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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.

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Work outside the UK, UK, China, Study outside the UK
Photo of smiling US graduate
Date
11 September 2017 - 14:48

What do the 2018 world university rankings tell us?

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018 are with us, but there's little change. The British Council's John Bramwell explains.

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Universities and higher education, Study outside the UK, Study in the UK
'Reviewers of funding applications are far more likely to award grants to applicants with strong overseas networks.' Image (c) PublicDomainPictures, licensed under CC0 and adapted from the original.
Date
15 March 2017 - 15:26

How to successfully apply for international research funding

What's the best way to sort through overseas research opportunities, and make your application stand out? We asked Huw Merfyn Hughes of Cardiff Metropolitan University.

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Universities and higher education, Professional development, Study outside the UK, Work outside the UK
'Alsatian culture is a unique mix of French and German influences.' Image (c) jackmac34, licensed under CC0 and adapted from the original.
Date
23 February 2017 - 10:00

Alsace: culturally not quite French, not quite German

Being an English language assistant gives you insight into a new culture. Laura Leichtfried, a language assistant in Alsace, France, tells us about the region.

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Study outside the UK, History
'We were living martial arts - not just taking a class in a room, but training out in the elements.' Image (c) nuzree, licensed under CC0 and adapted from the original.
Date
03 February 2017 - 13:16

Ted Duran: How I began a career in the Chinese film industry

How do you become a martial arts movie star if you aren't Chinese? We asked UK-born actor, fight director and filmmaker Ted Duran, a member of our Generation UK: China Network.

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Work outside the UK, Study outside the UK, Skills, Professional development, Arts
Why I decided to learn languages; photo by Matthew Burpee, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
20 November 2014 - 06:02

Why I decided to learn languages (14 and counting)

Alex Rawlings, who won a competition to find Britain's most multi-lingual student in 2011, explains why learning foreign languages is so rewarding.

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Study outside the UK, Education, Schools

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