- Date
- 14 October 2019 - 12:56
How to pitch your tech idea to an investor
Vikas Shah is a venture-investor in technology businesses. He told us what he looks for in a pitch from an entrepreneur.
- Tags
- Technology Skills
Voices
Voices
- Date
- 09 October 2019 - 11:24
Remote teaching – how to keep learners' attention
Do you want to communicate effectively during an online lesson? The British Council's Graham Stanley shares his advice.
- Tags
- Professional development Teaching Teaching resources
- Date
- 08 October 2019 - 13:30
Twelve things for new teachers to consider
Teacher Mary Gorman shares 12 tips to improve your teaching practice.
- Tags
- English language Professional development Teaching resources
- Date
- 25 September 2019 - 08:45
English loan words in European languages
‘Ich gehe nachher mit meinem Boyfriend shoppen, ich brauche zwei Jeans und T-Shirts. Erst Lifestyle, dann Wellness – OK, cool.’
- Tags
- Languages
- Date
- 23 September 2019 - 12:36
Five ways to re-use plastic bottles in a primary class
British Council teacher Siham Bouzourene tells us how she turned plastic bottles into learning tools for her primary English language class in Algeria.
- Tags
- Teaching Teaching resources English language
- Date
- 19 September 2019 - 18:07
How to make your school's digital penpal project a success
British Council teacher and trainer Melissa Thomson shares her recipe for a digital penpal project.
- Tags
- Teaching
- Date
- 16 September 2019 - 13:23
Our favourite compound nouns in European languages
Have you ever seen a ‘naked snail’ or watched something on the ‘stupid box’? Do you have a ‘clean mother’?
- Tags
- Languages
- Date
- 28 August 2019 - 07:34
What is a quantum dot?
What do quantum dots look like, and how are they changing entertainment, healthcare and security?
- Tags
- Science
- Date
- 14 August 2019 - 10:12
My bilingual romance started with a few Italian words
Language barriers would stop 54 per cent of British people from having a holiday romance, according to a new poll.
- Tags
- Languages Cultural relations
- Date
- 12 August 2019 - 11:58
I am Deaf, but I was raised to be hearing
Theatre-maker Jonny Cotsen's parents raised him as though he were hearing, but when he became a teacher he realised the extent of his Deafness.
- Tags
- Theatre Equal opportunities and diversity