Voices
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The UK premiere of Opera Aperta's award-winning 'Chornobyldorf' was part of the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture. Here Dasha Stokoz talks to the team behind the production.
Elizabeth Liang, an English Language Assistant in Hong Kong, tells us how her time as a Language Assistant has taught her new life skills and helped her grow in confidence.
How can an awards ceremony promote innovation in English language teaching? Cerys Wright explains why you should enter the British Council's ELTons Innovation Awards.
University of Oxford student Sophie Magalhaes spoke to the Deputy CEO of the British Council, Kate Ewart-Biggs for Cherwell magazine and asked her for some advice for young people.
What’s it like to relocate 500 miles from home to work? Molly Noble, an English Language Assistant in Nantes, France, explains how embracing the French lifestyle was the key to success.
Gabriela Gergova, a young Bulgarian journalist and grantee of the British Council’s Stronger Together programme looks at how a group of young people used film to tackle important issues.
Rachel Willcocks and Sinead Russell look back at the life, work and impact of Benjamin Zephaniah and his friendship with the British Council.
Joseph Field talks about the new British Council pledge to refugees, and how he hopes it can be used to develop language education for displaced people around the world.
Artificial intelligence has captured the world’s imagination, generating countless headlines and driving heated debate, but how will it affect ELT, asks Amy Lightfoot.