Voices
Dr Christina Lima of the University of Leicester suggests five ways of using films of Shakespeare's plays to practise English language listening.
Following a year abroad in Australia, Daisy Binks decided she wasn't done with living abroad and is now working as an English language assistant in Shijiazhuang, China. Read her tips.
Employers have been complaining about education systems failing to produce the graduates they need. Ivana Aleksic discusses how much of a say on education employers should have.
Rae Seymour, who develops education resources at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), encourages primary school teachers to use Shakespeare and theatre when teaching young learners.
African economies are developing fast, and we must recognise the role of universities in this, as the British Council's Caroline Chipperfield shows.
After having studied Spanish for more than five years, UK student Charity Woodruff was surprised when first faced with the idioms of Chile. Read how she got to grips with the language
Eddie Simmonds, an English language assistant in Rome, shares a few things you should remember if you find yourself in an unfamiliar place, hundreds of miles away from home.
Imprisoned for his 'modernist tendencies', artist, architect and writer Maks Velo recalls the time he first saw Henry Moore's work, and shares why it still has a profound impression on him.
Annie Ly is an English language assistant in Tianjin, China. Read about her experiences living and working there for the first time as someone who looks Chinese, but doesn't speak Mandarin.
Sir Andrew Motion, former British Poet Laureate, talks to journalist Georgina Godwin about his native UK as a 'country of Shakespeare', and explains how the Bard has influenced his work.