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Professional Development
Are you an experienced teacher, headteacher or FE lecturer looking for a new challenge and a chance to share ideas with colleagues around the world? We deliver a number of professional development programmes to suit your needs.
LECTURER'S INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Close-up of female eyes. Image © Tim Hall Lecturer's International Professional Development (LIPD) is a programme aimed exclusively at Further Education staff in Wales.
Welsh Language Project
Man and woman laughing. Image © Tim Hall If you’re a teacher of the Welsh language, you may be interested in our partnership with Patagonia. Since 1997, teachers from Wales have been teaching Welsh within the local communities and potential local tutors from Patagonia have been coming to Wales for intensive Welsh language courses.
Council of Europe
Businessman and woman laughing. Image © Tim Hall

The Council of Europe in-service training programme enables teachers, headteachers, teacher trainers, school inspectors and other educational staff from the 49 member states of the Council for Cultural Co-operation to take part in in-service training workshops
Dolen Cymru Lesotho Teacher Placement
Exhibition held in Lesotho. Photograph by British Council Assistant Representative. If you are a qualified teacher, find out how you can access a unique opportunity to work in a developing country for 6 months to develop your professional skills.
Comenius In-service Training
Teaching English in Hong Kong - Photographer Deborah Hurford-Brown Ever thought of participating in an in-service training activity in another European country? Teachers and other school education staff can attend a course or undertake a job shadowing activity with a partner school.
ERASMUS
Exchanging ideas Erasmus offers education and training opportunities for teaching and non teaching Staff at Higher Education and HE/FE Institutions. It’s a great opportunity to teach or work in another EU country and get to know the workings of their educational system.
DFID Global School Partnerships
Children singing, Bangladesh - Image © Debra Hurford-Brown We offer a range of professional development and accreditation opportunities aimed at teachers who are both new to the idea of a global school partnership, as well as those with experience of partnerships who wish to extend their professional expertise.
Useful Links
Regional Network for International Learning
We offer a range of professional development opportunities for teachers who are both new to the idea a global school partnerships well as those who wish to extend their professional expertise.
Council of Europe
Find out about the Council of Europe in-service training programme for teachers, headteachers, teacher trainers, school inspectors and other educational staff.
eTwinning
Find out about professional development workshops for UK teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme.
DFID Global School Partnerships
We offer a range of professional development opportunities for teachers who are both new to the idea a global school partnerships well as those who wish to extend their professional expertise.

'Possibly one of the biggest advantages of doing an ELTeCS project is that it opens up the world for its participants...They may realise that others have similar interests, similar difficulties and similar joys in teaching' Tamas Kiss, Lecturer
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