James Shipton began his teaching career in the Sudan in 1981-82. He went on to do a Masters degree in Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and resumed his career in education teaching English for 9 years in Mexico. After joining the British Council in 1995, James has gained a wide and varied experience working overseas in Azerbaijan, Moscow, Portugal, Thailand and now China. Over the course of these postings he has been involved in language teaching and testing, strategic management, project design and implementation, consultancy work with Ministries of Education, and designing new products and services for language learners. James has been involved in Management of teaching centres and examinations for 12 years.



    James Shipton，英国文化协会考试部中国业务总监

  James Shipton于1981年至1982年在苏丹开始了他的教师生涯。

  之后，他在苏格兰的爱丁堡大学取得了社会人类学的硕士学位，并在墨西哥继续他的英语教学生涯达9年之久。在1995年加入英国文化协会后，James先后在阿塞拜疆，莫斯科，葡萄牙，泰国及中国工作，包括语言教学与测试，战略管理，项目设计及实施，与教育部开展咨询工作，并为语言学习者设计新的产品和服务。James已经从事了12年教学中心及考试的管理工作。