BULATS-The English Language Standard of the ACCA Job Hunting Competition 2007

Campus Campaign schedule

Konka Campus recruitment 06-07 uses BULATS as English test

Maersk internship program 06-07 uses BULATS

Cadbury Campus recruitment 06-07 uses BULATS as selecting tool

BULATS Press Conference in Hangzhou on 19 April 2005

The British Council held a joint press conference with the Zhejiang Further Education Institution to introduce BULATS to Zhejiang Province as a reliable measure to standardise the system of language assessment and training. BULATS has already been adopted by the Zhejiang government to select WTO staff for overseas training. Now the Hangzhou Personnel Bureau has issued a policy stating that those who obtain BULATS level 2 and above can be exempt from the English test for professional mid- level positions in Zhejiang; civil servants who obtain BULATS level 2 and above can be exempt from the national English test for civil servants.

BULATS Press Conference in Shanghai 8April 2005

Shanghai Personnel Bureau announced that those who obtain BULATS level 2 will be offered additional points when applying for Shanghai residency. The Shanghai local government agreed to adjust the requirement of a BULATS level for civil servants appropriately to reinforce the effort of improving the English ability of local civil servants.

31 March 20007, Free BULATS Standard Test—German

BULATS-HR Workplace English Training Workshop

Workshop 1: 9 March 2007

Speaker: Michelle Czajkowski (British Council ELT)

Workshop 2: 16 March 2007

Speaker: Keith O’hare (British Council ELT)

Workshop 3: 30 March 2007

Speaker: Michelle Czajkowski (British Council ELT)

Free BULATS Standard Test—English (January)

South China ：
Time：20 January 2007（Saturday）14:00-16:00
Venue：Guangzhou IELTS Test Centre
Contact：Ms. Yvette Su 020 8335 1316 ext.256
Email：yvette.su@britishcouncil.org.cn

AFTERNOON TEA WITH BULATS
–International Business Management, International Language Test

On 23 September 2005, British Council Shanghai organised a seminar together with around 100 HR professionals from multinational companies to have a close look at a variety of international and domestic English tests available in the market, and to discuss how to effectively implement business English benchmarks within the company and how competitive BULATS is compared with other language assessments.

Using his wide theoretical knowledge and teaching experience, Professor Chai Mingjiong, the president of the Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation and the executive director of the Shanghai Foreign Language Testing Service, analysed the features and advantages of these different tests in the market. English teaching expert, and experienced business English benchmarking project consultant, Mark Knight gave a presentation on how to recruit staff more effectively and how to allocate training resources more appropriately. Mrs Sheng Shuhong, China Cambridge ESOL, thoroughly analysed the features and advantages of BULATS and HR managers from multinational companies shared with the attendees their experience of using the BULATS test. Ewan Davies, the Education Consul from the Cultural and Education Section of the British Consulate-General also attended the event and exchanged ideas with HR professionals.

The event was organised by the British Council in collaboration with Zhaopin.com, co-organised by Cambridge ESOL, the Shanghai Foreign Service Company and Xin Du Business & Management Institute.

BULATS Campus Presentations- 21-28 April 2005 Beijing

Content:

1.Introduction to BULATS- presented by BC Marketing Officer
2.Workplace English and its Study -presented by Michelle Czajkowski (ELT)
3.How to Make a Company Choose You -presented by Li Hongfei (Senior HR Consultancy)

Time: 1830 – 2030  

Date and Venue：

21 April    China Agriculture University
26 April    Beijing Technical and Business University
27 April    Beijing Institute of Technology
28 April    Capital Normal University     

ACCA-BULATS Campus Campaign Shanghai 2005

18th AprilEast China University of Science and Technology

19th AprilTongJi University

20th AprilShanghai Jiaotong University

21st AprilShanghai University of Finance and Economics/ Fudan University   

22nd AprilNanjing University / Nanjing Auditing College   

25th AprilShanghai International Study University

26th AprilDonghua University

27th AprilShanghai University, Jiading Campus

28th AprilEast China University of Law and Politics / East China Normal Univesrity

29th AprilShanghai Foreign Trade College