Voices
Setting up and running a book group is a different experience in every country. Miriam Vaswani, who organised a book group at the British Council in Tunis, explains how she did it.
Do teachers need to be in the room to successfully deliver a course to groups of learners? Not according to Nathan Lomax, who is training Libyan teachers from the UK using Skype.
The Indian government's rapid devolution of power to the Indian states is part of the country's higher education reform. The British Council's Manjula Rao looks at the implications
Four years on from the Arab Spring, what challenges face North Africa's youth and how can technology transform its education systems? The British Council's Chris Neil looks at the issues.
Many believe their children will get a head start in education by going straight for English and bypassing the home language. Not so, according to Professor Kioko.
Chris Cavey, lead educator for our massive open online course on FutureLearn, Exploring English: language and culture, explains what learners can gain from exchanging ideas online.
The British Council’s Tim Sowula accompanies UK publication Times Higher Education on a trip to sound out Palestinian universities.
While young graduates in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa do all they can to make themselves employable, they still face significant hurdles in landing jobs. Tristan McCowan analyses.
Do your students have difficulty deciding which words go together in English? Tim Warre, who won our most recent Teaching English blog award, lists his most effective tips.
Alecia Bailey, an English language assistant in Barranquilla, Colombia, explains why it's important to make friends among the locals, and gives some tips for soaking up the nightlife