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Succeeding as a creative entrepreneur; photo (c) m-louis, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 19 November 2014 - 05:44

Eight tips for success in the creative industries

Business success in the creative sector need not be elusive. Three alumni of our Young Creative Entrepreneur programme share their tips.

Tags: Creative Economy, Arts

Elif Shafak interview; photo by Chris Boland / www.chrisboland.com licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, adapted from the original.

Date: 19 November 2014 - 05:34

Elif Shafak: 'Writing in English brings me closer to Turkey'

Best-selling Turkish novelist Elif Shafak spoke to the British Council's Ted Hodgkinson about how her global perspective has influenced her hugely successful fiction.

Tags: Literature, Arts

Report on Japanese students in the UK; photo: British Council

Date: 14 November 2014 - 11:07

Are Japanese students happier after they study overseas?

How do Japanese students really feel about studying abroad? The British Council's Anna Esaki-Smith looks at some of the findings of a report called Japan: Debunking the 'inward-looking' myth

Tags: Universities and higher education, Study in the UK

CELTA in Krakow; photo by Nick Moulds on Flickr under Creative Commons licence

Date: 11 November 2014 - 08:24

Why I went to Poland to train as an English language teacher

Have you thought about becoming a teacher of English? Meryem Salhi, a teacher from Tunisia, explains why her decision to do the CELTA at the British Council in Poland paid off.

Tags: English language, Teaching

'Stained glass is stained because of nanometre-scale particles of gold embedded in the glass.' Photo (c) Matthew Benton, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 10 November 2014 - 08:13

Nanotechnology: tiny tech, massive impact

As we celebrate World Science Day for Peace and Development today, Adam Murphy, Ireland's 2014 winner of science communication competition FameLab, looks at the benefits of nanotechnology.

Tags: Science

Ralph Fiennes interview in Russia; photo courtesy of Russian TV show 'Vecherniy Urgant'

Date: 07 November 2014 - 04:38

Ralph Fiennes: 'Directing Coriolanus was daunting'

Ralph Fiennes needs no introduction. The director and actor has been promoting his new film. The British Council's Anna Safronova related questions from our Facebook fans in Russia.

Tags: Film, Theatre, Arts, Literature

'I became a great believer in the future after learning English.' Students at Al-Azhar English Training Center. Photo: British Council.

Date: 06 November 2014 - 16:27

Learning English made me think differently

Mohammed Gamal, a former student at Al-Azhar English Training Center, tells us how learning English has helped him study at top institutions and develop new points of view.

Tags: English language, Universities and higher education, Study in the UK

Graduates in the fast-emerging economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia are looking for more skills and opportunities. Photo of houses in Tirana by Lassi Kurkijärvi under Creative Commons licence.

Date: 05 November 2014 - 05:48

How do countries east of EU tackle youth unemployment?

How can countries in Southern and Eastern Europe and Central Asia – a region the British Council calls 'Wider Europe'– prepare their young populations to be successful?

Tags: Universities and higher education

'Chinese script started with pictures.' Photo (c) melenama, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 04 November 2014 - 11:29

Chinese: complex tones and characters, streamlined grammar

The final post in our weekly series on the ten most important languages for the UK’s future is about Mandarin Chinese.

Tags: Publications, Work outside the UK, Study outside the UK, Schools

Lighthouse at the Isle of Wight, near which the SS Mendi sank. Photo: Neil Howard under Creative Commons licence.

Date: 31 October 2014 - 17:09

The hidden history of the sinking of the SS Mendi

During Black History Month 2014, Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey reminded us that the sinking of the SS Mendi needs to be brought from the realm of hidden history to that of official history.

Tags: Publications, History

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