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British Council supports Brazilian study abroad

The British Council is to help thousands of lower income Brazilians learn English so they can access the major government study abroad scheme, Science Without Borders...
May 16 2012
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The British Council is to help thousands of lower income Brazilians learn English so they can access the Science Without Borders programme – a government scheme funding 100,000 Brazilians to study abroad over four years.

Claudio Anjos, director of exams for the British Council in Brazil, said the deal would help students reach proficiency for the programme. “In this sense, the British Council is aligned with the Brazilian government and we are dedicated to creating equal opportunities for students, regardless of their financial background.”

The initiative, run in partnership with the Brazilian government, will focus on candidates from the north, northeast and central-west of Brazil, where the Council will offer more than 2,000 free IELTS and 40,000 levelling English exams. It will also donate text books to universities, give training lectures and share IELTS material online.

Jonathan Dunn, counsellor at the British Embassy in Brazil, said: “Educational partnership is one of the best ways the UK and Brazil have to build a deeper, broader relationship for the long term. Science Without Borders is an important part of this…

“We look forward to welcoming up to 10,000 Brazilian students to the UK under the programme, starting with the first 700 later in 2012.”

In other news, the Council has annoucned its English language learning software will be pre-loaded on up to 100 million school computers worldwide by 2015. Content from the Council’s ELT websites will be installed on low-cost Intel devices as part of a campaign by the US computer giant to widen access to learning technology.

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