Creating opportunities worldwide
Stories from our creating opportunities worldwide archive.
China inspired by UK dance
The National Dance Company of Wales transported audiences to the Welsh countryside during their debut tour to China
School linking hits ten year high
A record number of UK schools have been recognised for their work in bringing ‘the world into their classrooms’
Entrepreneurs given helping hand
New funding boosts British Council’s work to help young entrepreneurs make a difference.
UK universities climb in world rankings
Study shows that the UK builds on its reputation as a world class destination for Higher Education
Students meet Olympic hero
Young people from 13 countries got the chance to meet UK Olympic gold medal-winner Denise Lewis at the UK School Games in Cardiff. The 48 students were part of the London 2012 international legacy project International Inspiration.
Students cheer two million mark
Two million students have had an extended experience of another culture thanks to the Erasmus programme, which offers European exchanges for higher education students and staff and is managed by the British Council in the UK.
Olympics project gets kids active
Millions of schoolchildren in India will have the once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of the London 2012 Olympic activities, with a new British Council physical education project which is launching there.
New exhibition captures gritty UK
The UK gets another glimpse of the British Council Art Collection this week, which is usually on tour overseas. Urban, gritty landscapes of the UK are the focus of the third exhibition from the collection, which opens at London’s Whitechapel Gallery this
Young environmentalists prepare for Copenhagen
A binding cap on CO2 emissions must be the priority for December’s UN Conference on Climate Change (UNCCC), said an international meeting of young climate campaigners organised by the British Council last week.
Indian cinema tours Scotland
As part of the British Council’s growing programme of cultural exchange between India and Scotland, a four-city Bengali film festival opened this week in Stirling.
