- Date
- 20 June 2013 - 12:21
'Once you're into propaganda, you're finished.'
As states invest more and more in their soft power, experts debate global trends in London on 18 June 2013. This is the transcript.
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- Publications, Cultural relations
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- Date
- 13 June 2013 - 15:03
Which countries want to be influential and attractive?
A new British Council report, ‘Influence and Attraction: Culture and the Race for Soft Power in the 21st Century’, discusses global trends in cultural relations and soft power.
- Tags
- Publications, Cultural relations
- Date
- 03 June 2013 - 17:20
Will technology make teachers obsolete?
Advances in technology offer the potential to expand access to education, but will online learning ever replace the need for teachers?
- Tags
- Universities and higher education, Schools
- Date
- 31 May 2013 - 15:04
Three myths about English spelling
Johanna Stirling shares three myths about English spelling from her recent British Council seminar.
- Tags
- English language, Teaching
- Date
- 30 May 2013 - 11:55
Thousands more Libyan graduates to study in the UK
Amid security alerts, the British Council signed an agreement with Libyan officials which we hope will smooth the path of up to 5,000 Libyan scholars due to study in the UK each year.
- Tags
- Universities and higher education
- Date
- 29 May 2013 - 15:53
Venice Biennale 2013: Jeremy Deller's 'English Magic'
Emma Gifford-Mead offers an insight into Jeremy Deller’s exhibition ‘English Magic’.
- Tags
- Visual Arts, Arts
- Date
- 28 May 2013 - 17:13
Bring a foreign language assistant to your UK classroom
A British teacher and a Canadian language assistant explain how the British Council’s language assistant programme has benefited their classrooms and careers.
- Tags
- Teaching, Schools
- Date
- 21 May 2013 - 16:53
Do one thing for diversity today
The British Council is taking part in UNESCO’s campaign to ‘do one thing for diversity’, and our Rabbhi Yahiya suggests five ways you can participate.
- Tags
- Equal opportunities and diversity
- Date
- 21 May 2013 - 15:55
How I built an English language business
Ahead of this year's ELTons awards for innovation in English language teaching, we asked three entrepreneurs how they built their own English language teaching (ELT) businesses.
- Tags
- English language, Teaching resources
- Date
- 17 May 2013 - 11:30
UK accents: it's not what you say, it's how you say it
What do listeners hear when you speak in a particular accent?
- Tags
- English language