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👋 Meet the filmmakers behind #FiveFilmsForFreedom, uniting us wherever we may be in the world. 🔗 Watch the full interview: ow.ly/OS8250Yweet @BFIFlare

📢 Journalist and activist Catherine Mayer joins Alumni UK Live to explore how inclusive leadership can drive innovation and resilience in today’s workplaces. A must‑attend event for any UK graduate. 👉 Register your free place: ow.ly/LFY850YnWiB

🌈 Representation matters and stories have the power to connect us. 💡 #FiveFilmsForFreedom offers LGBTQIA+ short films from around the world – free to watch until 29 March. 🔗 Watch and share with anyone who might be feeling alone: ow.ly/hoyr50Yptnw @BFIFlare

🚀 Join @BritishCouncil’s free, flagship event for UK graduates this March! ✨Alumni UK Live: Breaking barriers and shaping the future✨ Inspiring talks and global networking. Your next big opportunity starts here: ow.ly/J7Wp50YmWMp #AlumniUK

⏰ The countdown to #FiveFilmsForFreedom is on! Watch the trailer for a taste of this year’s LGBTQIA+ stories by filmmakers from around the world, presented in partnership with @BFIFlare. 🔗 ow.ly/WLpp50Yp2G5 📅 18-29 March

💻Join our ‘Digital competences for teaching English’ course to improve your skills and abilities to integrate digital tools to support your classroom. Enrol by 24 March: ow.ly/UHRj50YmVmB

Calling all secondary school teachers! 🖋 Join our free webinar, Playing with poetry in the English language classroom, with poet #BohdanPiasecki. 📅25 March at 16.00 CET Register before 17 March: britishcouncil.de/en/events/play…

🌈 Five Films for Freedom returns in March with a powerful new collection of short films telling the stories of LGBTQIA+ communities around the world, in partnership with @BFIFlare #BFIFlare. 🔗 ow.ly/qach50Yp2aJ #FiveFilmsForFreedom 📅 18-29 March

Give yourself the edge at Alumni UK Live – our free online festival for international alumni of UK universities. Join us to upskill, connect and unlock access to Alumni UK. Find out more: ow.ly/O0z450YmSZu

🧑‍🏫Do you want to improve your lessons? It’s your last chance to join our free course ‘Organising the Classroom’ to: ✅Know how to open the lesson ✅Move smoothly between activities ✅Bring everything together at the end 📅 Enrol by 24 March: ow.ly/rZLR50YmQ1O

Even 50 years after her death, Agatha Christie remains a mystery... just like her novels! 🕵️‍♀️ Discover a rare 1955 BBC interview that reveals the genius behind the mysteries: ow.ly/FbNr50YmPx6

Want to see how CLIL can truly maximise learning outcomes? George Wilson, Head of English & School Education at the British Council in France, shares insights from a recent international workshop on integrating content and language in schools: ow.ly/zUJy50Y7um4

Every language carries history, culture and identity. 🌍 With thousands at risk of disappearing, documenting and reviving endangered languages has never been more important. Discover some unique words from around the world and the stories they carry.

If you are a teacher, have you downloaded your free workbook? It is part of our free course ‘TeachingEnglish: How to teach vocabulary’! Download now: eu1.hubs.ly/H0mR9YX0 #TeachingVocabulary #TeachingEnglish #ELT

👨‍🏫 Meet the class of 2025 – the artists that graced our Selector Radio stages at SXSW in Texas and The Great Escape in Brighton – and our picks of the year including graduates of the Selector Spotlight! Tune in 🎧 ow.ly/Zk0X50Y7tXu

📢 Calling all teachers and aspiring teachers! Join us for three free online interactive sessions designed to help you promote equality through your English language teaching. 🗓️ 20 Feb, starting at 10.00 (UK time) 👉 ow.ly/Mz7W50Y65xW

🎙 Can multilateralism still deliver in a world shaped by global crises and declining trust in institutions? We hear from Jane Kinninmont from @UNAUK and @JuhiAdhikari in episode 5 of the award-winning #OurWorldConnectedPodcast. Tune in: ow.ly/ewhY50Y64Qj

Ever wondered what ‘hello’, ‘hiya’ and ‘aloha’ really say about us? The BBC explores how different greetings around the world tell surprising stories about culture, history and connection 👋 ow.ly/15rW50Y5ZjH

🛑 Last call to register to our free online webinar ‘Sector Spotlight: Business and Entrepreneurship’ 📅 4 Feb at 9.00 GMT 👉 For alumni of UK universities: ow.ly/FtJ950Y5Wua

#SectorSpotlight: Business and Entrepreneurship Growing your business, or advancing your career? Join our free online webinar on entrepreneurship for practical insights and opportunities to connect with experts #AlumniUK 📅 4 Feb at 9.00 GMT 👉 ow.ly/sqVU50Y3BaY