The British Council is advancing education worldwide through its Action Research programme, which equips educators with funding, mentoring, and resources to apply research directly in classrooms. The initiative promotes collaboration among teachers, schools, and communities, with outcomes shared at local and international forums. Twelve...
Jun 4, 2025
Anna Bubnova, the British Council’s head of arts, Ukraine, has been awarded an honorary MBE by His Majesty The King for her “outstanding work in strengthening UK-Ukraine cultural relations”. The accolade for services to UK/Ukraine cultural relations follows her significant contribution to the success of the Ukraine-UK Season of Culture in...
Sep 2, 2024
Sustainable Resolutions – or SU.RE – has announced a new partnership with the British Council with the goal of reinforcing sustainability within India’s apparel industry, serving as both a platform to help transform brands and build collaborations with like-minded partners in the UK and beyond. SU.RE was launched in 2019 by Reliance Brands,...
May 28, 2024
Burberry is the headline sponsor of the British Pavilion at this year's 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. The Pavilion, which opened on Saturday and will remain open until November 24th at the Giardini do Castello, marks Burberry's second consecutive year sponsoring British arts and culture. Commissioned by the British...
Apr 22, 2024
The cultural and educational organisation British Council has partnered with the University of the Arts London (UAL) and announced an open call for designers, design entrepreneurs, and SMEs from the UK and India to apply for the New Landscapes Catalyst Grant Scheme, a collaborative research and development scheme. The aim is to create solutions...
Nov 8, 2023
The Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (FTT) at the University of the Arts London (UAL) and the British Fashion Council (BFC) have selected six small businesses from the UK and abroad that will progress onto the second round of the New Landscapes: Fashion, Textiles and Technology (FTT) Catalyst R&D Grant Scheme. The selection follows an...
Apr 19, 2023
Following a successful pilot programme in 2022, applications for the next round of New Landscapes: Catalyst Research & Development Grant Scheme are now open. The pilot programme was launched in October 2021 as a collaboration between UAL Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (UAL FTTI), British Council and five Official Development...
Dec 19, 2022
Levi’s is partnering with the British Council’s Architecture Design and Fashion (ADF) programme to host an exhibition and workshops on reimagining post-consumer denim in London later this month. The collaboration is part of Levi’s digital residency with the British Council’s 'Making Matters' programme and follows an open call to...
Apr 12, 2022
The International Fashion Showcase, established as a platform for emerging designers to exhibit their work during London Fashion Week, has confirmed that it will return in 2019 and will feature 16 emerging designers from across the globe. The biennial fashion presentation, hosted in partnership between the British Council, British Fashion...
Jul 2, 2018
For the sixth edition of the International Fashion Showcase, an event hosted by the British Fashion Council and the British Council to give emerging international designers the chance to show during London Fashion Week, the theme was ‘Local/Global’. Fashion the organisers say finds its origins in many places - “the agricultural, the provincial,...
Feb 24, 2017
The sixth edition of the International Fashion Showcase, hosted by British Fashion Council and the British Council, has revealed that there will be 26 countries taking part featuring work from emerging designers from countries including Chile, India and Russia, as well as designers from Eastern Europe, Central and South America. The showcase...
Feb 3, 2017
The British Council and Graduate Fashion Week have announced that two UK graduates will produce capsule collections to show at Jakarta Fashion Week as part of the International Residency scheme. The award, now in its third year, was developed to give outstanding graduates from UK universities a chance to take part in a residency where they will...
Aug 15, 2016
