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Our #LanguageTrendsNI 2025 report is published today! It examines language teaching and learning in Northern Ireland, based on responses from primary and post-primary schools and over 1,000 Year 9 pupils. Full report here: tinyurl.com/4dcxykpr #MFLtwitterati #MFLChat

A review of our school curriculum has found the time pupils spend learning languages here is "the shortest in Europe." As well, Spanish seems to now be the most popular language to study, surpassing French for the first time. Our education correspondent Robbie Meredith has more

Attending the #LanguageTrendsNI 2025 launch by British Council Northern Ireland & Centre for Language Education Research at Queen's yesterday was an opportuinity to learn about the common issues we face on MFL and Home, Heritage and Community languages education, and it highlighted opportunities for future collaborations

£1.9m in grants for UK HEIs to collaborate with partners in Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand, and Turkey – part of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology International Science Partnerships Fund. #ISPFund 🔗 Learn more tinyurl.com/299vfd7t

Brilliant to launch our latest #LanguageTrendsNI report at Cliftonville Integrated PS yesterday! The report also found that there is growing linguistic diversity in our schools, with nearly 30 different languages spoken at home by pupils in post-primary 👇nireland.britishcouncil.org/about/press/nu…

✨ Opening today: Metamorfoza – Polish Artists BelfastPhotoFestival Showcasing Polish artists as part of #UKPolandSeason 2025 with a series of exhibitions, events and screenings, until 30 June. Learn more: ow.ly/1jtZ50W4JCj 📷 Center for the Living Things © Diana Lelonek

Brilliant international work happening at Dunclug Primary School ✨✨

From Portaferry to Port Fairy: A powerful new play by NI's c21 Theatre Comp NI & Australian writer Fleur Murphy premieres this weekend at Australia’s National Celtic Folk Festival 🇦🇺 The play is supported through our #ConnectionsThroughCulture grants. Find out more 👇 nireland.britishcouncil.org/about/press/po…

We were delighted to host Day 2 of the British Council Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) UK Policy Seminar at our Causeway campus. British Council Northern Ireland

A powerful new play, which links Portaferry in County Down, Northern Ireland, to Port Fairy in Victoria, Australia, has made its international debut at Australia’s prestigious National Celtic Folk Festival, with the help of our #ConnectionsThroughCulture grants. 'Never, Always, Ever Was' is a

Belfast Photo Festival 2025 is in full swing! Running from 5 – 30 June, the festival is packed with inspiring exhibitions and events 📸 Full programme available on our website: belfastphotofestival.com

📢Calling Higher Education Institutions in NI! £1.9m in grants for UK HEIs to collaborate with partners in Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand, & Turkey – part of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology International Science Partnerships Fund. #ISPFund Apply: tinyurl.com/299vfd7t

✨ We’re thrilled to welcome Ruth Mackenzie CBE as our new Director of Arts! An internationally renowned arts leader with extensive experience, ruth mackenzie joins us from 16 June. Read more: ow.ly/EZ6e50W8XRF 📷 Emma Hardy / National Portrait Gallery, London

📢 Schools in Northern Ireland! New from the British Council, supported by Formula 1 - Inspire the next generation of STEM scholars through Learning Sectors! 🌍🤝 Apply now and partner with a school in India or South Africa: ow.ly/uiqs50W41em #LearningSectors #edutwitter

New HE Connects grants from #GoingGlobalPartnerships. Funding of up to £20,000 for higher education partnerships between the UK and Mexico, focused on #TNE and #internationalisation. Find out more ow.ly/xpEm50Wa5hK

If you are interested in a TNE partnership with Mexico, don't forget to join our HE Connects online Q&A session tomorrow, 18 June, at 17.00 BST. Learn all about our collaboration grants worth up to £20,000 to partner with Mexican universities. Register: ow.ly/cqWn50Wa62l

📢 Job Opportunity A brilliant chance to join our British Council Ireland office in the exciting role of Communications & Projects Manager – PEACEPLUS. This project is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). More👇 britishcouncil.ie/jobs

🚨 Last call: UK arts organisations have until 30 June to apply to be part of the European Year of the Normans 2027 programme, exploring shared Norman heritage. Grants available for UK-Normandy collaborations. More info: 🔽 ow.ly/60Op50W7EVz 📷 © Marie-Anaïs Thierry

Calling NI teachers! 📢 Need end-of-term inspiration? FREE classroom resource exploring identity, gender equality & culture through Wales' historic #WEURO2025 debut! ⚽ 👉 wales.britishcouncil.org/en/programmes/… #Ewro2025 #WomensFootball 📚

Many congratulations to Zoha Siddiqui, Queen's University Belfast 🎓 alumna, and winner of this year’s BISA - British International Studies Association and British Council's 'New Voices in Cultural Relations' prize. Read her prize-winning Master’s dissertation here: tinyurl.com/dnpajxrf. #bisa2025