His career in international education has taken him from his native Scotland to China, stopping off at St Helena, Spain, Indonesia and Oman en route. And after a decade at the helm of Dipont Education’s education development, John Birchall is happy to see where life’s journey takes him next.

Highly regarded international educator Peter Derby-Crook MBE has joined Dipont Education as its new director of education. He will take over the role from John Birchall who will be stepping sideways to focus on a number of key projects for Dipont in the next year.

Rosalina Menton has taught English language and literature in our international center at Hangzhou Foreign Language School since 2016. In 2017, she won the Dipont Education ‘teacher of the year award’, an annual award. Here she writes about her experiences of teaching in China. “Having come from a successful media

Brenda Mercer teaches in the Dipont Education international center at Dalian No. 24 High School. She has lived in Dalian, in the northeast of China, with her husband from the United Kingdom since 2018. Here, she talks about what it’s like to live in Dalian. I was completely clueless about

Bhrigu Deka is the center principal of the Dipont Education international center at Xi’an Gaoxin No.1 High School. He has lived in China since 2004 but settled in Xi’an with his wife and young son in 2015. Here, he talks about what it’s like to live in Xi’an, one of

Teacher recruitment season at Dipont Education kicked off in style this weekend (Dec. 7-9, 2018), with a record-breaking job fair that attracted around 300 candidates. Coordinated by Explore CRS, a teacher recruitment-focused subsidiary of Dipont, the fair in Shanghai was the chance for Dipont to meet and interview potential new

Dipont Education international curriculum center principals gathered together at Hangzhou Foreign Language School to share information and discuss topics relevant to the successful running of their centers. They attended the two-day meeting as part of a regular program of center principal meetings, held quarterly at Dipont’s international curriculum centers around