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Mandarin Excellence Programme
On behalf of the Department for Education, Katherine Carruthers OBE leads on delivering the Mandarin Excellence Programme for IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society.
22 February 2023
Synopsis
Katharine is the Strategic Director for UCL's delivery of the Department for Education's Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP). The MEP began in 2016, initially a four year programme with funding of £10 million, and since its evaluation in 2020 the programme has been extended. MEP responds to the growing importance of Mandarin as a global language. It is open to all state secondary schools in England with an Ofsted rating of ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’.
