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'An astonishing 21 per cent of the top 500 institutions did not reply to student enquiries.' Photo (c) Bruno Girin, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 17 September 2014 - 14:31

Are international students given the information they need?

How effective are the online information and enquiry services of the top 500 universities?

Tags: Universities and higher education

'Integrating international students into the home community is fundamental to internationalising higher education.' Photo by Mat Wright / British Council

Date: 11 September 2014 - 10:54

How do UK home students feel about international students?

International students make a vital academic, economic and cultural contribution to the UK’s higher education sector, but whose responsibility is it to make them feel welcome?

Tags: Universities and higher education

People expect humanities graduates to be able to write, present, and speak in a manner sensitive to local cultural contexts. Photo of Sindh after the flood by (c) DFID. licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 10 September 2014 - 15:28

The humanities: a career path to international development

Scientific and technical knowledge is vital in tackling development challenges such as poverty and security, but so are the humanities. Meghann Jones explains.

Tags: Universities and higher education

The British see French as the 'language of love'. Photo (c) Mark Fischer, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 05 September 2014 - 09:45

French: precise, romantic, influential, close to English

In the latest instalment of our series on the ten most important languages for the UK’s future, as identified in our Languages for the Future report, we turn to French.

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

'I now carry a small notebook wherever I go in case I suddenly get inspired to write a short poem or an interesting observation.' Photo by Javier M. on Flickr under Creative Commons licence.

Date: 03 September 2014 - 15:39

How a creative writing course gave me the freedom to write

What does it take to switch off the phone and get writing?

Tags: Universities and higher education

'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

'We don't often use pen and paper, yet this is what we expect of young learners.' Photo (c) vidalia_11, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 23 August 2014 - 15:48

How to help young English language learners love writing

Roseli Serra, winner of the TeachingEnglish monthly blog award, writes about how to encourage children learning English to love writing in English too.

Tags: English language, Teaching, Education

Spanish: learning to speak the language of 400 million people. Photo of Mexico City by Kasper Christensen under Creative Commons licence.

Date: 22 August 2014 - 15:28

Spanish: speak the language of 400 million people

In the recent Languages for the Future report, Spanish was highlighted as the most important language for people in the UK to learn.

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

'The take-up of massive open online courses is now global.' Photo (c) Christopher Phin, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0, adapted from the original.

Date: 14 August 2014 - 11:13

How thousands can join free English language online course

From 1 September 2014, you can learn English through our first massive open online course (MOOC), ‘Exploring English: language and culture’ on FutureLearn.

Tags: Universities and higher education, English language, Learning resources

Some regional varieties of Italian, such as Sicilian, differ so widely from standard Italian that they are seen by some as separate languages. (Photo of Italy and Sicily by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center)

Date: 08 August 2014 - 16:26

How good is Italian for business?

The British Council’s Languages for the Future report identified the ten languages most important to the UK over the next 20 years. Sarah Giles writes about Italian.

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

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