- Date
- 09 May 2018 - 08:00
'Losing memory is like misplacing the rule book' – Jan Carson, novelist
The author Jan Carson writes about the role of memory – and its loss – in her books and in her life.
- Tags
- Literature Equal opportunities and diversity
Voices
Voices
- Date
- 07 May 2018 - 12:55
How users of an app are influencing local government in Mexico City
How can a smartphone app improve city infrastructure by connecting the public and local government? We asked Diego Mendiburu, CEO of app development company Fáctico.
- Tags
- Technology
- Date
- 03 May 2018 - 08:05
Ten activities to practise listening fluency in the English classroom
Kasia Piotrowska, winner of the British Council's TeachingEnglish blog award, has collected her favourite listening tasks, games and online resources.
- Tags
- English language Teaching Teaching resources
- Date
- 30 April 2018 - 15:09
The Lebanese designer who wants to make clothes for 'real bodies'
Cynthia Chamat Debbané is an entrepreneur and designer whose clothing business challenges the fashion industry's 'rules'.
- Tags
- Fashion
- Date
- 23 April 2018 - 17:00
Will young people in the EU want to learn English in 2025?
The British Council's Sarah Rolph breaks down the results of our new report, The future demand for English in Europe: 2025 and beyond.
- Tags
- Publications English language
- Date
- 20 April 2018 - 08:00
Getting the tone right (or wrong) in Mandarin
For UN Chinese Language Day, we asked British Council colleagues who have studied Mandarin to tell us about their most memorable mistake with tone while living and working in China.
- Tags
- Study outside the UK Work outside the UK
- Date
- 17 April 2018 - 15:00
What do young Kenyans want for the future?
Quality education, fair access to career opportunities and a more visible role in public life – Simon Ndirangu summarises the findings of the Next Generation Kenya report.
- Tags
- Publications
- Date
- 16 April 2018 - 12:12
How school-aged girls are influencing public policy in Lagos
Olaoluwa Abagun is a lawyer and and founder of Girl Pride Circle Initiative, a non-governmental organisation in Nigeria which advocates for girls’ rights.
- Tags
- Equal opportunities and diversity Women and girls Cultural leadership
- Date
- 11 April 2018 - 08:00
Why one Lithuanian novelist is revisiting the past
Gabija Grušaitė is a novelist and curator. She talks about contemporary Lithuanian literature and her complicated relationship with the books of the past.
- Tags
- Literature
- Date
- 28 March 2018 - 09:00
What is life like now for young South Africans?
Next Generation South Africa asks young people about work, education, politics and community. Carmel Marock and Candice Harrison-Train, who edited the report, summarise the findings.
- Tags
- Publications