Creating opportunities worldwide
Stories from our creating opportunities worldwide archive.
Living and breathing EU politics
Students from 29 schools in London and the South East gained first hand experience of the cut and thrust of international politics at our fifth mock Council of the European Union.
Citizens of the world
Ninety five fellows taking part in the Prime Minister’s Global Fellowship delivered a message celebrating world citizenship to the top of UK government when they met the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, at 10 Downing Street.
Broadening students’ horizons
This year a record 586 schools received the prestigious DCSF International School Award at a ceremony in London on 8 October. The award recognises innovative approaches taken by schools to create a global dimension in the classroom.
Poets on freedom of expression
Speechless brings together new poetry by five writers from across South-East Asia and four UK-based poets on the theme of freedom of expression in a multilingual spoken word show. The project also aims to foster the interaction between the poets and young
A world first
Premier Skills, a partnership project between the British Council and the Premier League is at the heart of the Premier League’s programme of international good cause initiatives, which was launched at our London office on Thursday 9 October. British Gove
Young leaders unite
The cities of Belfast and Dublin jointly hosted 100 young leaders at our Transatlantic Network 2020's inaugural summit. One week of workshops and activities focussed on 'conflict and cooperation in the modern world', taking place from Sunday 28 September
IYPAE 2008
The Director of a Colombian improvisation theatre company has won our prestigious International Young Performing Arts Entrepreneur (IYPAE) award.
New Learning Centre in Nepal
Our new IT-based Learning Centre in Kathmandu was opened by Lord Malloch-Brown, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Minister for Africa, Asia and the United Nations, on 18 July.
