British Council’s Global Perceptions Survey 2021
The Global Perceptions 2021 mini-report gauged the perception of the UK and other leading nations among young people in 20 countries.
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Building resilient bilateral relations for a more competitive world
New research highlights the unique role that cultural relations plays in maintaining dialogue and co-operation between nations during challenging times.
Global Britain: the UK’s soft power advantage
The Global Perceptions 2020 report reveals how the UK and other countries rate in the eyes of the next generation of young people.
Global Britain: the UK’s soft power advantage
At this crucial turning point we offer new insight into the UK’s standing in the eyes of young people around the world.
International higher education partnerships and the Sustainable Development Goals
How can international higher education partnerships tackle urgent global challenges?
Exploring the potential for assessing interactional and pragmatic competence in semi-direct speaking tests
Explore how a semi-direct speaking test can capture a broader range of real-world communication skills
Advanced speech fluency measurement: innovations and applications
This research tests a new way to measure fluency in second language speech without manual transcription, and looks at how it could support language assessment.
How bilingual schooling affects students from different socio-economic backgrounds: the student perspective
Discover how bilingual education can help bridge socio-economic gaps in English language learning.
The Big Conversation Climate Change
Research report: study providing insight on values and attitudes towards climate change among the populations of China, India, Japan and Mexico.
Cultural relations, dialogue and co-operation in an age of competition
Research report: we explore the role that cultural relations plays in more challenging contexts in building a resilient platform for dialogue and co-operation between nations.