New Voices in Cultural Relations special commendation essay examining and challenging the narrative of the West’s ‘War on Terror’.

Winning dissertation of the New Voices in Cultural Relations competition. This essay examines the policy outcomes of the twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties (COP27).

Comprehensibility — how easily a listener can understand a speaker — lies at the heart of successful communication. Yet in language testing, it has often been treated inconsistently. Sometimes it’s broken down into isolated linguistic features, disconnected from real-world communication. Other times, it’s judged intuitively, based on an assessor’s general impression, without considering the listener’s role or broader context.

We surveyed over 2,700 international graduates of a UK education in 2024 – find out what they told us about their study experience and their views of the UK.

The British Council commissioned Ipsos UK to provide monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) support to the Schools Connect (SC) programme.

New report on the valuable approaches that Cultural Relations offer to delivering development programmes in ODA countries.