Britain’s principal agency for cultural relations with other countries, promoting educational, cultural, scientific and technical cooperation. Comprehensive WWW site includes:

(a) Details of Britain’s activities abroad, country by country, and and the role of the British Council offices overseas.

(b) Information on activities in the UK, and opportunities in these areas for overseas visitors, divided into the areas of the Arts; British Studies; Economics, Finance and Management; Education and Training; English Language (teaching and learning); Governance and law; Health; Publishing and Information; Science and Technology; Social Development and Gender.

(c) The Education Virtual Campus: information aimed at overseas students studying in Britain, including courses and funding

Produces project database (not online) for internal BC use in monitoring potential/actual project work. Information on projects managed. Marketing information for BC project directors.

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