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Poplar Union's Artistic Director, Beth Watton, speaking at an event in 2019
Date
11 August 2021 - 14:56

How we built a digital arts and community centre

Artistic Director Beth Watton tells us how her organisation built a digital arts and community centre during the pandemic.

Tags
Arts and culture, Arts
Photograph of Tendai John Mutambu
Date
05 February 2021 - 11:33

How I built a career as a moving image curator

Tendai John Mutambu is a film programmer and writer from New Zealand based in Bristol, UK. He tells us what is important for moving image curators and how he built his career.

Tags
Arts and culture, Film
Autumn leaves, pine cones and conkers lying on the grass
Date
01 February 2021 - 14:29

How I learned about French culture by teaching English in rural France

Claire Hogg spent six months in France as an English Language Assistant. She shares her experiences and tips for learning about French culture in a small town.

Tags
English and languages, Work outside the UK
Image of the sea
Date
24 November 2020 - 11:45

How to create art with someone on a different continent

Artists Alaa Tarabzouni and Ellie Niblock took part in a digital residency during the Covid-19 pandemic. They tell us how they created art together, virtually.

Tags
Arts, Arts and culture
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
Date
09 November 2020 - 12:15

Why speaking skills are important in higher education

Dr Doris Dippold and Dr Marion Heron's new research shows a mismatch between the speaking skills we need in the real world and taught skills.

Tags
English language, Higher education
Pupils in a classroom
Date
29 June 2020 - 08:00

Language learning is still in decline in England's schools

The annual Language Trends survey examines teachers' views of language teaching in schools in England. Its author, Ian Collen, explains some of this year’s findings.

Tags
Languages, Schools, Primary school, Secondary school, Teaching
Date
29 May 2020 - 10:06

How will higher education be different in 2030?

Ben Nelson and Diana El-Azar from the Minerva Project tell us how the changes we see during the Covid-19 pandemic will change the future of higher education.

Tags
Higher education
Curved library stacks
Date
01 May 2020 - 13:46

How has Covid-19 influenced overseas study plans in India and Pakistan?

This is the second instalment in a series of surveys designed to help the UK education sector respond to the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic.

Tags
Higher education
Man reading in a cafe
Date
10 February 2020 - 16:10

What skills do global learners have in common?

The British Council's Director of Education tells us how to be a global learner.

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Higher education
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