Young participants of volunteer initiative Global Xchange recently returned from a six month Ghanaian-UK exchange. Read more about their life-changing and eye-opening experiences doing voluntary service in local communities.

Teachers of English have a new global home on the web with the launch of TeachingEnglish. The website, launched at the IATEFL conference in Exeter on 8 April, brings together everything busy teachers need for the classroom and the staffroom.

Thirty-nine young people recently represented 13 countries as International Climate Champions (ICC) in London. ICC is a British Council initiative giving the youth a platform to lead on issues of climate change.