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06 April 2016 - 11:49

How have performances of Shakespeare changed over time?

Shakespeare's plays have inspired a variety of interpretations over the centuries. Shehrazade Zafar-Arif, who's completing her MA in Shakespeare Studies at King’s College London, explains.

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Shakespeare
What would my life be like if I had been born an ambitious girl in Beijing rather than London? Photo (c) Mat Wright
Date
05 April 2016 - 09:32

Why China can be an exciting place for women

What's it really like to be a smart, ambitious young woman in China? Lara Izzard-Hobbs, an intern at a Chinese law firm as part of a British Council programme, answers.

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Work outside the UK, Study outside the UK
Teacher preparing a lesson with a phone, laptop and pens
Date
01 April 2016 - 13:17

How to experiment with new ideas in the classroom

Mike Astbury, second-time winner of the British Council's TeachingEnglish blog award, shares some advice for trying out new activities in the classroom.

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Teaching, English language
Date
30 March 2016 - 10:01

How UK schools benefit from modern language assistants

Jackie Rayment, a modern foreign language adviser at Herts for learning, looks at some of the ways modern language assistants can benefit UK schools and their pupils.

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Schools
Young boy standing up with his hands on his head.
Date
29 March 2016 - 09:29

Why is my child doing these activities in language class?

Children's language lessons today often look very different from the ones their parents remember having. The British Council's Gail Ellis looks at the approach teachers take in class today.

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Teaching, English language
'South Africa is hungry for new developments.' Photo (c) Andrew Moore, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
24 March 2016 - 15:04

What does it take to run a successful African business?

We spoke to two very different African entrepreneurs: Maisson Hassan of Fandora, and Mario Demetriou of DroneSnap.

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Cultural relations
Date
24 March 2016 - 14:35

How to reform a university’s English language department

What problems are common to English language departments at universities in developing countries, and how can they be tackled? The British Council's Ben Gray looks at the issues.

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English language, Teaching
Syrian journalist and blogger Mahmoud Hassino, photographed by his partner. Image (c) Mahmoud Hassino
Date
21 March 2016 - 09:44

What's it like to be a gay refugee?

We asked Mahmoud Hassino, a Syrian journalist and gay blogger who works at a refugee shelter in Berlin, what it's like to be a gay refugee.

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Film, Arts
'This battle has to be fought, owned and championed by Africans.' Image (cropped) (c) David Campbell Morrison
Date
17 March 2016 - 19:07

One man's experience of being gay in Nigeria

Bisi Alimi, a Nigerian activist who received death threats after he came out tells us about his experience growing up in his home country.

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Film, Arts, Equal opportunities and diversity
Irish film-maker Kate Dolan (left) talks to a young actress on the set of 'Little Doll'. Photo (c) Katie O'Neill
Date
17 March 2016 - 13:13

Two girls' film kiss helped me make sense of my feelings

Do young people need to see gay characters on screen? Absolutely, says Irish film-maker Kate Dolan.

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Arts, Film, Equal opportunities and diversity
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