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Over a decade of innovation - Ceibal en Inglés

Ceibal en Inglés is a programme designed to teach English to children in state schools in Uruguay. The British Council has collaborated in this innovative initiative with Ceibal since 2012, playing a crucial role in transforming the educational landscape in Uruguay over the past decade.

With a positive impact on over 280,000 children in state schools, the programme has effectively addressed the shortage of English teachers in the country through video conferencing.

Band performing at British Council event

COVID-19: impact and innovation in the Americas arts and culture sector

In the third part of our arts and cultural COVID-19 series, we explore how the arts and cultural sector across the Americas are responding to the pandemic.

Colombia’s next generation

New research reveals the hopes, fears, and dreams of young Colombians as they look to a peaceful future.

A photo capturing internal devastation at a museum

Heritage on fire

Insight looks at the aftermath of the fire that recently devastated the Brazilian National Museum, to ask what lessons can be learned.

Next Generation Colombia

This preliminary report presents the early findings about what is known about young people in Columbia and the social conditions in which they live.

The rise of populism

Insight talks to RUSI Director-General Karin von Hippel about populism, its causes, and its implications for the world order.