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The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. Our purpose is to build mutually beneficial relationships between people in the UK and other countries and to increase appreciation of the UK's creative ideas and achievements.

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News and Events

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British Council Partnership Programme in Science
The British Council co-funds and administers a series of research partnership programmes linking UK-based scientists with their opposite numbers in key countries across Europe. The British Council Partnership Programme in Science was established in 1990 in the Netherlands and as from September 2008 in the Communauté Française de Belgique Wallonie Bruxelles. The next deadline for applications in the Netherlands is 1 September 2008.
The next deadline for applications in the Communauté Française de Belgique Wallonie Bruxelles is 22 September 2008

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ALTER EGO: a European Competition for Young People
Organised by EUNIC in the frame of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, ALTER EGO is inviting young people aged 14 to 18 to take part in an exciting competition: create a 'double portrait' using film, photography, painting, music or mixed-media. The final date for entries is 5 September 2008.

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 New home for English
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.

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 938.000 take IELTS in 2007
Entries for IELTS have almost doubled in the last three years, driven by university entrance requirements, new immigration policies and professional recognition throughout the English-speaking world.

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Last updated 18 July 2008

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