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We hope you are well and have found our previous newsletters useful. We have refreshed our look, but unchanged is our selection of trusted resources. We hope you enjoy this edition and stay safe!
Best wishes,
British Council Cyprus
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More flexibility and choices for IELTS
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Continue to prepare for IELTS by using our free online preparation resources
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Professional development for English teachers
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Resources available for our Addvantage members
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Preparing to study in the UK
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Working with higher education
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Our work in arts
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Celebrating 80 years of cultural relations in Cyprus
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1. More flexibility and choices for IELTS candidates | |
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Our test centres have now reopened with extra health and safety precautions in place. Check our updated schedule that offers more test dates for computer-delivered and paper-based IELTS.
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2. Continue to prepare for IELTS by using our free online preparation resources | |
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 IELTS Prep App
The easy-to-use IELTS Prep App gives you instant access to free practice tests, grammar tips, exercises, quizzes and more. You'll also find sample questions for Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking, as well as vocabulary practice.
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|  IELTS Webinars
To support your IELTS preparation at home, the British Council offers an exclusive series of preparation webinars, completely for free. Each webinar is conducted by a qualified IELTS expert, who provides in-depth guidance on various aspects of the test and answers your questions to help your preparation.
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 Understanding IELTS: Listening
(starts 6 July)
Find out what you need to know about the IELTS Listening test and learn techniques to improve your test performance.
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|  Understanding IELTS: Writing (starts 6 July)
Find out what you need to know about the IELTS Writing test and learn techniques and strategies to improve your test performance.
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3. Professional development for English teachers | |
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 Becoming a Better Teacher (available from 8 June)
Grow your skills as a teacher and learn more about professional development for teachers with this online course.
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|  Teaching for Success: Learning and Learners (available from 15 June)
Understand learners, policy and practice with this continuing professional development course for English language teachers.
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 English in Early Childhood:
Language Learning and Development (available from 22 June)
Discover how very young children learn English as an additional language and how you can help them progress.
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|  Teaching Young Learners Online (available from 22 June)
Work together to plan, create, and facilitate inclusive online learning that engages and inspires young people.
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 Teaching for Success the classroom
and the world (starts 13 July)
Explore 21st-century skills, ICT and multilingual approaches with this English language teaching professional development course.
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|  Getting your CELTA qualification with the British Council
If you’re looking to start a career as an English teacher, getting your CELTA qualification with the British Council could be the ideal starting place.
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4. Resources available for our Addvantage members | |
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 Discover LearnEnglish Exams
The British Council offers free extra practice and last-minute revision exercises online to help your students prepare and succeed in Cambridge Assessment English qualifications through LearnEnglish Exams, available exclusively to Addvantage members.
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|  How to become a member of the Addvantage scheme
By registering candidates for Cambridge English Qualifications or IELTS tests with the British Council you can enjoy the benefits of working with a trusted and professional organisation.
You can join Addvantage at any time. Become a member of Addvantage and start receiving benefits right away!
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5. Preparing to study in the UK | |
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 Study UK
website
The Study UK website provides comprehensive information about all aspects of studying in the UK.
Our aim is to help international students make an informed decision on where to apply and how to prepare for a UK education.
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|  EU student advice
From August 2021, EU students will pay international fees to study in England. Students who've already started studying in the UK, or plan to start in 2020, are still eligible for ‘home fees’ for their whole course.
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 Prepare to Study and Live in the
UK (starts 6 July)
Are you preparing to study in the UK, or just interested in learning more about what it’s like living in the UK as a student? Then our free 'Prepare to Study and Live in the UK' online course is for you!
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|  Survey for students on study plans post-Covid
Are you thinking about study abroad? Have your plans changed because of Covid-19? What kind of things do you want to know from universities?
Please let us know in this five-minute survey.
Your replies will help us support universities in the UK and other countries finding out what students from Cyprus really need. Your survey responses will be anonymous and no personal data will be collected. Thank you for taking part!
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6. Working with higher education | |
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 Global learning in a post-Covid
world
In this last live panel debate and Q&A session, we will hear from sector leaders as we get their take on how Covid-19 is affecting global learning in the higher education sector.
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|  Ideas for a Better World: Leading Change Through Policy Making
Learn about policymaking and leadership from experts and inspirational leaders, and create your own policy action plan.
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 How will higher education be
different in 2030?
Ben Nelson and Diana El-Azar from the Minerva Project tell us how the changes we see during the Covid-19 pandemic will change the future of higher education.
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 Watch More Films For
Freedom
British Council and BFI premiere More Films for Freedom Available worldwide from 15 June to 14 September.
Explore LGBTIQ+ stories from British, Syrian, Palestinian and South African filmmakers this summer as part of our digital programme #MoreFilmsForFreedom.
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|  Culture Connects Us
We have always believed culture connects us and at this time of uncertainty this is more important than ever.
We understand that this is a difficult time for the creative sector and for artists and creative professionals around the world. We have always believed that culture connects us and at this time of uncertainty this is more important than ever.
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 WOW Global 24 online
festival
This weekend (27-28 June), join the Women of the World festival for #WOWGlobal24 – a free global online festival, focused on women and girls and exploring the impact of Covid-19 on gender inequality through performance, film and debate.
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8. Celebrating 80 years of cultural relations in Cyprus | |
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 Get involved
In 2020 the British Council is marking its 80th anniversary in Cyprus. Join us in celebrating how cultural relations have transformed Cyprus, the UK and Europe, and become part of our mission to forge a better future through English, arts and education.
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|  Working with higher education
Did you know that over 40 UK institutions deliver courses through different transnational education methods in Cyprus?
Learn how the British Council has been contributing to the development of a global academic community.
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Nicosia Office
1-3 Aristotelous street
1011, Nicosia
PO Box 21175, CY-1503
Nicosia, Cyprus
T: +357 22585000
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Nicosia Office
7, Şht. Üsteğmen Ünal Genç Sokak
Marmara Bölgesi
Nicosia
(Behind Istanbul perde)
T: +90 392 2274938
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