In partnership with Visoko učilište Algebra, the best IT training centre in Croatia, we offer you computer-based Cambridge English exams! You can sit for these exams in four Algebra branches: Zagreb, Split, Rijeka and Osijek! More information can be found here: http://www.britishcouncil.hr/exams/computer-based-exams

The British Council cordially invite you to the online event on accents on Thursday, 16 May, at 19.30 Croatia time:

It’s not what you say, it’s the way you say it: The power of accents in twenty-first century Britain

The event will be hosted by voice and dialect coaches (and ELT authors on the subject of pronunciation) Helen Ashton and Sarah Shepherd. The interactive live-stream will seek to address some of the attitudes which shape the linguistic landscape, and ask the question: Should we all sound the same? Viewers will also get the chance to learn some techniques which help actors to change their accents.

• Sign up for the live-stream

• Join the debate on Twitter #EnglishEffect – Should we all sound the same? Is there a correct accent when speaking English?

• Read a post by British Council teacher Jon Green on mastering the UK regional accent on the Voices blog - with further blog posts to follow.

The event is held as part of the English Effect exhibition events programme. More info about the exhibition can be found here.

This is the name of the talk the UK biologist and science writer Aarathi Prasad will be giving in Zagreb and Split as part of the Science Festival’s programme next week.

Dr Aarathi Prasad shares the history of inconceivable ideas about conception, from a Renaissance-era recipe for creating a child (bury semen in manure for 40 days) to the tabloid search for a true virgin mother in the 1950s and the birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first test tube baby, outside Manchester, in 1978. She then takes us on a tour of artificial reproduction today, including the boom in the surrogate mother business in India, and the work underway in the cutting-edge labs that are creating ‘sex-less reproduction’, from the race to manufacture effective sperm to the invention of an artificial womb (already being used to nurture sharks to birth).

As our understanding of sex and reproduction has changed, so too have the roles of women and men, the definition of a parent, and the balance of work and family. The next generation of technologies promise to rewrite family, in provocative and profound ways.

Don’t miss out:

In Zagreb

Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 19h

Matica hrvatska, Strossmayerov trg

You can also join online at http://tportal.hr

In Split

Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 12h

School of Medicine, Šoltanska 2

Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 19h

Kinoteka Zlatna vrata, Diokecijanova ulica 7

The talk will be in English, without translation. The entrance is free.

Passionate about science? Want to share it with the world?

Enter our FameLab competition to find Croatia’s new science communication star.

All it takes is three minutes!

Apply for one of these regional heats

8 April, 17h                 Split                      Kinoteka Zlatna Vrata

11 April, 17h               Rijeka                   Sveučilišni kampus na Trsatu

16 April, 13h               Osijek                    Rektorat Sveučilišta J.J. Strossmayera

18 April, 17h               Zagreb                  Tehnički muzej

The winners of the heats will go through to the final on 7 May at the Zagreb Dance Centre.

Read information for entrants and download application form.

Our Active Citizens project was a huge success so we decided to run two new modules of training for teachers.

Do you wish to contribute to positive social changes and sustainable development? Are you open to learning, new experiences and cooperation? Get involved!

During the two modules of non-formal education the participants will reinforce a sense of local culture and identity, understanding of the local community, a sense of responsibility towards sustainable development, values for working effectively with difference. The underlying aim of the project is to empower and motivate the participants to become active citizens and actively contribute to the society locally and globally. They will be introduced to a number of techniques, tools and skills that will help them contribute to positive changes in their environment (Appreciative Inquiry, systems thinking, Ubuntu philosophy, power of questions, communication skills, active listening, leadership skills etc.)

Module one                             16 and 17 March 2013

Module two                             13  and 14 April 2013

The training will take place in Zagreb, at the Palace hotel, Trg J. J. Strossmayera 10.

The British Council will cover the cost of preparation and organisation of the training including accommodation for participants coming from outside Zagreb.

Fill out the  application form and email it to projects@britishcouncil.hr by 1 March 2013.