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Want a career in international affairs? 🌍 UK Diplomat Beth Davies-Kumadiro reveals the benefits and challenges involved in her job in China 🇨🇳 Read her article via the link in our bio.

Starting today, students worldwide can access 395 massive open online courses (MOOCs) from 40 UK universities 🎓 Find your @futurelearn course via the link in our bio.

Level up your professional English with our new online course, available now on @futurelearn 📚 Sign up via the link in our bio.

Last November @british_design hosted ten practitioners, thinkers, theorists and makers working within the principals of circular design from 10 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa to participate in a series of design and knowledge sharing workshops in London. In collaboration with the @ellenmacarthurfoundation, Circular Design Lab, looks-into-the future of making through collaboration and what this might mean for materials, methods and objectives across the field of circular design. As part of the programme, we commissioned a series of extra short films to broaden the discussion of the role of design within the circular economy, and to give a lasting digital legacy to the amazing individuals who participated in the programme and their contributions to circular design. We’ll be releasing these films across the next few weeks and introducing you to our 2019 cohort, their research, ideas and work. As a way of bringing to life the ideas, concepts and conversations of our cohort, we collaborated with London-based Mauritian animator @stefan.iyapah who listened in and created animations in response to concepts being discussed; digital structures that morph, move, grow and reflect the futures discussed in these films. Want to find out more? Head to the link in our bio. Production and edit: @HelloMozart

Are you a parent or teacher of young children? Join our FREE online course for tips, expert advice and downloadable resources to progress their English skills at a pace that suits you 📚 Sign up now via the link in our bio.

A big thank you to our teachers and exam staff around the world for helping learners get back to their studies 🎓 With their hard work, 79% of our IELTS test centres are back open with safety measures in place, and we now have teaching centres active again in 19 countries 📝

Prepare for your IELTS test anytime, anywhere with our app! 📲 It’s designed by our English language experts to equip you with everything you need to know, and is free to download. Tag a friend who is taking their exam soon 🎓 Available on iOS and Android via the link in our bio.

Sumaya Akter Tithi is a medic in Bangladesh. At the start of the pandemic, she began providing free healthcare to underprivileged women who were unable to access medical services due to the lockdown. We are pleased to announce Sumaya as one of the ten winners of our Active Citizens Covid-19 Response competition, which provides a platform to young people who are solving problems in their local communities 🏆 Sumaya plans to scale up her health services to five more locations involving volunteers from the Active Citizens platform. She also plans to engage students from different universities and colleges in online training to improve their skills. Keep up the good work Sumaya! 🎉

Applications for the #UKAlumniAwards are now open! 🏆 Are you a UK Alumni who has achieved success in your career? Then apply to the Alumni Awards and you could be a 2020-21 award winner! Raise your international profile, build your professional network, and win a trip to the UK 🇬🇧 Enter now via the link in our bio, or visit the @studyuk_britishcouncil page to hear stories from our UK Alumni.

Where have your language skills taken you? 🌎 📷: Shanze Shah, English Language Assistant (China)