- Date
- 15 October 2013 - 16:31
How to teach English to a former rebel army
Claire Duly explains what it’s like to transform former rebels into a modern standing army.
- Tags
- English language, Teaching
Voices
Voices
- Date
- 15 October 2013 - 11:28
Digital education in China
Jeremy Chan, regional head of research and consultancy, explains what the Chinese digital education landscape looks like, and the opportunities and risks for foreign investors.
- Tags
- Universities and higher education
- Date
- 14 October 2013 - 17:10
Rebuilding Afghanistan's creative industries
The British Council’s Daud Rasool explains how Afghanistan’s traditional creative industries are being rebuilt after years of war.
- Tags
- Arts, Creative Economy
- Date
- 11 October 2013 - 15:56
Why does nanotechnology divide public opinion?
Nanotechnology is said to improve several aspects of our lives, e.g., the shelf-life of food, but its minute scale challenges the imagination and raises public concerns.
- Tags
- Technology, Science
- Date
- 09 October 2013 - 16:01
Why teaching word stress in spoken English is important
One very important element to being understood in English is stressing the right words in a sentence.
- Tags
- English language, Teaching
- Date
- 03 October 2013 - 14:47
Post-2015 agenda: why the UN must include higher education
When the UN set eight Millennium Development Goals for the world to reach by 2015, one was universal primary education. Jo Beall argues that the UN must include higher education also.
- Tags
- Universities and higher education, Global development
- Date
- 03 October 2013 - 11:34
Essential tips for English language assistants in Thailand 1
If you are a student in the UK who’s planning to teach in Thailand in 2014 through the British Council’s Thailand English Teaching Project, read this advice by Charlotte Ogilvie.
- Tags
- English language, Teaching, Work outside the UK, Schools
- Date
- 02 October 2013 - 10:41
Why everyone should learn 1,000 words in another language
Brits have a reputation for being poor linguists, so a group of UK institutions, including the British Council, launched a campaign last week to encourage everyone to learn another language.
- Tags
- Schools
- Date
- 27 September 2013 - 09:41
Why being a graduate is anything but 'a failed experiment'
Aditya Chakrabortty (The Guardian) claims that university students are the ‘latest batch of guinea pigs in an experiment that has already largely failed’. John Bramwell disagrees.
- Tags
- Universities and higher education
- Date
- 25 September 2013 - 12:52
The women of South Sudan
High illiteracy rates and rigid gender roles are just two of the many challenges for the women of South Sudan.
- Tags
- Women and girls, Global development, Equal opportunities and diversity