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Photo of mobile phone and paper exercises
Date
18 July 2016 - 12:30

Get your students to reflect on their learning using mobiles

Lucy Norris and Professor Agnes Kukulska-Hulme explain how teachers can help language students get on top of their own learning by using mobile phones.

Tags
English language, Teaching, Teaching resources, Technology
The EDGE project...was set up to give adolescent girls from marginalised communities access to digital devices.'
Date
28 June 2016 - 15:16

What stops girls in South Asia getting online?

In South Asia, the internet is still largely the preserve of men. Mostofa Mohiuddin, who manages the English and Digital for Girls’ Education (EDGE) project in Bangladesh, explains.

Tags
Women and girls, Equal opportunities and diversity, Technology
'The pharaohs left a huge scientific legacy.' Photo (c) David Stanley, licensed under CC-BY-2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
24 February 2016 - 18:40

Why has Egypt produced so many great scientists?

We asked Nancy Elhalfawy, an Egyptian PhD student, about her country's scientific legacy and how it inspired her to become a scientist.

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Science, Universities and higher education
'The motivation behind my work and the questions I'm asking are different from those of an illustrator.' Art
Date
19 February 2016 - 15:59

Gemma Anderson: 'Take drawing seriously as mode of enquiry'

Does art simply represent the world 'as it is', or does it find other aspects in it, aspects that people wouldn't normally detect? Gemma Anderson, who creates art with scientists, answers.

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Visual Arts, Science, Arts
On 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin was the first cosmonaut to fly to space. Photo (c) Allan Lee, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
23 October 2015 - 10:27

Elena Gagarina remembers her father, the first man in space

Marking the 50th anniversary of the the first man in space, Elena Gagarina, Yuri Gagarin's elder daughter gave a rare interview about the private life of her father.

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Science
Floor-heating systems that send hot air into a hollow space under the floor to heat a room or bath exist since Roman times. Watercolour by General Eduard von Kallee, 1884 (c) public domain, adapted from the original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rottenburg_Sumelocenna_by_Eduard_von_Kallee.jpg
Date
14 September 2015 - 14:54

Eco houses are coming back after centuries

What makes a house eco-friendly and how has the technology changed over time? Dr Bilsay Pastakkaya, who received a British Council grant to work with fellow researchers in the UK, explains.

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Architecture, Science, Scientific research, Arts
'As scientists, we have to realise the power we have – and the limitations of that power.' Photo (c)  Andy Miah, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
14 August 2015 - 06:52

What scientists can gain from literature and philosophy

Education UK’s Ellie Buchdahl spoke to Professor Lord Robert Winston, who boasts a long list of achievements in both science and the arts, to find out.

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Science, Education, Literature
Date
03 August 2015 - 04:40

Kazakhstan: today’s data, tomorrow’s harvest

How will climate change affect Kazakhstan's harvest in years to come? The British Council's Rowan Kennedy joins a Kazakhstan-UK research expedition to find out.

Tags
Scientific research
Can digital art be called art? Screenshot from YouTube video by Dezeen / British Council Arts
Date
27 February 2015 - 09:59

Can digital art be called art?

Digital art has been around since the 1950s in the UK. We spoke to 15 Folds about the growing impact of digital art on the museum and gallery sector in the UK,

Tags
Arts, Visual Arts, Technology
'We must improve the productivity of our crops so we can buy the world time to get to a point of population stability.' Photo (c) kuhnmi, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
08 December 2014 - 10:05

Can scientists create a new green revolution?

Can scientists improve photosynthesis and increase the productivity of crops to answer the problem of a growing population? Padraic Flood explains.

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