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How Are Vocational Institutions Innovating, Evolving and Changing as a Result of COVID-19?: A Study of Practice and Perspectives in Five Countries Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: British Council As an international problem, Covid-19 requires international cooperation. The social, economic and educational recovery from the pandemic can be enhanced by knowledge transfer and exchange. This research brought together 15 technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions from the five countries in the British Council’s I-WORK Programme (Improving Work Opportunities - Relaying Knowledge) to explore innovation, evolution and change stemming from the pandemic. TVET practitioners and leaders from Ghana, India, Malaysia, South Africa and the UK were asked to reflect on five key questions: How are institutional policy and structures likely to change to reflect the changing situation? Is this different for private institutions? What changes are proposed to the curriculum/ occupational areas to reflect the rapidly changing demand and how are they identifying this demand? How will learners get the practical and work-based experience they need and what changes to work- based learning and apprenticeships are needed? What changes are needed to the skills and type of staff in the teaching institution? How can new delivery models and ways of working promote more inclusive practice? The research took place as institutions approached almost a year of adapting their teaching, learning and support to localised lockdowns and the restrictions of the pandemic. The national policy context may have been different in each country, but the research findings pointed to a single conclusion: that across the board, the move to digital learning and teaching had brought benefits, opportunities and challenges that might not otherwise have been realised. 
The Big Conversation: Climate Change; Final Report Year of publication: 2021 Author: Michael Bruter | Sarah Harrison | Sandra Obradović | Elisabet Vives Corporate author: British Council | London School of Economics and Political Science This research draws on experience from the field of international cultural relations as well as the latest academic research on values, behaviours and norms to understand more about how we can create the conditions for co-operation on shared global challenges.It delivers new insight on values and attitudes towards climate change among the populations of China, India, Japan and Mexico – selected to represent a diverse range of major world economies who are also important players in the global climate change debate.The research also draws on the experience of international cultural relations experts to provide new insight on how to strengthen international cooperation on climate change and the important role that cultural relations can play in supporting that. 
Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls in the UK: Meeting the Challenge of the Sustainable Development Goals Year of publication: 2016 Author: Holly Dustin | Helen Mott | Nicola Waterworth | Gillian Cowell | Janet Veitch Corporate author: British Council This research provides the first stocktake of gender equality in the UK from the perspective of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the 17 goals adopted by world leaders in 2015 in order to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.It focuses on the UK’s successes towards achieving gender equality, as well as gaps and priorities for further action in five key areas: participation, power and leadership; education; economy; justice and violence against women and girls and culture (including arts, sports and technology). There are many examples of good practice from the UK, such as strong legislation, data gathering and structures. However, the research also concludes that women and girls continue to lag behind men and boys on key rights, opportunities and well-being, with men over-represented in almost all positions of power and decision-making. It also explores the impact of international linkages and collaboration to determine whether as the UK’s cultural relations organisation, there is a role for the British Council in this. 
Global Citizenship in the English Language Classroom Year of publication: 2008 Author: Susan Hillyard | Elena Tarasheva | Clarissa Jordão | Francisco Fogaça | Esperanza Revelo Jiménez | Sabiha Khuram | Vanessa Andreotti | Telma Gimenez Corporate author: British Council This booklet contains a collection of papers on global citizenship in language education around the world. It provides theoretical frameworks and practical applications in different contexts.Following on from Audrey Osler and Hugh Starkey’s 'Citizenship and Language Learning: international perspectives', published in 2005, this collection aims at offering ideas and practical suggestions on how teachers around the world have tackled the teaching of English within a citizenship education perspective. There are seven chapters, from authors working in different parts of the world, such as Argentina, Bulgaria, Brazil, Colombia, and Pakistan.There are five report style chapters that deal with courses, teaching materials, research and curriculum innovation. The two remaining contributions can be seen as proposals for implementation of a global citizenship perspective in English language classrooms.The diverse interpretations teachers of English around the world have been giving to the task of promoting global citizenship in their classrooms are reflected in this collection with understandings that range from a more prescriptive approach to a transformational one. They bring the potential for new approaches to be tried out in different contexts. The aim is to inspire teachers to experiment and evaluate the results. 
One Voice for All: Education Pack Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: British Council One Voice for All is a set of resources designed to help teachers work on the Connecting Classrooms themes of Rights and Responsibilities and Fairness and Equality through an exploration of human rights and street children. Its focus is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and it aims to allow learners to develop understanding of the key concepts of global citizenship, universal rights and justice.This resource aims to give young people the opportunity to understand the complexity of the wider world in which they live by exploring inequality and steps to address it. 
Rivers of the World Education Pack Year of publication: 2015 Author: Alison Willmott Corporate author: British Council This education resource pack extends the project’s reach to a much greater number of schools and provides a wealth of exciting cross-curricular activities for pupils aged 7–14. It is designed to expand knowledge and understanding, help your pupils to develop core skills and encourage them to explore and reflect on local and global issues. It also contains examples of artwork from the project and illustrations of how schools around the world have used the resources with their students. 
Active citizens: globally connected, locally engaged; facilitator's toolkit Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: British Council This toolkit has been created to help facilitators to design and deliver the Active Citizens programme all over the world. Active Citizens is a social leadership programme which promotes intercultural dialogue and social responsibility as key leadership competencies in the 21st century. Active Citizens is run by the British Council working with civil society organisations all over the world. It began in 2009 and has been delivered in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. It has reached more than 100,000 people to date through its training, conferences, social research and International Study Visits. The toolkit is in five sections - the introduction to the programme, preparing a workshop, delivering a workshop and post-workshop. There is also a large resource of workshop activity plans to support facilitators throughout the training cycle. The Active Citizens programme promotes community-led social development. It motivates members of communities to take responsibility for their social needs and gives them the knowledge, skills and experience to address them. The main audiences for the programme are community leaders working in, and with marginalised communities. They are people and institutions established, trusted and valued in the community - CSOs, NGOs, religious leaders, politicians, youth workers etc. They are influential and working to improve the lives of people living in their community. The programme develops skills and knowledge to identify and engage networks to help achieve goals as well as skills to plan and implement a project. The networks are between individuals at community level; institutions engaged in social action at community level; and institutions engaged in social policy dialogue at a national level. It includes cross-sectoral networking e.g. with the business community, media, etc. The building of these networks increases social inclusion, community resilience to conflict and increases social development in communities. See Diagram 1 on page 9. The programme is flexible and adaptable. It has been delivered to diverse groups, from rural communities in North-West Frontier Province Pakistan to urban communities in East London UK, to communities vulnerable to post-election violence in Kenya and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka. 
Connecting Classrooms: Gender Equality; Gender Equality through Citizenship Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: British Council | UK aid This material shows an example of how you can support the development of pupils’ core skills such as citizenship, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity and imagination through the study and investigation of gender equality. This can be done in the context of English, citizenship, geography, history or other subjects. The materials can be used either with an international partner school or without one and instructions are provided on how to best use the resources. This learning unit will explore the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, and in particular, gender equality. 
Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning: Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship; Preparing Pupils for Life in an Interconnected World Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: British Council | UK aid This resource contributes to the development of pupils’ core skills, enabling them to think critically, to consider how to resolve problems, to take informed and reflective action and to develop personal leadership skills. During the course, pupils will analyse global issues, and will plan, implement and evaluate action. This course can be linked to a variety of curriculum areas, including English, Social Studies, Geography, Modern Foreign Languages, Maths, History and Art and Design. It can be used with or without an overseas partner school. 
Connecting Classrooms: Media Literacy; Accessing, Analysing and Creating Media Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: British Council | UK aid This resource aims to help young people develop and use a number of skills and approaches to analyse and critically examine information received through a range of channels and sources, such as the internet, social media, newspapers and TV.