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January 2021

17 January 2021
British Council and Arab British Centre announce artists for Connect ME Digital Residency programme

September 2020

29 September 2020
British Council awards ten UAE students £3K (AED 14,500) through new IELTS prize

August 2020

17 August 2020
British Council resumes IELTS testing in Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah as demand for English language test remains strong
12 August 2020
British Council launches free digital library in the UAE for the Ubuntu Love Challenge

July 2020

27 July 2020
British Council resumes IELTS testing in Sharjah
15 July 2020
British Council and HSBC launch new free app in UAE for World Youth Skills Day

June 2020

07 June 2020
British Council resumes IELTS testing in Dubai

May 2020

31 May 2020
British Council launches online English courses during Covid-19

June 2017

12 June 2017
UK/UAE 2017 Year of Creative Collaboration reaches thousands with its eventful spring programme

May 2017

24 May 2017
Dubai Culture Hosts Design Talks in Support of the UK/UAE 2017 a Year of Creative Collaboration
24 May 2017
Dubai Culture Hosts Disability Access Talk as Part of UK/UAE 2017 a Year of Creative Collaboration

April 2017

17 April 2017
UK/UAE 2017 debuts British sculptors and Oxford biologists at Think Science

March 2017

26 March 2017
UAE to experience Macbeth in a modern, immersive interpretation
15 March 2017
British Council and PRS Foundation announce new music creator residency in the United Arab Emirates to coincide with the UK/UAE Year of Creative Collaboration
15 March 2017
Fully Booked - Dubai’s First Art Book Fair
05 March 2017
The British Council collaborates with Dubai Opera and Welsh National Opera on thrilling public programming events for the UK/UAE 2017 Year of Creative Collaboration
01 March 2017
UK/UAE 2017 brings eminent British authors to the Science Strand at Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

February 2017

20 February 2017
Second edition of the cultural excellence fellowship (CEF) launches

February 2016

16 February 2016
The British Council announces spring programming for UK/UAE 2017 Year of Creative Collaboration