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• Apply to partner with schools by 28 June 2013

  Connect with schools abroad

  Connect with schools abroad

  Not only for the UK: The Connecting Classrooms programme offers funding and resources for school partnerships, professional development for teachers, and the opportunity to connect with colleagues in the UK and worldwide. Join our growing community - apply by 28 June 2013.

• Watch the English Effect exhibition virtual tour

  The English Effect exhibition

  The English Effect virtual tour

  The English Effect is an exhibition at the British Council in London, examining the impact and value of the English language. It is open from 4 April until 30 June 2013. Watch this virtual tour, visit us at our offices in Spring Gardens and join the conversation on Twitter: #EnglishEffect

• Detail of Darryl Chen's submission for the biennale in 2012. Photo by C. Corte

  Architecture call for proposals

  Architecture call for proposals

  We invite UK submissions for the British Pavilion at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. The biennale will take place from 7 June to 23 November 2014. The theme is 'Absorbing Modernity: 1914-2014' and the deadline for submissions is 21 June 2013.

British Council blog

• Three questions on transnational education

  Discussion: Transnational education in South Asia

  As Sri Lanka welcomes 100 delegates to the first ever South Asia Series of Global Education Dialogues, our country director offers a few questions on transnational education.

• Amped: British Sea Power

  Indie-rockers interviewed by DJ Goldierocks

• Afghanistan: Restoration of voice

  On the value of cultural life

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