About us

Rupert Till is Professor of Music in the Department of Music and Drama, having worked at the University of Huddersfield since 2002. He is also Associate Dean International in the School of Music, Humanities and Media, responsible for overseeing international development and recruitment. He has research interests in popular music and sound archaeology. 

Mrs. Jimin Tang was the Deputy Director of International Affairs Office from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), with experience in this area for more than a decade. She used to teach English speaking and Listening courses to the undergraduates. Her expertise focuses on higher education internationalization and intercultural communication.

Ms. Ye Fu joined the School of Research Institute for Humanities, East China University of Science and Technology as a lecturer in 1997. She received her master degree in philosophy of culture at East China University of Science and Technology, and her bachelor degree in arts at Shanghai Normal University, China. Her main research interests include music education, music-aided health and wellbeing, and symbolic culture. She will be working with the Confucius Institute as a Chinese teacher.

Jingwei has been working as an English teacher in the School of Foreign Languages of East China University of Science and Technology, with 12 years of College English teaching experience in the College English Teaching Department and 10 years of Academic English teaching experience in the Sino-German Institute. Now she is a mandarin and calligraphy teacher in CI at the University of Huddersfield.

Miao DING, born in 2000, is a photographic devotee in *disinterested pleasure*. She serves as the first International Chinese Language Education volunteer at Confucius Institute of Science and Technology at University of Huddersfield, and is still pursuing a master's degree in English Translation & Interpreting at the School of Foreign Languages at ECUST (East China University of Science and Technology). Her distinctive background stems from her achievement of bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design within the School of Art Design and Media at ECUST.

Echo joined the university in July 2022 as our administrator,Her main role is to organise all courses,assist with activities,as well as general duties in the day-to-day life of the Confucius Institute.