Despite pressure of end of year exams, four intrepid undergraduate Chinese Studies students from the University of Edinburgh opted to take part in the 2017 Chinese Bridge language proficiency competition. Not only did all four reach the final – one second year student won first prize!
In the face of strong competition from 28 contestants from other UK universities, the support team for the competitors from the University of Edinburgh were delighted when each of them secured a place in the final. While the Grand Prize was awarded to a candidate from the University of Sheffield, warmest congratulations must go to Christopher McNulty (second year Chinese and French) who took First Prize which means he will go to Beijing to compete in the Global Final this summer.
The other three finalists from Edinburgh were also awarded specific prizes. Third prize overall was awarded to Olivia Contini (fourth year Chinese) with Jozette Allan (fourth year Economics and Chinese) receiving the Best Creative Award and William Mitchell (fourth year Chinese and French) receiving the Best Talent and Performance Award.
Senior Teaching Fellow Dr Zhu Zhu who encouraged the students to take part in the competition, congratulated all the Edinburgh finalists and thanked them for all their hard work in preparing for the competition.