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Amidst an international public health crisis made more complicated by escalating great power rivalries we consider the implications of COVID-19 for the soft power of China, the USA and UK.

Nations’ resilience is being tested as never before. But ‘building back better’ post-COVID-19 is about more than health and the economy. Education and culture have a huge role to play.

Discover how free, frank democratic debates around the globe have continued through COVID-19 through the BBC World Service partnership with the British Council, BBC World Questions.

International Higher Education contributes hugely to the UK’s economy and to its reputation abroad. Modelling the movements of future international students is an increasingly valuable art.

Forthcoming British Council research explores the role of tertiary education in equitable and sustainable development, including its support for basic education.

Director Germany, Paul Smith shares his insights of the country and explores how the past informs the views and hopes of the next generations.

In the third part of our arts and cultural COVID-19 series, we explore how the arts and cultural sector across the Americas are responding to the pandemic.

We examine the latest research on TVET impacts which indicates that international collaboration on education system reform around the skills sector is required to meet future challenges.

The British Council’s Chief Executive in conversation with Australia’s High Commissioner to the UK on culture, trade and the future of the relationship between these two nations.

In the second of a series of articles on the international impact of COVID-19 on the arts and cultural sector, we consider the experience in East Asia.