Ming-Ai (London) Institute 明爱(伦敦)学院 |
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1 Cline Road London, N11 2LX |
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Motto |
愛是服務 (Traditional) (To Love is to Serve) |
Established | 1992 |
Founder | Therese Wai Han Shak, PhD (1932 - 2010) |
Dean | Chungwen Li |
Director | Kamsang Law |
Website | www.ming-ai.org.uk |
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Traditional Chinese | 明愛(倫敦)學院 | ||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 明爱(伦敦)学院 | ||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Míng-ài (Lúndūn) Xuéyuàn |
Wade–Giles | Ming2-Ai4 (Lun2 Dun1) Xue2 Yuan4 |
愛是服務 (Traditional)
爱是服务 (Simplified)
The Ming-Ai (London) Institute (simplified: 明爱(伦敦)学院; traditional: 明愛(倫敦)學院; pinyin: Míng'ài (Lúndūn) Xuéyuàn) is the executive arm of the Ming-Ai Association, established in 1993 to promote Chinese culture locally and deliver cultural exchanges between the UK and Greater China.
Operating from Denver House near Bounds Green tube station, the Ming-Ai (London) Institute offers a number of short courses and delivers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Memorandum with Middlesex University.
The Ming-Ai (London) Institute hosts and exhibits information about British Chinese cultural Heritage through the British Chinese Heritage Centre (simplified: 英国华人文化传承中心; traditional: 英國華人文化傳承中心; pinyin: Yīngguó Huárén Wénhuà Chuánchéng Zhōngxīn), a cyber centre dedicated to on-going and past heritage projects conducted by the Ming-Ai (London) Institute.
The institute has also delivered a variety of professional and vocational courses which include the following: languages, including Japanese, Cantonese and, Mandarin; hospitality; including Food Hygiene (CIEH), BIIAB National Certificate Personal Licence Holder (NCPLH), Cookery in Chinese and Oriental Style and Dimsum Taster Days; leisure, Tai Chi (simplified: 太极, pinyin: Tàijí), Piano, Chinese Painting, Chinese Calligraphy; and others including the Life in the UK - British Citizenship Test.