A new agreement between the British Council and the Arts Council of Wales marks the renewal of the unique partnership organisation Wales Arts International. Signed on 17 April, the agreement will enable the arts in Wales to continue to grow on a global stage.
Teachers of English have a new global home on the web with the launch of TeachingEnglish. The website, launched at IATEFL on 8 April, brings together everything busy teachers need for the classroom and the staffroom.
The environment ministers of the G8 will meet in Kobe, Japan. One of their items of business will be a challenge presented to them by a coalition of concerned young individuals from 39 countries who met in London in March to agree an agenda for tackling the challenge presented by climate change.
An innovative programme run by the British Council and Barclays Premier League is giving young people the chance to communicate in two world languages – English and football.
Young people have an essential role to play in helping countries achieve the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, as a programme we run jointly with the World Bank Institute shows.
If you are a first generation migrant in Europe, you are 50 per cent more likely to have been made fun of in the last three months, according to research we've published into the lives of schoolchildren.
Almost one million candidates sat an IELTS (the International English Language Testing System) exam last year; a record for the British Council’s jointly-managed scheme.
Ahead of his recent high-profile visits to China and India, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced a boost to English language learning, teaching and training facilities for people throughout the world. We will help develop a new website to deliver that goal.
Despite the chill in the political relationship between the two countries, we are committed to keeping channels of cultural exchange open between Russia and the UK.
Young people from all over the world recently joined with UK politicians in Westminster to discuss the legacy of slavery, as part of our Africa 2007 programme.
For the first time ever, we’ll be running an interactive space to support the Commonwealth People’s Forum in November. The People’s Forum has been designed to offer opportunities for us all to join the discussions that are shaping the Commonwealth. Our blog will ensure that these opportunities extend to those who are unable to attend the event.
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