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The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language (and the Welsh language in Argentina [2]); encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational cooperation with the United Kingdom. The organisation has been ...
International English Language Testing System (IELTS / ˈaɪ.ɛlts /) [6] is an international standardized test of English language proficiency for non-native English language speakers. It is jointly managed by the British Council, IDP and Cambridge English, [6] and was established in 1989. IELTS is one of the major English-language tests in the world. The IELTS test has two modules: Academic ...
Scott McDonald (born 1967) is Chief Executive of the British Council (appointed September 2021). Prior to joining the British Council, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Oliver Wyman – the management consulting business of Oliver Wyman Group. [1] McDonald graduated from the McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management, where ...
The headquarters of the British Council in India are in New Delhi in a 1992 building designed by Indian architect Charles Correa. The front of the building includes a mural by British artist Howard Hodgkin . The British Council was first established in India in 1948. [1] Today it has offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai ...
The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the senior decision-making body of the Government of the United Kingdom. [2] A committee of the Privy Council, it is chaired by the Prime Minister and its members include Secretaries of State and senior Ministers of State. Members of the Cabinet are appointed by the Prime Minister and are by convention chosen from members of the two houses of the Parliament ...
The British Judo council, was founded by Masutaro Otani and Kenshiro Abbe, following the amalgamation of their two preceding organisations which were amalgamated in 1970 to create the modern day British Judo Council, although its origins can be traced as far back as 1954. Otani arrived in the United Kingdom in 1919 and Abbe in 1955.
Cambridge Assessment English or Cambridge English develops and produces Cambridge English Qualifications and the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The organisation contributed to the development of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), the standard used around the world to benchmark language skills, [2] and its qualifications and tests are ...
Under the uncodified British constitution, executive authority lies with the sovereign, although this authority is exercised only after receiving the advice of the Privy Council. [6] The prime minister, the House of Lords, the Leader of the Opposition, and the police and military high command serve as members and advisers of the monarch on the Privy Council. In most cases the cabinet exercise ...