- Date
- 22 February 2021 - 12:12
How I create fun and effective Mandarin Chinese lessons
Mandarin teacher Frank Fan tells us how he uses learning activities and games in his classroom – as well as a sense of humour.
- Tags
- Teaching, Languages
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- 04 February 2021 - 15:48
Seven things I want you to understand about autism
Rebecca Ellis, an autistic PhD researcher in autism care pathways, and a science communicator, shares current thinking on autism.
- Tags
- Equal opportunities and diversity, Scientific research
- Date
- 11 January 2021 - 14:37
How I built a career in disability sport
Footballer Jack Rutter has built a career in disability sport, including as team captain for England at the 2016 Paralympic Games, and tells us the skills he has learned along the way.
- Tags
- Equal opportunities and diversity, Football, Skills, Olympics
- Date
- 26 November 2020 - 12:03
How teaching English took me from the Gobi Desert to Mount Everest
Jasper Gogol-Sicklen spent three years teaching English at Chongqing Foreign Language School in China. He used his time abroad to seek adventures across all of Asia.
- Tags
- Work outside the UK, UK, China, Study outside the UK
- Date
- 12 November 2020 - 07:59
Which languages did the UK study in lockdown?
We asked 2,000 UK adults about their experience of language learning and what languages young people should learn today. British Council’s Vicky Gough breaks down the results.
- Tags
- Languages
- Date
- 29 June 2020 - 08:00
Language learning is still in decline in England's schools
The annual Language Trends survey examines teachers' views of language teaching in schools in England. Its author, Ian Collen, explains some of this year’s findings.
- Tags
- Languages, Schools, Primary school, Secondary school, Teaching
- Date
- 27 January 2020 - 09:48
Language learning and boys – how some schools beat the odds
Girls are more than twice as likely to achieve a good grade in languages, but some schools are bucking this trend, and they have two things in common.
- Tags
- Publications, Languages
- Date
- 12 August 2019 - 11:58
I am Deaf, but I was raised to be hearing
Theatre-maker Jonny Cotsen's parents raised him as though he were hearing, but when he became a teacher he realised the extent of his Deafness.
- Tags
- Theatre, Equal opportunities and diversity
- Date
- 07 August 2019 - 14:37
'Fear masks other emotions' – Travis Alabanza, artist
Artist and performer Travis Alabanza wrote their play, BURGERZ, after they were targeted in a transphobic attack. They tell us why we should be responsible bystanders.
- Tags
- Theatre, Equal opportunities and diversity
- Date
- 08 July 2019 - 16:34
What is it like to be a young, Black journalist in the UK?
We asked Amnesty UK Media Award finalist Nadine White about getting paid and recognised as a journalist, and how a lack of diversity in the profession affects the quality of news.
- Tags
- Skills