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TV Crew Brings Brighton to World's Biggest Population

5 August 2005

A Chinese fly-on-the-wall documentary TV crew will be filming at City College Brighton and Hove for three weeks this month. The subjects of the documentary are 20 students from Beijing who are attending a summer school to learn English at the College. The documentary, which is being made by China Liaoning Television and Beijing Television, will be seen by hundreds of millions of people across China (see Notes to Editors). It aims to show how the students adapt to the cultural differences between Beijing and Brighton and will also follow them on a variety of local excursions that have been organised for them.

This is the first of what is hoped will be many summer schools at the College and their inception is timely given the debate on how the UK exploits the opportunities offered by the rapidly developing Chinese economy. China is an emerging economic superpower and the latest official figures for its economy, the sixth-largest in the world, show it is growing at an even faster rate than expected. It expanded by 9.5% in 2004, its highest rate for eight years.

Chinese Summer School Students at City College

City College's International Student Recruitment Manager, Jeremy Histon, says:

"The summer school and the publicity generated by the resulting documentary provide us with a unique opportunity to show the best not only of City College, but also of the city of Brighton to the worlds' biggest population. As the Chinese economy grows, more and more students are looking to the UK for their education. These students are worth billions of pounds to the UK economy and the more we can bring in to Brighton the better for the city's economy too."

Shine Yong Shan from Communications Company Sky Dynamic, who has been publicising the summer school in China and facilitating the TV crew says:

'This summer school is evidence of the solidarity of the Chinese people with the British people in the face of international terrorism's attempts to prevent such friendship and spirit between peoples of different nationalities. In July the first group of Chinese tourists arrived in London to much official fanfare and even a Royal reception. This was a significant development as the UK tourist market opened up to the largest population in the world. The London attacks took place only days before this celebratory moment between our two nations. The fact that this summer school is still happening, when so many tourist groups and summer school visits have been cancelled this summer, is a tribute to City College's collaboration with Sky Dynamic.'

The students and TV crew are going to be officially welcomed to City College at a ceremony on the 9th August which will be attended by the Mayor of Brighton and Hove and representatives from the Chinese Embassy and Education Ministry.

For further information, please call Brian Bell, Marketing Communications Officer, on 01273 667788 Ext. 488 or email bb1@ccb.ac.uk

About City College Brighton and Hove: Founded over 100 years ago, City College Brighton and Hove has become an international centre of excellence. Every year over 2,000 full-time and 13,000 part time students as well as many international and European students choose City College as their education provider. Offering over 650 courses from basic level to pre-University level, City College is working with its partners to develop the workforce of the future.

Notes to Editors: China Liaoning Television is based in Shenyang, the capital city of Liaoning Province. Shenyang is the political, cultural and transportation centre in North China. Liaoning TV's satellite channel covers all of China and the Asia-pacific area through the Asia No.2 Satellite. They have over 82 million permanent viewing families and an audience of over 330 million. Liaoning TV has the top viewing population among all other National Broadcast Satellite Channels. Beijing Television is based in the capital city of China and its viewing figures are amongst the highest in the country.