- Date
- 03 August 2017 - 17:23
How to find your voice as a writer
Award-winning slam poet and teaching artist Sophia Walker talks about how to become a better writer.
- Tags
- Performance, Skills, Equal opportunities and diversity
Voices
Voices
- Date
- 31 July 2017 - 20:46
An experts' guide to the Edinburgh Fringe
This year is the 70th anniversary of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Four Fringe experts give tips on surviving the world's biggest arts festival.
- Tags
- Theatre, Creative Economy, Performance, Festivals, Dance
- Date
- 27 July 2017 - 17:47
How to prepare for a job interview in English
How should you prepare for an interview, if English is not your first language? The British Council's Megan Oliver shares a few tips.
- Tags
- English language
- Date
- 18 July 2017 - 09:36
Which countries are considered the most attractive in 2017?
Every year since 2015, global communications consultancy Portland Communications releases a list of the world's most influential and attractive countries.
- Tags
- Cultural relations
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- Date
- 11 July 2017 - 15:53
Modern teaching in a traditional Burmese monastery
What happens when teachers at a traditional Burmese monastery learn the latest teaching techniques? Jonathan Bennett explains.
- Tags
- Teaching, Teaching resources, Cultural relations
- Date
- 06 July 2017 - 19:22
Three journalists from around the world on how to get ahead
What are the secrets to being successful in international news? Ellie Buchdahl spoke to journalists from around the world at the British Council's Future News Worldwide conference.
- Tags
- Skills, Professional development, Work outside the UK
- Date
- 05 July 2017 - 11:07
Ways to use song lyrics to improve comprehension
Winner of the TeachingEnglish blog award Miguel Míguez explains how teachers can use song lyrics in the classroom.
- Tags
- English language, Teaching resources, Learning resources
- Date
- 29 June 2017 - 16:50
'Delightfully utilitarian': learning Swedish as a foreign language
Student and translator Nicholas Lawrence explains his experience of learning Swedish.
- Tags
- Learning resources, Festivals
- Date
- 26 June 2017 - 15:19
How to include children with special educational needs and disabilities
We asked Reem Al Hout, Principal of the American Academy of Beirut, a school which includes children with special educational needs (SEN), about the benefits of inclusion.
- Tags
- Teaching resources, Equal opportunities and diversity, Teaching
- Date
- 23 June 2017 - 15:36
How do young people from other countries see the UK?
As part of long-term research into trust in the UK and its attractiveness, the British Council's new report From the Outside In looks at how young people across the G20 nations view the UK.
- Tags
- Publications, Cultural leadership, Cultural relations