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British Council USA
About us
Now celebrating our 75th anniversary, we are the UK’s international organization for educational opportunities and cultural relations.
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75th Anniversary
Watch Harvard professor Joseph Nye, the pioneer of the theory of soft power, address the British Council and UK Parliament about "Soft Power and Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century."

Harvard Professor Joseph Nye. Image courtesy of Harvard University.
UK Green Degrees
Increase your employability by getting a "green" degree. President Obama recently created a task force on green jobs - and UK universities offer a variety of undergraduate and graduate environmental degrees, ranging from policy and business to engineering and design.
Energy-saving light bulb.
Global Xchange

Global Xchange’s first American volunteers head to Durban, South Africa for a professional development exchange with peers from France, UK, South Africa, Sierra Leone and Rwanda.
Martha Chono-Helsley from Reach LA, Andres Rivera from Street Poets, Mary Agulian from LA’s Best, Jill Gurr from Create Now.
Image detail from rows of Solar Power Panels. Image Credit: Royalty-Free/Corbis.
The United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
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