Classrooms in crisis: the role of education t...

Our World, Connected, the award-winning podcast from the British Council, is back for season four. Join host Christine Wilson, Director of Research and Insight, as she meets experts and changemakers from around the world to discuss the most pressing issues of our time. Hear big i ...  Show more

In this episode of Our World, Connected, host Christine Wilson speaks with Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London and Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. Together, t ...  Show more

Many parts of the world are currently experiencing significant levels of violence and conflict. The role of education and language learning in these areas is very important, and can provide short and long term benefits for people in these situations. This episode is released on t ...  Show more

How technology is transforming education. How do children learn best? And have traditional teaching methods outlived their usefulness? 

Consider some of the conflicts bubbling or boiling in the world today, and then plot where education – both schooling and less formal means of learning – fits in. Is it a victim, suffering from the conflict or ...

The award-winning author and international consultant talks teaching in emergencies, why older children are less likely to access education in conflict zones, what can happen if they can’t, and his new book: We the Young Fighters: Pop Culture, Terror, and War in Sierra Leone. ...  Show more