John Worne, Director of Corporate HQ for the British Council, blogs about a recent panel debate he took part in about modern diplomacy in a digital age and how we are all potential citizen diplomats.

Kimberley and Okhti in Tunisia. (Image courtesy of the author.)
Kimberley Davidson has a new appreciation for the importance of multi-culturalism after spending a year living in Tunisia through the European Voluntary Service, part of the British Council’s Youth in Action programme.

The CIVICUS Closing Ceremony. (Image credit: Tristan Brand/CIVICUS)
Riska Mirzalina, a Global Changemaker and social entrepreneur, recently presented a session at CIVICUS World Assembly. Originally from Indonesia, the Denmark resident underscores the value of international collaboration in fostering social enterprise.

Handshake and conferral of diploma. (Image credit: Visit Britain/Eric Nathan)
Elizabeth Shepherd, British Council research director of education intelligence, explains why international students have become more interested in studying at UK universities -- outside the UK.

Unlimited Global Alchemy (Image credit: Hamish Roberts)
UK visual artist Rachel Gadsden tells how her chance encounter with the work of an HIV-positive South African artist led her on a life-changing journey that culminated at Unlimited, a festival of new work by deaf and disabled artists during the Paralympic Games. A chance encounter in June 2010 with a ‘body-map’ painting made by
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