the UK, an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and Improvement from the University of Cambridge, 15 years in China as a Director of Education, Chief Education Officer, and Group Academic Director with some of the leading international schools in the China-Asia education space, to exclusively developing the UK’s Children’s University and Everton Football College in China.



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The University is now providing a blended-learning, part-time Master in Educational Leadership in Practice course, for a global rollout. This part-time, flexible course has already started the recruitment of the 1st Asia cohort for February 2021 intake.

Join us to study with international experts and global leaders in the delivery of Educational Leadership with over 22 years’ of international teaching and research experience.

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