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Other lives: British Council officer who had his first novel published at the age of 73, three decades after he had written the manuscript

The Guardian - UK

British Council cuts are a false economy that would erode the UK’s global influence

Letters: Jo Johnson and Michael Meadowcroft respond to an article about the effects of funding pressures on the foreign aid budget

The Guardian - UK

Ministers accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over UK’s soft power around the world

Government’s own advisers warn of funding crisis for BBC World Service, British Council and universities

The Guardian - UK

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Millennials ‘spill the beans’, while Gen Z ‘spills the tea’, study says

Evening Standard

How storytelling, creativity and collaborations can inspire climate action

Imagine heading into space, landing on the moon and walking in the dust. As you adjust to the weightlessness, you see something unexpected on the horizon. You’re looking back at the Earth, experiencing the “overview effect”. How would you feel? What would you see, hear, touch, taste and smell?

The Conversation

Mental health patients deserve better therapy safeguards

A lack of regulation is having harmful consequences

The Guardian - UK

British Council accused of forcing gig economy teachers into ‘feeding frenzy’ for work

With regular teaching hours unavailable, agency tutors must compete for lessons

The Guardian - UK

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Return of Trump may boost number of overseas university students in UK – report

The US may lose some of its lustre for international students due to the change of leadership in the White House, the British Council has said.

The Independent UK

How the British Council changed my life

Letter: Lenka Hudakova says the British Council kickstarted her lifelong pursuit of and passion for all things British

The Guardian - UK

UK universities look to open campuses in India amid financial woes at home

Branches aim to tap into huge domestic market in face of changing visa regimes and international competition

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the British Council: cherish and preserve

Editorial: Financial struggles dating back to the pandemic are imperilling the future of a bastion of soft power. The government should find a way to help

The Guardian - UK

British Council could disappear within a decade, says chief executive

Exclusive: Scott McDonald is looking at budget cuts and axing the organisation’s presence in up to 40 countries

The Guardian - UK

British Council’s role in UK’s solidarity with Ukraine

Letter: Scott McDonald writes that the British Council will help support and rebuild Ukraine’s cultural and education systems

The Guardian - UK

26 GREAT Scholarships for Indian students by British Council

In partnership with the UK government’s GREAT Britain campaign, the GREAT Scholarships offer students from India the opportunity to undertake postgraduate studies. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Conversation

Cop29: five critical issues still left hanging after an underwhelming UN climate summit in Azerbaijan

Billed as the “finance Cop”, the 29th UN climate change summit (otherwise known as Cop29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, was expected to provide the money to enable the transition away from fossil fuels announced at last year’s Cop28.

The Guardian - UK

First step on Starmer’s reset with Europe

Letters: To mitigate the damage done by Brexit, any new deal would have to be deep and wide-ranging, says Dr Peter Holmes. Also letter from Scott McDonald

The Guardian - UK

‘I wish I had never come to the UK’: Palestinian academic despairs of getting visas for family stuck in Gaza

A lecturer doing his PhD on a British Council scholarship in York is frightened for his wife and two small children who are under Israeli bombardment

The Guardian - UK

David Waterhouse obituary

Other lives: British Council officer whose networking skills helped bring people together to spread British culture

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The Conversation

Five major outcomes from the latest UN climate summit

The latest UN climate summit, COP28, was always going to be controversial. It was held in a state whose economy is heavily dependent on oil and gas – the United Arab Emirates. The summit president, Sultan Al Jaber, remains head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and recently declared…

The Conversation

Why are people still flying to climate conferences by private jet?

Rishi Sunak, David Cameron and King Charles are just three of the more than 70,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries at the latest UN climate summit in Dubai, COP28. But they are among hundreds who will have travelled there by private jet. In fact, the UK prime minister, foreign secretary…

The Hindu

U.K. varsities to collaborate with State institutions for research, faculty, student exchange programmes

TN govt signs MoU with British Council for student mobility, capacity building, research & transnational edu. 7 TN univs partnering with 9 UK univs. CM's Naan Mudhalvan scheme discussed. 14 UK univs & 2 apex bodies to collaborate with 25 TN insts. VIT receives grant.

The Independent UK

How India welcomed ‘son-in-law’ Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty: ‘Both are Desi!’

Sunak earlier spoke how ‘special’ it was to return to a country that is ‘very near and dear’ to him

The Independent UK

Spanish GCSE sees rise in popularity as entries up more than 11% on 2022

If current trends continue, the subject could overtake French in the near future to become the most popular GCSE language.

The Independent UK

Just one in 10 state schools say all pupils take a language at GCSE – report

The number of state schools offering German is significantly lower than private schools, the British Council’s Languages Trends survey suggests.

The National (Scotland)

Ukrainian artists to find haven in Scotland

IN March last year, Lyubov Panchenko was found unconscious in her home in the Russian-occupied town of Bucha, in the Ukrainian province of Kyiv…

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