Monthly Updates | April 2019

7. Exploring English: Shakespeare

8. Applying approaches to Special Educational Needs

9. WE ARE HERE: Artists' Moving Image from the British Council Collection and LUX

10. Attempts to Escape - Art Seen

11. Voices Magazine

Easter Holidays

Please be informed that our office located in 1-3 Aristotelous street, will be closed from Friday, 26 April to Wednesday,1 May due to Easter holidays. Therefore, we will not be able to respond to any enquiries during this period.

Normal business operations will resume on Thursday, 2 May 2019.

Happy Easter celebrations!

Key and Preliminary Updates: All you need to know

The British Council’s seminar presenters trained by Cambridge Assessment English will be guiding teachers through these key updates, making sure that they are equipped to successfully prepare their students.

All seminars start at 09.30 and finish at 12.30. Please note that a fee of 20 Euro (non-refundable) is needed to confirm your registration. 

Webinar for teachers by Cambridge Assessment English, in collaboration with British Council, exclusively for Addvantage members.

After each webinar we will send you an email with a certificate of attendance, useful links and a link to view the recording.

We hope to see you there!

Our Future 2019 is the biggest English exams competition for school-age learners in Europe.

In order to participate in the British Council’s Our Future competition you need to be a member of our Addvantage membership scheme.

For more information and to activate your membership please contact Natasha Apostolidou, the Exams Business Pursuit and Account Relationship Manager.

The competition runs until 30 April 2019.

The conference will be held from Monday 13 to Wednesday 15 May 2019 in Berlin, Germany.

If you are a university or college vice-chancellor, president or principal, an adviser, minister or government representative, journalist or policy and strategy maker, or a professional and trade body working in international education, then we look forward to seeing you there.

Registration closes on Friday 3 May 2019.

The Competition is an opportunity for all young Commonwealth citizens and residents, regardless of region, education or background, to share ideas, celebrate their story and have their voice heard - all whilst developing key skills. For 2019, we want to hear from more young people across the Commonwealth, all stories and voices are important.

All entrants receive a Certificate of Participation and one Winner and Runner-up from the Senior and Junior categories will win a trip to London for a week of educational and cultural events.

The competition is open to all citizens and residents of the Commonwealth aged 18 and under and runs until 1 June 2019.

A free six-week online course (Started 25 March 2019)

This free online course is for people who are learning English and interested in the language and legacy of William Shakespeare. This course will look at the life and works of William Shakespeare and at five of Shakespeare’s plays.

The material is designed for non-native English speakers who have studied English to around intermediate level (approximately B1 on the CEFR).

Do you want to feel confident about teaching learners with special educational needs?

Enjoy the support of an expert British Council tutor in this online moderated training course and discover how to deal with a range of learning challenges students can face.

Price: £250 (British pounds)

Artists’ Moving Image from the British Council Collection and LUX

In a series of five artists’ film programmes inclusive of compilations and installations, some of the UK’s most outstanding emerging and established artists disrupt old narratives and encourage new global discussions.

We want to collaborate with global curators and cultural programmers to deliver a programme that will resonate with their audiences.

Art Seen is delighted to announce the group exhibition ‘Attempts to Escape’ opening on the 27th of March 2019.

Participating artists: Spyros Anastasiou (CY), David J. Batchelor (UK), Aikaterini Gegisian (GR), Eva Marathaki (GR), Kyriakos Kallis (CY), Phanos Kyriacou (CY) Vicky Pericleous (CY), Société Réaliste (FR), Georgia Sagri (GR), Maria Theodoraki (GR), Diana Taylor (UK), Mark Wallinger (UK).

The exhibition is curated by Maria Stathi and will continue until the 10th of May 2019.

What did Europe mean to Shakespeare?

Professor Michael Dobson argues that Shakespeare was a champion of free movement, and averse to insular nationalism, ahead of his talk on Shakespeare and Europe at the British Council in Paris on 8 July 2016.

[Photo © NASA, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 and adapted from the original]