The Universities’ China Committee in London (UCCL) is an educational grant-giving charitable trust established in 1925, and formalised by

Royal Charter A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, bu ...

in 1932. Its mission is to provide for "two way flow of academic exchange between

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and the UK", and "the encouragement of China-focused studies in the UK". The UCCL contributes towards ''The Great Britain-China Educational Trust'' (GBCET) Chinese Student Awards, which is a

charitable fund A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definition of a ch ...

supporting Chinese students' costs of study in the UK. In addition to its contribution to GBCET, the UCCL also administers its own awards. Recipients of these awards are "Chinese

scholar A scholar is a person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly academics who apply their intellectualism into expertise in an area of study. A scholar can also be an academic, who works as a professor, teacher, or researche ...

s who seek to make

research Research is "creativity, creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular att ...

visits to the UK or to British-based scholars working on, or studying, relevant subjects at UK

universities A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

who wish to undertake visits to China for specific research or lecture reasons." It also supports

academic conference An academic conference or scientific conference (also congress, symposium, workshop, or meeting) is an event for researchers (not necessarily academics) to present and discuss their scholarly work. Together with academic or scientific journals an ...

s and the promotion and teaching of

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

and other Chinese studies in the UK".UCCL Homepage (GBCC website) http://www.gbcc.org.uk/universities-china-committee-in-london-uccl.aspx The present executive director of the UCCL is Lindsay Jones. Lindsay studied Japanese at Oxford University before embarking on a 20+ year career in finance, working in investment banking and hedge funds in London, Hong Kong, Sydney and Geneva.

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