Voices Magazine

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

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