British Council Courses

Understanding IELTS: Reading

752 ratings

Find out what you need to know about the IELTS Reading test and learn techniques and strategies to improve your test performance.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Understanding IELTS: Speaking

589 ratings

Find out what you need to know about the IELTS Speaking test and learn how to improve your test performance.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Understanding IELTS: Listening

961 ratings

Find out what you need to know about the IELTS Listening test and learn techniques to improve your test performance.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Understanding IELTS: Writing

481 ratings

Find out what you need to know about the IELTS Writing test and learn techniques and strategies to improve your test performance.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Exploring English: Shakespeare

510 ratings

Improve your English language skills by looking at the life and works of William Shakespeare and his enduring popularity.

• FutureLearn
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Learning and Learners

271 ratings

Understand learners, policy and practice with this continuing professional development course for English language teachers.

• FutureLearn
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The Classroom and the World

284 ratings

Explore 21st-century skills, ICT and multilingual approaches with this English language teaching professional development course.

• FutureLearn
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Lessons and Teaching

421 ratings

Look at lessons, courses and resources with this continuing professional development course for English language teachers.

• FutureLearn
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Exploring English: Language and Culture

857 ratings

This course for learners of English looks at British culture and examines English in use to help you improve your language skills.

• FutureLearn
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Learning for a Sustainable Future: Live at COP28

124 ratings at Coursera

Follow COP28 live: examine what the climate conference is and why it matters, alongside the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Convention on Biological Diversity.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Learning for a Sustainable Future: Live at COP29

45 ratings at Coursera

Follow COP29 as it happens: examine what the climate conference is, explore the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Convention on Biological Diversity, and plan your own collective action.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Learning for Sustainable Futures

Explore sustainability challenges like climate change, gender equality and social equity through values, systems thinking and futures thinking, and plan actions for your own teaching context.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Learning for Sustainable Futures: Live at COP30

Follow COP30 as it happens: explore the UN Sustainable Development Goals and biodiversity frameworks, hear live conference insights, and reflect on your own climate action.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Managing Your Wellbeing When Studying in the UK

1 rating

Get support and guidance to help you manage stress, tackle negative thoughts, and adjust to UK culture when studying abroad.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Teaching and Assessing Core Skills

1 rating

Develop your ability to teach core skills and learn how to measure your students' core skills development.

• FutureLearn
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate