We are pleased to welcome to new assistants to the International team, Ronald Janssen, who will support market development projects and Vera Willhalm, who will support StudyWorld London.

If you'd  like help choosing a language course in the UK, you may want to use an agency. The English UK Partner Agency Scheme (PAS) recognises study abroad agencies and educational consultancies that successfully promote the UK as an English language teaching destination

Studying abroad gets you a better degrees, strange things happening to UK food, and what the word Brexit means.

Every week, we summarise the UK news to give you some insight into what is happening in Britain, and what people are talking about.

Shakespeare Lives is an unprecedented programme of events and activities running throughout 2016 to celebrate William Shakespeare's work. Under this Shakespeare Lives initiative, we are working with the British Council China to run 'Play your Shakespeare', a digital mass participation project.

How learning a language protects your brain, Google's boss can't say how much he's paid, Liverpool fans stop ticket price rise and British scientists designing new storage for radioactive materials.

Every week, we summarise the UK news to give you some insight into what is happening in Britain, and what people are talking about.