- Date
- 20 November 2014 - 05:02
Dr Jane Goodall on animal welfare
World-renowned environmental conservationist Dr Jane Goodall shares her views on the future of our planet and how we should think about animals.
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- Science
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- Date
- 19 November 2014 - 10:00
Why we need to act on desertification today
Vivian Futran Fuhrman, PhD candidate at Ben Gurion University, explains why desertification is a threat to us all ahead of the 'Drylands, Deserts and Desertification' conference.
- Tags
- Science, Universities and higher education
- 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
- 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
- Date
- 18 November 2014 - 05:53
How to sing your way to language success
What can songs teach us about a language? Richard Stokes, Professor of Lieder at the UK’s Royal Academy of Music, tells us about teaching the wonder of language through music.
- Tags
- Study in the UK, Music, Arts
- Date
- 17 November 2014 - 11:42
How to help children speak English with confidence
As we release our latest app for primary learners of English (ages 6 - 11), mobile learning consultant and young learner specialist Tracy Dumais provides advice for parents and teachers.
- Tags
- English language, Teaching
- Date
- 14 November 2014 - 11:17
80 moments that shaped the world: Wikipedia
In the second of our series on the 80 moments that shaped the world in the last 80 years, we turn to number 47: Wikipedia.
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- Publications, Cultural relations
- 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
- Date
- 12 November 2014 - 10:56
Can the universe be described in simple English?
How can we make complex scientific ideas more accessible? Dr Roberto Trotta tells us about his attempt to describe the universe using the most common 1,000 words of English
- Tags
- Science, English language
- 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.
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- English language, Teaching