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​The latest projects and plans for future learning and discovery
Celebrating the Stockton & Darlington Railway
As part of our 2025 exchange programme we will be encouraging our Chinese and UK students to explore our shared railway heritage.
This year is the 200th anniversary of the world’s first passenger railway – the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Also, one of our Hebei partner cities, Tangshan, is the site of the first Chinese passenger railway, albeit this was not opened until 1881.
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What is a ‘conodont’ and why are they so useful?
One of our HBISP colleagues Lina Wang recently gave a fascinating talk about her research to the Kent Geology Group. Lina is an Associate Professor at the Hebei GEO University and is one of the world's leading experts on using conodonts to explore the conditions that occurred at the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction.
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Shaping Future Stars: Charlton Athletic Coaches Train Next Generation of Chinese Footballers
In a new venture HBISP has teamed up with the Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) to run week-long football courses in three Hebei cities.​
Three coaches from CACT ran training sessions for over 180 aspiring footballers in typical Hebei summer conditions.
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