Global Britain: the UK’s soft power advantage
The Global Perceptions 2020 report reveals how the UK and other countries rate in the eyes of the next generation of young people.
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Global Britain: the UK’s soft power advantage
At this crucial turning point we offer new insight into the UK’s standing in the eyes of young people around the world.
International higher education partnerships and the Sustainable Development Goals
How can international higher education partnerships tackle urgent global challenges?
Exploring the potential for assessing interactional and pragmatic competence in semi-direct speaking tests
Explore how a semi-direct speaking test can capture a broader range of real-world communication skills
How bilingual schooling affects students from different socio-economic backgrounds: the student perspective
Discover how bilingual education can help bridge socio-economic gaps in English language learning.
Advanced speech fluency measurement: innovations and applications
This research tests a new way to measure fluency in second language speech without manual transcription, and looks at how it could support language assessment.
The Big Conversation Climate Change
Research report: study providing insight on values and attitudes towards climate change among the populations of China, India, Japan and Mexico.
Cultural relations, dialogue and co-operation in an age of competition
Research report: we explore the role that cultural relations plays in more challenging contexts in building a resilient platform for dialogue and co-operation between nations.
The Comprehensive Learning System
For learning programmes to succeed, they should be seen as a system where curriculum, delivery and assessment work together.
Language testing as cultural relations
Explore how the British Council’s work in testing and assessment has contributed to the organisation’s cultural relations agenda.