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British Council partners with schools in India and launches the ‘Generation UK India Teaching Assistants Programme 2015’

7 July, New Delhi : The British Council, UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities in partnership with various schools across the country is organising a week-long series of events around school education. The ‘Schools Week’ begins today with the launch of the British Council’s ‘Generation UK India Teaching Assistants Programme.’ The launch …

Customer care and making the difference

The British Council is delighted to announce a Management DVD screening on Customer care and making the difference for adults (18 years and above). The details of the workshop are as follows: DATE TIME VENUE CONTACT PERSON 27June 2015 5.15p.m. to 7.15 p.m. British Council, 737 Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002 Susan Chettri (+91-8939831721)   …

English Skills for Employability – Setting Common Standards

British Council, in partnership with Manipal City and Guilds, Trinity College London and the National Skills Development Agency, are proud to launch a report that explores the role of English in the NSQF, with a particular focus on English as a Skill for Employability for entry level and semi-skilled employment in the sectors of Healthcare, …

Free Massive Open Online Courses for IELTS and English

Registrations open for the next round of British Council MOOCs on futurelearn.com The British Council is delighted to launch a series of free Massive Open Online Courses for teachers and learners via the FutureLearn platform on popular demand. Registrations are now open for Understanding IELTS: Techniques for English Language Tests and Exploring English: Language and …

UK’s English experts launch first-of-its-kind Blended Learning course

myEnglish course seamlessly integrates classroom and interactive online learning   Pune, 29th April 2015: The British Council, the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities, has launched myEnglish, its unique ‘Blended Learning course’ in Pune. myEnglish combines the latest education technology and student-centred classroom instruction to improve students’ language skills. This comprehensive course …

Enhancing skills in Spoken English

Chennai, 22 April 2015: At the heart of the historical heritage garden of the Theosophical Society, lies the Olcott Memorial School with a vision to provide quality education to economically disadvantaged children. Making this vision a reality is The Pemanda Monappa Trust, a non – profit, gender neutral and non-denominational entity working to support the …

British Council Announces Shakespeare Lives

Biggest ever global celebration of Shakespeare will take place in 2016   The British Council today announced Shakespeare Lives, an unprecedented global programme of events and activities celebrating Shakespeare’s life on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his death in 2016. Shakespeare Lives is an invitation to the world to join in the celebrations by …

A digital student home

Bangalore, 20 March 2015: Red lorry, yellow lorry. It was simple enough to repeat for K. Madhavan and his friends when Neil Sarkar, Head, English Language Centre, South India, British Council, said it slowly. Then, Sarkar upped the ante and increased the speed. Now Madhavan and his friends at the AIM for Seva Free Student …