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The British Council is a charity governed by Royal Charter. It is also a public corporation and an executive nondepartmental public body (NDPB), sponsored by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Its headquarters are in Stratford, London. Its chair is Paul Thompson, and its CEO is Scott McDonald .
The British Youth Council, known informally as BYC, was a UK charity that worked to empower young people and promote their interests.The national charity, run by young people, exists to represent the views of young people to government and decision-makers at a local, national, European and international level; and to promote the increased participation of young people in society and public life.
Chav. " Chav " ( / tʃæv / ), also " charver ", " scally " and " roadman " in parts of England, is a British term, usually used in a pejorative way. The term is used to describe an anti-social lower-class youth dressed in sportswear. [1] The use of the word has been described as a form of "social racism". "Chavette" is a related term referring ...
The first group conviction took place in 2010, when five British-Pakistani men were convicted of sexual offences against girls aged 12–16. From January 2011 Andrew Norfolk of The Times pressed the issue, reporting in 2012 that the abuse in the town was widespread and that the police and council had known about it for over ten years.
Merchant Taylors' School (1561), one of the nine 'Clarendon' schools. Private schools in the United Kingdom (also called "independent" schools) [1] are schools that require fees for admission and enrollment. Some have financial endowments, most are governed by a board of governors, and are owned by a mixture of corporations, trusts and private ...
The British Council ELTons Outstanding Achievement Award for an organisation or collective - The A S Hornby Educational Trust; A.S. Hornby (1898-1978) was a distinguished English language specialist who began his career as a teacher in Japan. He then worked for the British Council and helped found ELT Journal, and, later, IATEFL.
In 2017, 45.7 per cent of British people aged 25 to 64 attained some form of post-secondary education. [3] [4] Of British people aged 25 to 64, 22.6% attained a bachelor's degree or higher, [3] whilst 52% of British people aged 25 to 34 attained some form of tertiary education, about 4% above the OECD average of 44%. [9]
Website. ielts .org. 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.