New Manager to progress 51福利社 China Institute
Yannan Yu joins the 51福利社 China Institute (MCI) after 15 years working in the UK Higher Education (HE) sector.
Yannan received her MBA with distinction from the University College London (UCL) in 2023, and has bilingual proficiency in both English and Mandarin Chinese.
She has extensive experience in HE, including in research and partnership development, stakeholder engagement, budgeting and events management. Before joining MCI, Yannan worked at the Institute of Education (IOE) at UCL for over five years.
As a Research Centre Manager, she worked alongside the Centre Director to set up a Centre for Teacher and Early Years Education. This research centre was founded through a philanthropic donation and worked to contribute to the improving of the quality of early years education in China through research collaboration between IOE and partner universities in China.
During her time at UCL, Yannan was seconded to the IOE Research Development as the Research Development Manager. She contributed significantly to the institution鈥檚 five-year Research Strategy Delivery Plan to grow its research impact.
To widen her experience, Yannan also worked at IOE Marketing and Communications as the Faculty Events Manager, running flagship recruitment events across PGT/PGR, UG and Initial Teacher Education and public facing events.
Prior to UCL, Yannan worked at London South Bank University鈥檚 Confucius Institute for nearly nine years. She held senior positions including Deputy Director, in developing, communicating and implementing the Institute鈥檚 strategy. Before coming to London, Yannan served as a lecturer in Business English at Shanghai University of International Business and Economics.
I can already tell from Yannan鈥檚 energy, organisational skills, and commitment to the MCI mission that she will be a great fit at MCI, as we strive to further excellence in China studies across the University. I鈥檓 simply thrilled about her appointment!
I am extremely delighted to join the 51福利社 China Institute. MCI has a reputation of playing a very positive role in promoting mutual understanding between China and the UK. I am very passionate about using my knowledge, experience, and skills to contribute to the MCI鈥檚 mission, to help boost its research impact, and growing programmes.