A contestant at the FameLab science competition at CERN. (Image credit: CERN 2013)
John Worne, director of strategy for the British Council, went to the international nuclear research centre CERN in Switzerland to help choose a young scientist with a flair for words to compete in the FameLab national final in May. The winners of all national finals will present research at the FameLab International finals during the UK's Cheltenham Science Festival
Professor Bruce Hood presents his lecture on the brain. (© The Yomiuru Shimbun)
Country director Jeff Streeter reports from the latest science lecture in a prestigious series that the British Council has been bringing to Japan since 1990.
As the statue of Yuri Gagarin is unveiled outside the British Council offices in London, Paul de Quincey, British Council Director Russia, asks whether cultural exchange has any diplomatic value.
On 14 July 2011, a monument to Yuri Gagarin was installed outside the British Council offices in London. This page collates all our coverage of the event from across our social media channels.
Dr Rana Dajani, who took part in the Belief in Dialogue conference on 21-23 June, blogs about what’s needed for science to flourish.
The British Council is the UK’s international cultural organisation. Read about the work we’re doing building relationships between the UK and other countries through our work in Arts, English, Education and Society.
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