Sam Hardy
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About UCCI
Mission and purpose
To strengthen the expertise that informed UK decision-making depends on.
Our purpose is to help promising China researchers develop the analytical and professional skills needed beyond academia, and to make their knowledge more accessible and useful to organisations that need it.
Those organisations, in turn, have a practical role in shaping the skills and expertise they need.
Why UCCI exists
Strong academic research does not by itself provide the analytical, professional and communication experience needed in policy, business and other applied settings.
At the same time, organisations working on China often have limited ways to identify emerging expertise, contribute to its development or engage with new research.
UCCI works on both sides of that gap.
From Research Forum to UCCI
Built from a model developed over four years.
The Research Forum began as a way for students and early-career researchers to test original China research through serious presentation, discussion and expert feedback.
Across four years, the Forums have brought together BA, MA and PhD researchers from universities across the UK, with growing international participation. Research has been presented in English and Mandarin and discussed with academics and practitioners.
UCCI takes that tested model further: developing the Forum into a wider programme of research development, applied translation and institutional connection.
Team
A programme shaped by research and professional experience.
Matt Nicol
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Contact and partnership
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For programme, partnership or Research Forum enquiries, we would be glad to hear from you.