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Sonny Swe
Date
09 July 2019 - 08:38

'Every story was censored' – Sonny Swe, publisher

Sonny Swe, CEO of Frontier Myanmar Weekly Magazine, talks about negotiating with the censorship board in Myanmar, and building a career before and after prison.

Tags
Civil society, Skills
Two hip young adults in Myanmar walking down the street and talking to each other
Date
07 June 2019 - 08:13

Myanmar's youth optimistic about their country's future

The British Council's Christine Wilson answers a few questions about attitudes among young adults in Myanmar, reported in the latest instalment of our Next Generation research series.

Tags
Civil society, Youth
'Most villages [in Burma] have at least one monastery.' Image (c) sasint, licensed under CC0 and adapted from the original.
Date
11 July 2017 - 15:53

Modern teaching in a traditional Burmese monastery

What happens when teachers at a traditional Burmese monastery learn the latest teaching techniques? Jonathan Bennett explains.

Tags
Teaching, Teaching resources, Cultural relations
'My poems are concerned with many different things, from local realities to the personal'. Image (c) Peter Hershey, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
07 November 2016 - 03:26

A brief introduction to the poetry of Burma

We asked Maung Day, Burmese poet and writer in residence at Edge Hill University in the UK, about poetry in Burma today, and the influences on his own writing.

Tags
Arts, Literature
Date
07 October 2015 - 04:49

Do learner-centred approaches work in every culture?

Is it time to challenge Western assumptions about education? The British Council's Ian Clifford looks at the case of Burma, ahead of his webinar on 12 October 2015.

Tags
Teaching, Schools
'Writers are finding space for previously taboo topics.' Photo (c) Stefan Munder, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
28 September 2015 - 08:22

Burma’s ethnic writing is emerging after years of exclusion

For decades, Burma's ethnically diverse writers were unable to publish in their own language. There are, however, first signs of a changing literary landscape.

Tags
Arts, Literature
'According to IBM, 90 per cent of the data in the world was created in the last two years.'
Date
05 March 2015 - 06:43

Is critical thinking a Western concept?

Educators agree that critical thinking is a crucial skill for the 21st century, but is it harder to teach in some cultures than in others? The British Council's Don Watson reports.

Tags
Education, Schools
Nature plays a dominant role in Burmese literature. Photo of Mount Zwe Kabin in Hpa-an, where the British Council held workshops for Burmese writers, courtesy of the author.
Date
18 November 2013 - 15:15

How do you 'invest' in Burma's writers?

How do you cater for a country’s writers who have a pressing need to commit their stories to paper?

Tags
Arts, Literature
'Academic freedom, which to you seems natural, is for us a distant dream.' Photo (c) Frank Noon
Date
09 May 2013 - 16:23

Aung San Suu Kyi speech: support Burma's higher education

This is a transcript of Aung San Suu Kyi’s video speech on academic freedom. The video was presented at a British Council and University of London policy dialogue event on 9 May 2013

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Universities and higher education
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