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June 2022 | New funding opportunities to boost UK higher education providers’ international collaborations.

March 2022 | In this article we explore some of the key findings from the 'Gender equality in higher education - maximising impacts' report which will be released on 10 March 2022.

March 2022 | In this blog we look at how we are working with higher education institutions around the world to tackle gender inequalities.

February 2022 | Join us for our event, chaired by Professor Adam Habib, on 17 February in collaboration with Nuffic, Campus France and DAAD.

Introducing a new study investigating the role of international higher education partnerships in addressing the UN SDGs. Access the webinar recording for this event

20 January 2022 | On 15-16 March 2022, the British Council will host Interchange22, a global online conference for scholars and alumni from the Commonwealth Scholarships programme.

2 December 2021. Explore exciting new initiatives and strategies that support women in science. Online magazine in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

25 November 2021 | Alex successfully competed against 22 other researchers and young STEM professionals from across the globe to win the title of the world’s best science communicator.

16 November 2021 | The ten contestants selected to compete for the title of world’s best science communicator in the FameLab International 2021 Online Final have been announced.

25 November 2021. Explore Korea’s transnational education landscape and post-Covid challenges and opportunities from the perspectives of senior higher education practitioners in Korea.

Find out about this event where over 200 Vice Chancellors from across Pakistan came together to discuss national policies and to set the strategic direction for higher education in Pakistan,

30 September 2021 | Mexico representative Danny Daniels was crowned international champion at the British Council’s FameLab Climate Change Communicators competition.

September 2021: The British Council is delighted to announce the winners of funding for the inaugural Innovation for African Universities programme (IAU) 2021

Adrian Fenton, Senior Consultant, Public Engagement at the British Council, talks to CNN in the Philippines about FameLab Climate Change Communicators.

June 2021 | For the first time the British Council hosted Going Global virtually in 2021 to explore the theme "Reimagining international tertiary education for a post-pandemic world".

June 2021 | This Going Global session explored the role of knowledge diplomacy in the aftermath of the global pandemic and in the face of increasingly ‘toxic’ geo-politics.

June 2021 | Facilitated by Professor Adam Habib, Director of SOAS University of London, this discussion focused on global partnerships and how to create inclusion in unequal world.

June 2021 | This Going Global 2021 session explored the potential impacts of Klaus Schwab's 4th Industrial Revolution on learning and teaching as we move into a post-pandemic world.

14 June 2021 | Entries are now open for FameLab Climate Change Communicators, a special climate science-themed edition of the FameLab science communication competition.

May 2021 | In this blog, we learn how vocational education and training has been affected by the pandemic, and you'll find out about upcoming research which will be launched at Going Global.

23 April 2021 | The FameLab International Online Final 2021 will take place in November, marking the 15th and final year of the global competition in partnership with the British Council.

March 2021 | The 'Commonwealth Futures Climate Research Cohort' brings together 26 researchers from 16 countries to accelerate climate action in the run-up to COP26 in November 2021.

Learn how Covid-19 is impacting inward student mobility to the UK with these heatmaps. We will update these every month.

8 December 2020 | Watch the winning talk on the use of carbon capture to combat climate change by the FameLab International 2020 science communication champion, Sauradeep Majumdar.

26 November 2020 | Switzerland-based doctoral researcher Sauradeep Majumdar has won the FameLab International 2020 science communication competition.

Stars of the baking and science world recently teamed up as part of Science Week Ireland to treat audiences to ‘Baking in Space’ – a series of free family-focused educational online events.

17 November 2020 | The British Council has launched the Researcher Links Climate Challenge Workshop Grants for early career researchers to host virtual climate change workshops.

10 November 2020 | On World Science Day we look at a UK-South Africa Newton Fund project that is addresses a pressing global sustainability issue: food security.

4 November 2020 | The four projects in Egypt, Kenya, South Africa and Turkey were among the six winners announced today at the Newton Prize virtual awards event.

3 November 2020 | Dubbed the ‘World Cup of the science world’, the FameLab International science communication competition will be broadcast live on YouTube this month.

14 October 2020 | Researchers from India are receiving a boost to their vaccine research through placements at leading UK institutions.

1 October 2020 | Egyptian researchers are boosting efforts in the detection, diagnosis and reduction of liver cancer rates.

3 September 2020 | Rômulo Neris, a recent participant in FameLab Brazil, is making the headlines as a result of his engagement in coronavirus research

March 2020: Meet some of the women involved in the IAESTE programme this International Women's Day and read about their life-changing experiences.

January 2020: The annual call for Erasmus+ funding for higher education institutions is currently underway.

October 2019: In August 2019, the Philippine government signed the Transnational Higher Education Act.