If you’re new to international collaboration, a short-term partnership could open the door to a world of opportunities for your school.
To make getting started even easier, you can apply to join a British Council guided partnership, where a dedicated partnership facilitator will guide you through a short-term, collaborative, curriculum-based project with an overseas partner.
Upcoming rounds:
- September to December 2023 - theme: climate change (applications closed)
- January to March 2024 - theme: climate change (applications closed; join our waiting list by registering your interest below)
- April to June 2024 - theme: literacy (applications open January 2024)
On these three-month projects, we provide you with a range of suggested curriculum-related activities which you and your students develop along with students in your partner school, working together to address the challenges and find solutions for the particular theme.
On a guided partnership, you can:
- Broaden your students’ horizons and provide exciting new learning opportunities
- Give your learners the opportunity to share work with students in schools in other countries
- Be matched with a suitable partner school who you will work with for three months
- Focus on global learning topics, such as climate change or gender equality
- Get targeted support from an expert practitioner with first-hand experience of global learning projects
- Exchange ideas with teachers in the UK and around the world while you gain transferable skills and discover new teaching approaches
- Gain accreditation through the International School Award
“Our children interacting with the students in Palestine has given [climate education] a completely different dimension, and it makes it rich and meaningful to the children,” Claire Mackay, EAL, teacher. St Patrick’s Primary School, Glasgow