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'Teaching is more than child-minding students.' Photo (c) Alan Levine, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
03 June 2013 - 17:20

Will technology make teachers obsolete?

Advances in technology offer the potential to expand access to education, but will online learning ever replace the need for teachers?

Tags
Universities and higher education, Schools
'At the heart of English spelling there is a phonological system – alphabetic letters related to sounds.'
Date
31 May 2013 - 15:04

Three myths about English spelling

Johanna Stirling shares three myths about English spelling from her recent British Council seminar.

Tags
English language, Teaching
'Loud booms aren’t really unusual in Tripoli, but this one was very loud.' Photo (c) David Stanley, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
30 May 2013 - 11:55

Thousands more Libyan graduates to study in the UK

Amid security alerts, the British Council signed an agreement with Libyan officials which we hope will smooth the path of up to 5,000 Libyan scholars due to study in the UK each year.

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Universities and higher education
Entrance to Jeremy Deller's English Magic exhibition at the Venice Biennale 2013. Photo: Cristiano Corte
Date
29 May 2013 - 15:53

Venice Biennale 2013: Jeremy Deller's 'English Magic'

Emma Gifford-Mead offers an insight into Jeremy Deller’s exhibition ‘English Magic’.

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Visual Arts, Arts
Language assistant Myriam Tremblay exploring Bakewell, Derbyshire, during her year at a school in Manchester. (Image courtesy of the author)
Date
28 May 2013 - 17:13

Bring a foreign language assistant to your UK classroom

A British teacher and a Canadian language assistant explain how the British Council’s language assistant programme has benefited their classrooms and careers.

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Teaching, Schools
Making tasty food from a different culture is one of the many things you can do to celebrate diversity. Photo (c) VisitBritain / Ingrid Rasmussen
Date
21 May 2013 - 16:53

Do one thing for diversity today

The British Council is taking part in UNESCO’s campaign to ‘do one thing for diversity’, and our Rabbhi Yahiya suggests five ways you can participate.

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Equal opportunities and diversity
Teaching English is more than just a 'gap year' option - it's an entrepreneurial opportunity (Image credit: Mat Wright)
Date
21 May 2013 - 15:55

How I built an English language business

Ahead of this year's ELTons awards for innovation in English language teaching, we asked three entrepreneurs how they built their own English language teaching (ELT) businesses.

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English language, Teaching resources
'The UK has a huge variety of distinct regional accents.' Photo (c)
Date
17 May 2013 - 11:30

UK accents: it's not what you say, it's how you say it

What do listeners hear when you speak in a particular accent?

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English language
Natalia Milán teaches English to children by video conference (Image credit: Camila García)
Date
09 May 2013 - 16:57

How I learned to teach English through a video screen

Natalia Milán describes what it’s like to teach English to a class from the other side of a video screen.

Tags
Teaching resources, English language, Teaching
'Academic freedom, which to you seems natural, is for us a distant dream.' Photo (c) Frank Noon
Date
09 May 2013 - 16:23

Aung San Suu Kyi speech: support Burma's higher education

This is a transcript of Aung San Suu Kyi’s video speech on academic freedom. The video was presented at a British Council and University of London policy dialogue event on 9 May 2013

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Universities and higher education
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