Discover how international education can enrich learning and inspire young people to engage with the world beyond their local community. This webinar for educators brings together experienced teachers and British Council colleagues to share practical ideas for developing international partnerships, delivering collaborative projects and embedding global perspectives across the curriculum. Participants will also learn about the International School Award...
From slang and texting to gender-neutral pronouns, why do linguistic innovations provoke such strong reactions? Discover why language change sparks controversy and what linguists really think. From new pronouns and texting abbreviations to slang, borrowed words, and changing grammar, language is constantly evolving. Yet every new development seems to provoke complaints that language is being...
Did you know there are Wikipedias in over 300 different languages, each with its own dedicated community? English Wikipedia is by far the biggest with more than 7 million articles and 270,000 active users, while other European languages near the top of the table include German, French, Spanish and Italian. At the other end of...
For thousands of years, coins have carried words and symbols that tell stories about the people who made and used them. In this session we’ll open the University’s coin cabinets to share some of the collection’s treasures, from the earliest coins struck more than 2,500 years ago to pieces from many different cultures and times....
This talk for schools introduces Exchange2Change, a programme developed by the Goethe Institut UK, enabling creative collaboration between the UK and Germany for pupils aged 14–17 with no prior German knowledge. Exchange2Change is the Goethe Institut’s vibrant youth mobility and exchange programme, connecting young people from the UK and Germany. Whether exploring creative projects, developing...
After a brief introduction - covering the pros and cons of machine translation and challenges in translating poetry - participants will choose a non-English language poem to work on. Using a literal machine translation (provided), the challenge will be to turn the clunky machine translation into poetry. Time permitting, volunteers will be invited to perform their...
Help your students discover the opportunities that language learning can unlock. In this inspiring webinar for secondary pupils, guest speakers share their personal language-learning journeys and explain how languages have helped shape their studies, travel experiences and careers. Ideal for students considering their GCSE options, the session highlights the real-world value of languages and the...
