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News

In this section you can find news stories from UK ELT.

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Forty products to help with learning a language

Over on Edsurge they have produced a list of forty products to help learn a language.

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Build a School in the Cloud: TED Talk by Sugata Mitra

Educational researcher Sugata Mitra is the winner of the 2013 TED Prize. His wish is to build a school in the cloud, where children can explore and learn from one another using on-line resources and collaboration.

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New continuing professional development webinars

The British Council is delighted to announce a new series of free webinars on various aspects of continuing professional development by experienced ELT consultants.

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Language assistant programme

The British Council are currently recruiting Language Assistants for the following countries: Austria, Canada, China, France, Spain and Switzerland. We are also recruiting for Italy but this is only for undergraduates undertaking a Year Abroad. Recruitment is also extended for the following countries in Latin America: Colombia, Mexico and Chile only. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2013.

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Edmodo - social media network for teachers and students reaches 15 million users

Edmodo, the social network for teachers who want to share with other teachers or with students, has reached the 15 million subscriber mark. The number of subscribers has doubled over the last year. There are now 1.3 million teacher members at more than 120,000 schools. 

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