Digital cultural relations: a pathway to trust?
International cultural relations is increasingly present in the digital dimension, but what does this mean for building trust?
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Collaboration, creativity, innovation: how to build resilient UK - Europe relations
The Pontignano Conference has shown education and culture as key assets to support the UK’s international ambitions in a decade where resilient relationships are crucial.
A decade of opportunity for an ambitious Global Britain
New report from the British Council APPG calls for an ambitious, sophisticated and well-funded soft power strategy to support UK trade, diplomacy and leadership over the next decade.
Embracing change: how culture is helping drive Ukraine’s transition
Insight looks at the new Chatham House report on the remarkable changes in Ukraine’s cultural sector of recent years and useful lessons for other countries undergoing reform and transition.
World Questions
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.
Weathering the storm: How cultural engagement can help societies emerge stronger from the COVID-19 crisis
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.
Myanmar: History in the Making?
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.
How can international education collaboration address the employment shocks caused by COVID-19?
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.
Written on the land, written in the water
Islands in the stream – the UK’s relations with Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region explored.
Diversity in all its diversity
People everywhere say they want diversity. But this may mean different things. International engagement requires understanding of this area and practicing what we preach.