Night of EU Cultural Institutes

The newly-founded Croatian branch of the EU National Institutes of Culture, EUNIC Hrvatska, offers its first ever cultural event in partnership with the EU and within the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008.

Artists from Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and the UK will undertake short residences in Zagreb and then for one night only you can see the cultural fruits of the residences by touring each country’s cultural offering.

The UK will be represented by Ray Lee who will have two performances of his visually compelling sound art project Siren at Močvara, Trnjanski nasip bb (Tvornica Jedinstvo) at 1800-1840 and 1900-1940. Check our website for full details of the programme and join us on Saturday evening, 19 April to become part of this unique intercultural experience!

Festival of Science,  21 – 26 April and Fame Lab Finale, 25 April

In December 2003 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the years 2005 to 2015 as the International Decade for Action 'Water for Life'. To dedicate a whole decade to the water initiative shows the importance of water for life. This year’s Festival of Science, organised for the 6th time in Osijek, Rijeka, Split, Zadar and Zagreb, joins in this initiative and dedicates its rich programme of activities to the topic of water – full details are available at the Festival’s official website www.festivalznanosti.hr

If you are an elementary school teacher, bring your pupils to the Wacky Water Show performed by Techiquest, Science Education Centre from Cardiff (translation provided). And don’t miss out on the FameLab finale on Friday, 25 April 2008 at Zagreb Puppet Theatre at 7pm – book your tickets in time by sending your message at zagreb.info@britishcouncil.hr

Research Opportunities

Researcher Exchange Programme (RXP): the British Council is announcing a call for proposals in 2008 under its Researcher Exchange Programme (RXP) to assist researchers in making international connections. The scheme supports new links between postdoctoral researchers in the UK and in other countries by supporting individual researchers to develop new scientific collaborations and contacts through exchange visits of between two weeks and three months. Please see the RXP web site: www.britishcouncil.org/science-rxp for full details and a downloadable application form. The deadline for applications is 2 July 2008. For more information on RXP and the exchange awards please contact science@britishcouncil.org

International Networking for Young Scientists awards:  INYS is to hold a number of short networking conferences for postdoctoral researchers in specific research areas with the aim of supporting the creation of subsequent long-term links and collaboration. Further information: http://www.britishcouncil.org/science-research-inys2

Visiting Fellowships at London School of Economics: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), with funding from the Open Society Institute (OSI),  is offering four individual grants for 2-month study visits at LSE for  academic staff employed by universities and higher educational institutions specialising in social sciences. Awards are intended to enable prospective candidates to upgrade their teaching and research skills. Successful candidates must demonstrate potential for excellence in research and an interest in developing high impact policy outputs. The deadline for the applications is 15 April 2008. See here http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/2balkansfaculty.htm for further details.

Workshops for teachers preparing students for ICFE and ILEC

In the last e-zine we announced two new specialised exams: ICFE – International Certificate in Financial English http://www.britishcouncil.org/croatia-exams-financial-english.htm

and ILEC – International Legal English Certificate http://www.britishcouncil.org/croatia-learning-exams-ilec-2.htm

On Friday, 11 April (1000 – 1400) and Saturday, 12 April (1000 – 1400) we will organise workshops for ICFE (11 April) and ILEC (12 April) which will help teachers prepare students for these exams. Workshops are run by Eamonn Shanahan, a DELTA qualified teacher and former lawyer with expertise in legal and business English, and will be practical and proactive.

To register, please send us an e-mail to exams@britishcouncil.hr and state:

• which workshop you would like to attend (you can attend both if you want to)
• your name
• school/institution you work at
• your mobile phone number

Workshops for exam candidates

Are you interested in intercultural dialogue? Do you want to make a difference? We are looking for 450 young influential people in 16 different European countries to create a regional network of ‘navigators’ who can easily find their way around in the cultures of a new and ever changing and globalized Europe. Together they will share their ideas and knowledge and work for a more inclusive and diverse region. Interested? Find out more