The British Council
siddlobo
08 October, 2008 21:04
As part of our series on international institutions, today’s
article focuses on the British Council.
The British Council is a non-department public body of the UK
government which specializes in educational and development opportunities. Founded
in 1934, the main aim of this institution is to build cultural and educational
relations between the United Kingdom
and other countries. Its overseas network spans across 233 locations in 107 countries
and territories. In the UK, it has branch offices in London, Manchester,
Edinburgh,
Belfast,
Cardiff
and Cambridge
and a headquarters in Spring Gardens.
The British Council has two main sources of income – funding
in the form of grants from the governments and income from teaching English. In
2006/2007, it brought in an income of £551m, of which £195m was grants from the
British government. (More)
