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Emerging musicians participating in a British Council’s music residency at Mo H’ra village, Gia Lai province, Vietnam.

The view from Hanoi

Director Vietnam, Donna McGowan, speaks to Ambassador Gareth Ward, on new Next Generation research, the optimism of Vietnamese youth, and the way ahead for the UK-Vietnam relationship.

Two people admiring the street artwork of a young female in a wheelchair in bright colours- commissioned as part of the Accessibility Film Festival in Turkey

Nurturing a Creative Economy

Alongside dynamic ODA funding eligible countries, the UK can co-develop new approaches to the creative economy to ensure significant economic, social and cultural value is made and shared.

United Nations COVID-19 Response cartoon of people from different countries all wearing face masks bearing national flags – representing how COVID-19 is a global problem

COVID-19 and soft power

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 students walk beside a giant radio telescope in animated conversation

Global demand for international higher education: reflecting on forecasts and tracking policies

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.

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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.

A schoolgirl smiles as she reads a book in a classroom in Pakistan

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.

Participants in Docudays - a digital film festival in Ukraine

Culture in Wider Europe: ‘More open in a closed-down society’

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.

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.

Rainbows over the Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Who is the most attractive of them all?

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

Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, New South Wales, Australia.

The UK and Australia: Old friendships, new opportunities

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.

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