Insight articles

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Marking the launch of a Myanmar Cultural Relations Collection essay, the British Council’s outgoing Director Myanmar, Richard Sunderland reflects on the country’s appetite for change.

Insight delves deeper into the findings of the latest edition of the British Council’s soft power perceptions research to discover how attractive the UK is to young people in other countries

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.

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

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.