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Yellow football on grass
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
'If you want to succeed at football, you need to overcome societal barriers.' Image (c) Hamdy Reda.
Date
30 January 2017 - 19:35

Faiza Heider: 'Football is practically my life'

Captain of the Egyptian national women’s football team, Faiza Heider, told us how she overcame barriers to become a successful player and coach.

Tags
Football, Sport
Date
16 August 2016 - 10:30

Why aspiring footballers should study languages

What difference can a foreign language make to the hopes of young footballers in the UK? A school student interviewed Martyn Heather, Head of Education at the Premier League, to find out.

Tags
Schools, Sport
'It is important to think of social and emotional skills as content that you can teach.' Photo (c) Toto Santiko Budi
Date
02 August 2016 - 16:56

What should teachers know about teaching emotions?

Dr Paul Wright, an expert in social and emotional learning, explains what teachers should know when they teach children how to deal with their emotions.

Tags
Sport, Teaching, Schools
'The pain in my heart, in my chest, made it very hard to smile again.' Photo by Charles Siqueira.
Date
03 June 2016 - 19:51

How I got picked to carry the Olympic torch in Rio

Wallas Souza dos Santos, 15, talks about losing his 13-year-old sister to gun violence and how he was chosen to carry the Olympic torch this summer after taking part in Premier Skills.

Tags
Sport, Civil society
Match between All Stars DOSTI Karachi Team and Team Pakistan. Photo: Omer Farooq; copyright: British Council
Date
24 June 2014 - 16:40

These children value education more than anything

A football programme has helped Pakistani children leave behind a life of drugs and beatings. Former street children Meher, Rajab and Awais speak here about their experience

Tags
Sport
Date
03 July 2013 - 11:29

Afghanistan: taking the Premier League into the community

Daud Rasool, Deputy Director British Council Afghanistan, walks us through a recent history and the transformational aspect of the Premier Skills programme on the lives of young Afghans.

Tags
Football, Sport

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