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'One day I decided to go into school with one black contact lens, just to surprise my students. It worked.' Photo (c)  Mat Wright
Date
09 July 2014 - 14:44

Essential tips for English language assistants in Thailand 2

Charlotte Ogilvie, who taught in a Thai school last year through the British Council’s Thailand English Teaching programme, explains how to make the most of your time outside the classroom

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Teaching, Teaching resources, Work outside the UK
'Many students only want to pack their suitcases for a short stint studying abroad, rather than a full year.' Photo (c) Natasha Mileshina, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
07 July 2014 - 14:58

Will the trend of short-term study abroad catch on?

What are the trends in study abroad? Janice Mulholland of the British Council’s US office explains the big issues in US universities’ international education programmes.

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Universities and higher education
Universities working directly with their communities might be looking into questions such as: 'What are the effects of an ageing population in a particular town?' Photo (c) Garry Knight, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
01 July 2014 - 15:16

How can universities create stronger communities?

The British Council’s Caroline Chipperfield explains how more and more higher education institutions are becoming an integral part of their local communities.

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Universities and higher education
Illustration for Teaching English online – opportunities and pitfalls
Date
26 June 2014 - 12:13

Teaching English online – opportunities and pitfalls

English teacher Sylvia Guinan walks us through the opportunities and pitfalls of teaching online in one of our top five articles of all time, illustrated by artist Jamie Johnson.

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English language, Teaching
Match between All Stars DOSTI Karachi Team and Team Pakistan. Photo: Omer Farooq; copyright: British Council
Date
24 June 2014 - 16:40

These children value education more than anything

A football programme has helped Pakistani children leave behind a life of drugs and beatings. Former street children Meher, Rajab and Awais speak here about their experience

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Sport
Speaking more than one language fluently has some cognitive costs and many benefits. Image courtesy Quinn Dombrowski under Creative Commons license.
Date
23 June 2014 - 10:46

Does being bilingual make you smarter?

Language teacher and researcher Miguel Angel Muñoz explains the latest research on how being bilingual affects your brain

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English language, Schools, Teaching
'The education minister recommends reducing the number of universities from 800 to 40.' Photo (c) Photo by Sergey Galyonkin, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
19 June 2014 - 12:32

Why Ukraine is reforming its higher education system

Lyudmila Tatsenko of the British Council in Ukraine surveys the scene, as the Ministry of Education and Science in Ukraine prepares for a UK visit next week.

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Universities and higher education
'Clearly, you cannot talk about the First World War without talking about Germany' Photo: German ring ‘Vaterlandsdank 1914’, which was awarded for the donation of precious metals to the war effort. © Max Ackermann
Date
18 June 2014 - 16:09

Beyond 'us versus them': UK, Germany and the First World War

As we mark 100 years since the start of the First World War in 1914, Anne Bostanci argues how it’s no longer useful to think about a country’s contribution and loss in national terms.

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History
Original illustration for How to get started as an online teacher of English
Date
18 June 2014 - 09:38

How to get started as an online teacher of English

Have you thought about teaching English online? Emma Segev gives some practical tips to get started in one of our top five articles of all time, illustrated by artist Jamie Johnson.

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Teaching resources, Teaching, English language
What's the future of English? Photo (cropped; levels adjusted) of dictionaries by John Keogh on Flickr under Creative Commons licence
Date
13 June 2014 - 10:19

What's the future of English?

David Crystal described ‘the future of Englishes’ and the evolution of global varieties of English across the world.

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English language
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