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Young man amid water fountains in Somerset House

Date: 26 August 2016 - 09:27

Our heritage is not just a collection of museum pieces

Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, explains what motivates us to protect and care for our built heritage.

Tags: Arts, Architecture

'To the next generation of young scientists, nothing is more inspirational than space.' Photo (c) DLR German Aerospace Center under CC-BY 2.0 licence

Date: 03 August 2016 - 20:57

'Flying to a comet isn’t just a pointless sci-fi exercise'

Space scientist Professor Monica Grady of the Open University spoke to the British Council's Ellie Buchdahl at this week's London International Youth Science Forum.

Tags: Science

At some schools, even the youngest children know what the Sustainable Development Goals are. Photo (c) Mat Wright

Date: 22 July 2016 - 16:19

How to teach the UN's development goals, and why

Emily Reynolds of our schools team explains why it is in students' interests to know about the 'Sustainable Development Goals' (SDGs), and how teachers can teach them.

Tags: Schools, Education, Global development

'[W]atch the films in advance so there are no awkward moments during the screening.' Photo

Date: 29 June 2016 - 12:57

How to get film-based lessons right

Have you ever shown films to your class, or considered setting up a film club? Daryn Simon, Head of History at Ysgol Bryn Alyn, and Beatrix Clark of Into Film share some advice.

Tags: Film, Schools, Arts, Teaching resources, Teaching

'I want to challenge the isolation of Woolf’s female Shakespeare'.

Date: 09 June 2016 - 05:30

What if Shakespeare had been a woman?

Drawing on the histories of female writers and performers in England, Dr Emma Whipday of King's College London asks what might have become of Shakespeare if he had been a woman.

Tags: Shakespeare, Arts

English language teaching is evolving all the time, particularly alongside advances in technology. Photo (c) Mat Wright

Date: 01 June 2016 - 14:14

Ten innovations that have changed English language teaching

What innovations in English language teaching (ELT) have had the biggest impact on your teaching? Teaching expert Chia Suan Chong lists her top ten.

Tags: Teaching resources, Teaching, English language

Date: 20 May 2016 - 05:54

How to use inquiry-based learning with young learners

Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina, whose course, Oxford Discover, won the 2015 ELTons award for course innovation, suggest ways to use inquiry-based learning in the ESL classroom.

Tags: Teaching, Teaching resources

Mohammed, a nurse working in Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan. Image (c) DFID, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the oiriginal.

Date: 22 April 2016 - 13:32

Can higher education help fix the refugee crisis?

How can universities help students and academics fleeing violence in Syria and elsewhere? The British Council's Dr John Law answers.

Tags: Universities and higher education

'The history play became a powerful place to ask questions such as what makes a good king, and what are the priorities of governance.'

Date: 21 April 2016 - 07:52

Shakespeare’s stories of power do more than retell history

What can Shakespeare's studies of power and politics tell us about the present? Dr Charlotte Scott explains why Shakespeare's history plays continue to fascinate.

Tags: Shakespeare, Arts, Theatre, Literature

David Garrick 'dedicated his extraordinarily successful career to promoting Shakespeare as the supreme symbol of British culture'. Image (c) British Council

Date: 19 April 2016 - 06:54

How one actor forever changed the way we see Shakespeare

Professor Richard Schoch explains how David Garrick, an 18th-century actor-manager and playwright, formed the popular attitudes towards Shakespeare that remain to this day.

Tags: Shakespeare, Arts, Theatre, Literature

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