Photograph of stone slab outside Afghan National Museum
June 2017

'A nation stays alive when its culture stays alive'

Paul Smith, the British Council’s Country Director in Afghanistan when its offices were attacked by the Taliban, gives a personal view of why cultural protection is so vital for humanity.

  • Arts and culture
  • Cultural heritage
  • Cultural relations
  • Europe and Central Asia
  • Insight article
May 2017

Transnational education data collection systems

This report explores the characteristics of TNE data collection systems in host countries and the capacity to produce robust data on TNE programmes and enrolment rates.

  • Education
  • Higher education
  • Transnational education (TNE)
  • Multiple regions
  • Research report
Guernica
April 2017

Guernica: plus ça change

As the UK ratifies the Hague Convention, the importance of cultural protection is perhaps greater than it has been for decades.

  • Cultural relations
  • Soft power
  • Insight article
Photograph of Manhatten taken from space
April 2017

Diploma-cities

A new British Council report focuses on the role of cities in shaping international relations in the 21st Century, and looks at the implications for the UK.

  • Soft power
  • Insight article
April 2017

In harm’s way

A brief introduction to current thinking within the field of cultural protection.

  • Arts and culture
  • Cultural heritage
  • Essay

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