Skip to main content

British Council

  • Home
  • Learn English
  • Take an exam
  • Study and work abroad
  • School and teacher resources
  • English, education and arts
    • Voices Magazine
    • Contact us
  • Show search
    Close search

Voices

Voices

Filter your results

  • Remove filter: Cultural relations (5)
    • Publications (3) Apply filter.
    • Equal opportunities and diversity (2) Apply filter.
  • Remove filter: Themes (5)
    • Education and skills (2) Apply filter.
    • Arts and culture (1) Apply filter.
    • Science (1) Apply filter.
    • Youth (1) Apply filter.
  • Education (2) Apply filter.
  • Subject (1) Apply filter.
  • Countries (1) Apply filter.
Three images of Emani Edwards
Date
23 November 2020 - 11:20

What it's like to be a trans fashion activist in Jamaica

We spoke to creative director Emani Edwards about how she uses style as a form of protest.

Tags
Arts and culture, Equal opportunities and diversity
Cafe door with 'bonjour' written on a chalk board
Date
05 March 2019 - 08:13

Is the UK in a language crisis?

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Modern Languages thinks the UK is in a crisis. Professor Mike Kelly, a languages advocate, expert and advisor to the APPG, tells us why.

Tags
Languages, Policy, Publications
Women are consistently under-represented in leading positions in science, despite often making up more than 50 per cent of the undergraduate population. Image © James Glossop (British Council).
Date
24 July 2015 - 10:51

What institutions can do to support women in science

The British Council's Director of Science, Dr Claire McNulty, takes the Tim Hunt affair as an opportunity to look forward.

Tags
Science, Equal opportunities and diversity
'Though the script may look like loopy squiggles to an untrained eye, learning to read and write isn't as huge a challenge as most people expect.' (Photo of Arabic calligraphy by Mark under Creative Commons licence)
Date
03 October 2014 - 14:34

Arabic: more accessible than you think

In the ninth in our weekly series on the ten most important languages for the UK’s future, we turn to the fifth most commonly spoken language in the world, Arabic.

Tags
Schools, Study outside the UK, Work outside the UK, Publications
'It's hard to miss this colourful, well-groomed tribe of trendy urbanites.' Photo (c) farhad pocha, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
29 August 2014 - 10:17

German and hipsters: the perfect match?

German has a reputation for long words and difficult grammar. But far from being prosaic, it’s actually a language for writers, thinkers and hipsters, writes Martin Steinmetz.

Tags
Study outside the UK, Work outside the UK, Schools, Publications

Editor picks

  • Novelist Sally Rooney on contemporary Irish writing
  • Nigerian Pidgin – 20 useful words and phrases
  • Ten ways to support your child’s English-learning at home
  • How has Greek influenced the English language?
  • Nine ways to use emojis in the English classroom

British Council Worldwide

  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Brunei
  • Bulgaria
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Caribbean
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Egypt
  • England
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Hong Kong, SAR of China
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Korea, Republic of
  • Kosovo
  • Kuwait
  • Laos
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Lithuania
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar (Burma)
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • North Macedonia
  • Northern Ireland
  • Norway
  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Qatar
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Scotland
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syria
  • Taiwan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States of America
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Wales
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
  • About us
    • How we work
    • How we are run
    • Our values
    • Our history
    • Our Patron
  • Work with us
    • Careers
    • Partner with us
    • Staff and alumni associations
  • Research and policy insight
    • Insight articles
    • Research reports
    • Research series
    • Policy reports
    • Essay collections
    • Policy positions
    • Current research consultancy opportunities
    • Foreign policy forum
  • Contact us
    • Press office
    • Contact your local British Council office
    • Make a freedom of information request
    • Make a complaint

Connect with us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

  • Terms of use
  • Terms and conditions of sale
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy and cookies
  • Statement on modern slavery
  • Site map

© 2022 British Council

The United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
A registered charity: 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland).