Year: 2026

TETR College of Business Information Session

  • Event: TETR College of Business Information Session 
  • Date: Thursday January 29
  • Time: 12:10-13:00
  • Location: LGR 3
  • RSVP link: click HERE to RSVP
  • Description: UBI Business School is a private international business school founded in Brussels in 1992, offering BSc, MSc, MBA and DBA degrees validated by Middlesex University, UK. It emphasises globalisation, digitalisation and corporate citizenship with campuses in Brussels, Luxembourg, Shanghai and Madrid, plus hybrid options for worldwide learners.  
  • Tetr College of Business is a global, experience-driven business college where students learn by building real ventures across multiple countries, partnering with UBI to offer collaborative international business programmes
  • Programme blurb for information session:
  • What if university wasn’t four years of theory—but four years of building real businesses, testing ideas, and learning from people who actually do it?
  • The UBI Business School × Tetr College of Business Undergraduate Programme is built for ambitious high-school students who want more than lectures and exams.
  • You’ll study across global business hubs, learn directly from founders, VCs, and operators, and graduate with real-world experience—not just a transcript.
  • Join the info session and hear directly from UBI leaders and academic heads as they share the programme vision, structure, global pathways—and what it really takes to thrive in the real business world.

EARCOS Triennial Journal – Winter Edition

The winter edition of the EARCOS Triennial Journal has just been published and is available for reading here.

This edition contains some great highlights including action research looking at grades and student-self-perception; college counselling; and educational leadership.

It’s always worth a read, and especially if you are interested in applying for an EARCOS Action Research Grant, it’s a great opportunity to see what the scope and outcome of these projects can be.

ISA Systems Preparation (for students)

ISA Writing assessments will be coming up on Weeks 22-23.

To get ready for the upcoming assessments, all students must:

  • Update Chrome – Ensure that the latest version of Google Chrome is being used. Ms. Kong and Dr. Doak have created a video to guide students through checking and updating Chrome.
  • Run Browser Exam – Run the browser exam to quickly identify potential issues that might affect the test. The browser exam URL is : https://oars.acer.edu.au/browserexam/#
  • Bookmark the Test Site – Bookmark the test site for easy access during the test date. https://oars.acer.edu.au/nanjing-international-school 

Complete the update and browser exam by Thursday, January  30. If you encounter any issues, please visit the IT Office for support — they promise they only bite when Chrome isn’t updated. 😄

March 14th SAT

Dear all,

This is a kind reminder that the next SAT exam at NIS will take place on Saturday March 14th, 2026. Please register through College Board (click HERE) if you are planning to take the test. Thank you.

Français 8 Sortie

The French 8 class has an amazing opportunity to meet with two Frenchmen who are walking from France to Shanghai. That’s right, WALKING! On Thursday, they will be stopping in Nanjing. We will go to L’Alliance Française to meet them and to learn about their journey. Their trip coincides perfectly with our French unit on Globetrotting. We will leave at 12.30 pm and return around 3 pm.

Les chanceux: Grace, Yuxi, Hedy, Sara, Marijne, Haoyuan, Alice, Eilin, Panda, Coco et Mini.

ISA Systems Preparation (for students)

ISA Writing assessments will be coming up on Weeks 22-23.

To get ready for the upcoming assessments, all students must:

  • Update Chrome – Ensure that the latest version of Google Chrome is being used. Ms. Kong and Dr. Doak have created a video to guide students through checking and updating Chrome.
  • Run Browser Exam – Run the browser exam to quickly identify potential issues that might affect the test. The browser exam URL is : https://oars.acer.edu.au/browserexam/#
  • Bookmark the Test Site – Bookmark the test site for easy access during the test date. https://oars.acer.edu.au/nanjing-international-school 

Complete the update and browser exam by Thursday, January  30. If you encounter any issues, please visit the IT Office for support — they promise they only bite when Chrome isn’t updated. 😄

Warm Welcome!

Saika Weir will be taking over classes for Ray Wang while he is away on medical leave. Be sure to give her a warm NIS hello when you see her around campus!

Volunteers for PGP Task Force

The SET is looking for about 6 teachers to join a task force to review our current Professional Growth Programme (PGP) and explore new ways to enhance it for the future. This will be a collaborative, co-consulting, and co-designing group, meeting monthly both during and outside of class time, with some pre‑reading as well.

We’re hoping to bring together a diverse mix of voices and perspectives for the group, but we will definitely ensure that everyone has the chance to provide feedback once initial ideas and designs are developed.

Our first meeting is planned for Week 24 (time to be confirmed).

If you’re interested, please let Sandra know!