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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF TIONG BAHRU AS INSPIRATION FOR UK-SINGAPORE WRITING WORKSHOP
28 November 2008 – The sights and sounds of Tiong Bahru will provide the backdrop for some 15 talented Singapore students for a writing workshop jointly organised by the British Council, Singapore’s Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Arvon Foundation, one of the UK’s leading creative course providers. The five-day workshop kicks off on 1 December at the Tiong Bahru Community Centre.
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BRITISH COUNCIL WINS PRAISE FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY PRACTICES
13 November 2008 – The British Council hosted a visit by Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed (Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mayor of the North East district) today. Mr Zainul praised us for being a supportive employer to Ali Daud, who is visually-impaired.
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MORE THAN 2,000 US ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS NOW ACCEPT IELTS
LOS ANGELES, 22 October 2008 – The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) today announced that more than 2,000 U.S. academic faculties, colleges and universities accept its English language proficiency test.
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SINGAPOREAN ENCOUNTERS IN THE UK
2 October 2008 – Two of Singapore’s most exciting young filmmakers will be competing at the UK’s leading short film festival this year, while the director of the Singapore Film Commission, Mr Kenneth Tan, will be joining one of the festival’s main juries, as a mark of the growing links between the Singapore and UK film industries.
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TAKE THE SCOTLAND CHALLENGE!
5 August 2008 – Did you know that it was Alexander Graham Bell from Scotland who invented the telephone in 1876? Were you aware that the first cloned mammal, Dolly the Sheep was from Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland? Scots have made many breakthroughs that have changed the way we live and work, from the way we live and work, from the telephone, television and penicillin, through to 3D computer games.
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BRITISH COUNCIL DIGITAL ART COMPETITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE ATTRACTS STRONG RESPONSE
15 July 2008 – Enthusiasm and passion were certainly not short in supply when the British Council concluded its 2007/8 digital art competition on climate change; the results of which were announced today.
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SINGAPOREAN TESTIMONIALS CHOSEN FOR BRITISH COUNCIL GLOBAL EXAMS VIDEOS
2 July 2008 – Two Singaporean testimonials have been selected by the British Council to feature in its suite of online videos offering tips on how to ace the IELTS examination, the world’s most popular English language test.
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SINGAPOREAN STUDENTS WIN MAJOR BRITISH COUNCIL HONOURS
24 April 2008 – A trio of Singaporean students has scooped top prizes in the UK’s biggest competition designed to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of international students. Xin Hui Supanee Chan, Stacey Go and Richard Ho were finalists in the British Council’s International Student Awards 2008, thanks to their inspirational stories of life as students in the UK.
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UK MINISTER AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO SINGAPORE WITH SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING FOR STUDENT MOBILITY AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
31 March 2008 – The UK Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education, Mr Bill Rammell, today announced that 13 bids for funding under the Prime Minister’s Initiative for International Education (PMI) have been successful.
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SAVOUR FLAVOURS OF SCOTLAND WITH THE SINGAPORE CHINESE ORCHESTRA
14 March 2008 – Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) goes Celtic in its coming concert – Flavours of Scotland – Go Celtic this March! The concert is supported by the British Council, the world’s largest cultural relations organisation.
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BRITISH COUNCIL RELEASES RESEARCH FINDINGS ON EAST ASIAN STUDENT MOBILITY AT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE IN BANGKOK
4 February 2008 – The British Council will release the findings of a major research project on East Asian student mobility at a Strategic Dialogue held in Bangkok from 4 to 5 February 2008.
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BRINGING TEXTS TO LIFE
17 January 2008 – More than 25 educators from the region and the UK will be gathered in Singapore between 29 January and 1 February to attend a seminar on the development of literature and language through literature syllabuses.
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