Trying to choose between teaching in Beijing or Shanghai? Both offer excellent international schools, competitive salaries and strong savings potential, but they differ in culture, lifestyle, community and daily life. This guide compares the two cities honestly to help you decide which one is the better fit for you.

Thinking about teaching in China? Explore the real experience of living there as an international teacher, including the culture shock, lifestyle, practical challenges, benefits, and what teachers wish they’d known before moving.

In this guest post by Simon Johnstone, we cover the challenges and rewards of moving with your family to take a senior leadership position abroad.

Savings ability is an important consideration to take into account when applying for any job. In this post, we discuss how to save money as a teacher in China.

In our inaugural ‘School Spotlight’ on Dulwich College, we speak to a current teacher explore what it is like to teach at a leading international school in China.

In this post, Teacher Horizons Adviser Kate McTigue shares why, despite public perception and misconceptions, now is the time to teach in China.

In this post, we speak with Teacher Horizons member and international school teacher, Daniel Akintoye. We discuss his background and his experience with international teaching.

China is a large and diverse place so asking the question “what is it like to live & teach in Beijing, China?” isn’t so simple to answer! That’s why we called on our teacher, Oscar to share his experiences first hand. Oscar, from Portugal, happily agreed to share his experience of Beijing with us. Read… Read more »

Are you asking yourself what it is like to teach in Hong Kong right now? The recent political protests in the headlines may have raised some concerns for those interested in teaching in Hong Kong. Louise Cosgrove is here to reasure us through an account of her experience working with English Schools Foundation (ESF) and… Read more »

Building strong partnerships and trusting relations is integral to Teacher Horizons. We have been lucky enough to work with the Yew Chung Education Foundation (YCEF)  for six years and placed over 150 teachers. We are hosting a recruitment event in London on the 7th & 8th of December, so now is a perfect time to… Read more »