Voices
Do teachers need to be in the room to sucessfully deliver a course to groups of learners? Not according to Nathan Lomax, who is training Libyan teachers from the UK using Skype.
Danny Whitehead runs through some of the more unexpected facts about Iran, in time for today's book publication of Didgah – New Perspectives on UK-Iran Cultural Relations.
The Indian government's rapid devolution of power to the Indian states is part of the country's higher education reform. The British Council's Manjula Rao looks at the implications
Lois Stonock co-curated an exhibition by Syrian artists who are showing us the conflict in new ways. Read a transcript of her exhibition tour.
Four years on from the Arab Spring, what challenges face North Africa's youth and how can technology transform its education systems? The British Council's Chris Neil looks at the issues.
Many believe their children will get a head start in education by going straight for English and bypassing the home language. Not so, according to Professor Kioko.
Chris Cavey, lead educator for our massive open online course on FutureLearn, Exploring English: language and culture, explains what learners can gain from exchanging ideas online.
What effect can employing male language assistants have on schools and their pupils? The British Council’s Charlotte Ogilvie finds out.
The British Council’s Tim Sowula accompanies UK publication Times Higher Education on a trip to sound out Palestinian universities.
While young graduates in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa do all they can to make themselves employable, they still face significant hurdles in landing jobs. Tristan McCowan analyses.