British Council Northern Ireland

The British Council is the UK's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations.

In Northern Ireland we share our unique experience in education, governance and arts with countries overseas through the creation of lasting mutual relationships worldwide.

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Background

We have emerged from small beginnings in the 1930s, to become the major international organisation that we are today. Find out more about the 75 years of dedicated people and their work that makes our history.

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			What's On


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			Living in NI


	We know you'd like it here - read on and judge for yourself! If you have any questions, contact us ...

		Learning
Discover how we support education in Northern Ireland at all levels and create lasting links with other countries around the world.

		Arts and Culture
Explore the best of Northern Ireland's visual arts, music, theatre, dance and literature. Find out more

		Intercultural Dialogue
We aim to enhance intercultural dialogue through our range of related programmes Find out about Transatlantic Network 2020, Living Together, Global Xchange, Open Cities, Intercultural Navigators, the Network Effect, Ordinary Lives and Global Interaction Leadership.

		Science
Climate Change - what are we doing about it? Visit Talking Science - for current science news and D ownload our map of worldwide Carbon Dioxide emissions or contact us for a free copy.

		About Us
Do you want to contact a staff member or come to visit us? Find out about Northern Ireland's experience in governance, equality, human rights and law. How do we put equality legislation into practice? Want answers to common questions? What about job opportunities? Find out more

and what's more ...

		Young Apeldoorn Conference Belfast 2008
This successful conference series comes to Belfast in October, providing a forum for young people to discuss important issues affecting Anglo-Dutch and European cultural, political and economic relations over the next decade. More information on the conference

Challenge Europe

Climate change and global warming are the most urgent challenges that the world faces - this project involves young influencers from across Europe who want to make a real difference now. Interested? Find out more ...

Local to Global Video Competition

Congratulations to Banbridge High School and St Conleth's College, Dublin, who have won this exciting Video Competition focusing on global warming and renewable energy, and will now participate in the Cape Farewell Arctic Voyage programme 2008. More Information ...

Open Cities

Making Migration work for cities across Europe ..
With 20 million new migrants settled legally in the EU and many more illegal immigrants making Europe their home, Belfast and Dublin are leading the way with a clutch of European neighbours to ensure that the experience is beneficial for all. More .....

Living Together

What are the most important challenges to diversity and tolerance in your community? We want you to share your own experiences and thoughts on these issues by joining our new regional project Living Together, which brings groups together from across South East Europe and the UK. A related photographic exhibition launched at Belfast's Waterfront Hall in May 2008, and is currently touring South East Europe. An online photography competition touching on themes covered by the exhibition will be launched late summer 2008. For more information contact Emily Wilcox.

Mock Council of the European Union 2008

Register for this popular annual role-play event aimed at 16-18 year olds with an interest in European affairs/ politics and lively debate, to be held in the Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings, Stormont on Friday 17 October 2008. More details and application form ... To get an idea of what happens, watch last year's webcast ...

Ordinary Lives

This project explores stories of European migration through the eyes of 18 young people from the Czech Republic, Latvia, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal and Spain. The resulting stories and photographs reflect three different perspectives of the migratory experience: those who took the decision to move to Northern Ireland, the people they met on arrival and those they left behind. A related photography exhbition travels to Brussels in early September and onwards to Prague. More ....