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Press releases 2007

International Placements for Head Teachers (IPH) programme
24 November - 2 December 2007
British Council brings 11 primary and secondary schools` head teachers from the UK will visit Ekaterinburg as part of the British Council’s International Placements for Head Teachers (IPH) programme, funded by the UK Department for Children, Schools and Families.
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New British Film Festival
4 - 9 October 2007
New British Film Festival presents a varied programme of films from the best of contemporary UK cinema
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‘Faulkes Telescope’ brings the wonders of Space to the Russian classroom
26 September 2007
British Council and Sternberg Astronomy Institute (SAI) will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the ‘Faulkes Telescope’ project that has brought the wonders of Space to more than 500 Russian school students via the Internet. This event will happen on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the first artificial satellite launch, the event which heralded the start of the space era.
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Martin Maloney at Gary Tatintsian Gallery. Portraits exhibition “Up close and personal”
25 September - 30 October 2007
Martin Maloney practises deliberately "bad" painting, where images (mainly figures) are achieved with apparently inept draughtsmanship and crude painting. Through his expressionistic style, strong colours, and humorous subject matter, Maloney's paintings record everyday experiences and moments of awkward intimacy.
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RUSSIA AND ENGLAND: PRE- UEFA FOOTBALL FANS MEET ON THE PITCH
London, 11 September 2007
An historic friendly match will kick off between Russian and English football fans on the 11th September at Wembley Park to mark the start of the UEFA Europe Cup 2008 and the start of a pioneering new project: ‘Football Unites’.
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Cafe Scientifique - Colonising Mars
25 September 2007
Paul Roche, the leading British astronomer, director of the Faulkes Telescopes project will run the Cafe Scientifique, which will look at our modern view of Mars, and ask whether humans might one day walk on the surface of the Red Planet.
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First Russian International Summer School for English Language Teachers
13-25 August 2007
The summer school will be on the theme of ‘Bringing Technology into the English Language Classroom’. This will be the first time the International Summer School is held in Russia.
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Movie Babylon
22 July 2007
During UK Flavours music festival film "Babylon" will be shown to audience.
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Shakespeare's lecture
4 July 2007
Shakespeare's lecture given by HMA in Pushkin theatre for the Chekhov Theatre Festival.
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2008/09 Chevening Scholarship launch
1 July 2007
Chevening is the scholarship for talented graduates and high-flying young professionals seeking a unique opportunity to study in the UK and acquire new skills and knowledge.
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“Unicorn and Lion” award nomination
8 June 2007
The names of the “Unicorn and Lion” award 2007 winners will be announced.
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Terry Pratchett to visit Moscow
8 June 2007
Terry Pratchett, the master of satire and fantasy is coming to Moscow! One of the most popular British authors will meet his fans in the British Council centre and finish his visit with a reading at the second Moscow Book Festival.
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London Fashion Days
31 May - 9 June 2007
London Fashion Days have been organised by British Council and Elle magazine since 2005. During these years “Temperley London”, “FrostFrench”, “Matthew Williamson”, representatives of London Fashion Week and graduates from the University of the Arts, London participated in the project.
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FOOTBALL UNITES
28 may 2007
Four Russian young footballers to attend England Russia match at the Wembley Stadium in London as part of a British Council and VisitBritain led project
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Norman Parkinson lecture
18 April 2007
Olga Sviblova, Moscow House of Photography director will give lecture in the British Council Information Centre devoted to the Norman Parkinson.
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UK teachers visit Russian primary schools
7-14 April 2007
10 primary school teachers from the UK will visit Irkutsk as part of the Teachers’ International Professional Development (TIPD) programme, which is administrated by the British Council and funded by the UK Department for Education and Skills.
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London Sinfonietta in Moscow
5 April 2007
The London Sinfonietta is widely acknowledged as one of the world's finest ensembles. It participates in 2 Moscow biennale of contemporary performing arts and gives a concert in Moscow International House of Music.
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BRITISH-RUSSIAN WORKSHOP ON STEM CELLS
15 March 2007
“Stem cells: policy, research, and innovations. UK-RF perspectives”
The main purpose of the Workshop is to bring together UK and Russian policymakers, researchers and innovators to review regulation aspects, to exchange basic research results, and to assess the potential for commercialisation of modern laboratory techniques.
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New strategy of work in museums
30 March 2007
British Council in cooperation with State Centre of Contemporary Arts hold seminar on modern issues of UK museums` development.
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Norman Parkinson exhibition
28 March - 22 April 2007
The exhibition of Norman Parkinson is planned as the central event of the Fifth Moscow International Festival “The Fashion and style in photography”. Norman Parkinson is the greatest photographer of the British fashion of 1920-1980s who presented and reflected in his absolutely beautiful and wonderful works a whole epoch of the British style and style of the time with the sense of humour.
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UK teachers participate in Anglo-Russian School Linking Seminar
9-14 February 2007
25 primary and secondary school teachers from the county of Worcestershire, in the UK, will visit Sochi as part of the Education Partnership Programme (EPP), which is administrated by the British Council and funded by the UK Department for Education and Skills.
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Whistler and Russia exhibition
8 December 2006 - 15 February 2007
We are pleased to announce the opening of the first ever exhibition of JM Whistler in Russia, organised by the British Council and the State Tretyakov Gallery. This exhibition forms part of the State Tretyakov Gallery's 150th Anniversary Celebrations.
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