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Date
24 May 2023 - 12:00

Why should colleges work internationally?

Ruth Owen Lewis of Gower College and Dr Caroline Chipperfield from Petroc College, share how integrating internationalism into strategy and curriculum has transformed their colleges.

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TVET – International Development, Further education
Three women sit together looking at a book.
Date
10 May 2023 - 14:35

Amid the chaos in Sudan, there is no time to lose in planning for the future

Scott McDonald, Chief Executive of the British Council talks about the situation in Sudan and its effect on the British Council's work in the country.

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Sudan
Woman sits in a library with shelves of text books behind her. She is holding a book call 'How English works'.
Date
18 April 2023 - 16:54

In our rapidly changing world what is the future of the English language?

English is one of the world's favourite languages, but will it be in the future? Mina Patel talks about how English, its teaching, assessment and use in business might change.

Tags
English and languages
A young woman and a young man cycle along a tree lined path in a park on a sunny day.
Date
31 March 2023 - 13:05

A walk in the park - can prescribing nature work?

Dr Sian de Bell, Research Fellow, University of Exeter and Julius Cesar Alejandre, Doctoral Researcher at Glasgow Caledonian University explain how nature prescribing can help keep us well.

Tags
Science, Social change
A still from the film Wet Sand
Date
24 March 2023 - 11:35

Five Films for Freedom: queer cinema and censorship

What are the challenges of making queer films in countries with repressive regimes? Film student Josh Bullin shares his learnings from creating a queer film season as part of his studies.

Tags
Arts for social change, LGBTQ+
Children's hands raised in class.
Date
03 March 2023 - 16:00

Teaching visually impaired students online: six key learnings

We asked British Council teacher, Elsa O'Brien, to share what she has learned while teaching a new online English class for visually impaired students.

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Teaching, Schools
Man sitting outside in a city, looking at a copy of El País, a Spanish national newspaper.
Date
19 January 2023 - 16:30

The British and their secret language regrets

'Everyone speaks English' - is that what most British people think? Vicky Gough looks at the results of the British Council’s recent UK survey and finds a desire to learn.

Tags
Languages, UK
Date
10 January 2023 - 14:00

How to help your students speak with clarity

Rosalind Johnson has developed some ideas for how language teachers can help their students speak with clarity, including warm-ups, tongue twisters and working on the pace of their speech.

Tags
Languages, Teaching, English language
Young girl seated in the foreground, wearing a checked school uniform dress, out of focus in the background is a boy wearing a checked school shirt.
Date
05 December 2022 - 15:00

How to support girls in the classroom – lessons from Tanzania

A new report commissioned by British Council Tanzania examines the attitudes of head teachers and teachers towards girls in the classroom.

Tags
Educational research, Women and girls, Policy, Schools, Teaching
Five clear glass trophies, in a rough hexagonal shape, with white lettering that says: ELTons winner Local Innovation. Trophies sit on a black ground, against a purple background.
Date
28 November 2022 - 12:00

Ten statements about the Future of ELT - the hidden messages from the ELTons finalists

Chia Suan Chong had a sneak preview of the 2022 finalists for the ELTons Innovation Awards and she found ten key messages that she wants English language teachers to know about.

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Languages, English language
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