--- title: The Future of English | Latest Insights (3) description: What does the Future of English look like? The British Council brings you the latest insights and news. (3) --- ![post-banner-left](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/hubfs/post-banner-left.png) ![blog-listing-hero-right](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/hubfs/blog-listing-hero-right.webp) # Global Perspectives Insights from our team of expert researchers & contributors.   [ Subscribe ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/page/3#subscribe) English for Work [ The Future of English Team ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/author/the-future-of-english-team) ### Rethinking global student choice Rethinking global student choice: what matters in higher education today For decades, a small group of countries has dominated international higher education. The United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Canada – often referred to as the ‘Big... [Read More](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/rethinking-global-student-choice) ### Featured posts Teachers Making success criteria meaningful for students [Read More](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/making-success-criteria-meaningful-for-students) Teachers From AI literacy to AI fluency: Ten shifts for educators [Read More](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/from-ai-literacy-to-ai-fluency-ten-shifts-for-educators) Teachers Multilingual approaches to English language teaching [Read More](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/multilingual-approaches-to-english-language-teaching) [Clear](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights) Our events [ The Future of English Team ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/author/the-future-of-english-team) ### Future of English Research Forum As part of the wider British Council Future of English programme, we are happy to announce the third Future of English research forum which will be held at University of Bedfordshire, Luton ... [View full post](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/research-forum) Teachers [ Cerys Wright ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/author/cerys-wright) ### The Future of English: one year on Since launching The Future of English: Global Perspectives in April 2023, the Future of English research programme has grown and flourished. New research projects have been commissioned and ... [View full post](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/the-future-of-english-one-year-on) ![FOE_Book visual (1)](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Cultural%20Engagement%20-%20TeachingEnglish/Global%20-%20Future%20of%20English/FOE_Book%20visual%20(1).png?width=2000&name=FOE_Book%20visual%20(1).png) **What lies ahead?** How we learn and speak English is evolving, with significant implications for educational institutions, government agencies, NGOs and policy makers. Learn about these findings and more in our book. [ Learn more ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org) Our events [ Cerys Wright ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/author/cerys-wright) ### The Future of English: what have we learnt? The launch of The Future of English: Global Perspectives last year was accompanied by an interactive travelling exhibition. The aim of the exhibition was to share key findings from the book ... [View full post](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/the-future-of-english-what-have-we-learnt) [ Mina Patel ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/author/mina-patel) ### The socio-economic modelling of the impact of English – A call for proposals Apply for: 'Socio-economic modelling of the impact of English’ What is the opportunity? The British Council are seeking costed proposals from a multi-disciplinary research team for a desk-ba... [View full post](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/the-socio-economic-modelling-of-the-impact-of-english-a-call-for-proposals) Teachers [ Mina Patel ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/author/mina-patel) ### In our rapidly changing world what is the future of the English language? English is one of the most spoken languages in the world, but what will English look like in the future? Here Mina Patel, one of the authors of the new British Council publication ‘The Futur... [View full post](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/in-our-rapidly-changing-world-what-is-the-future-of-the-english-language) Our research experts [ Cerys Wright ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/author/cerys-wright) ### The Future of English: meet the authors Meet the authors Meet the authors and editors of our recent publication The Future of English: Global Perspectives. Mina Patel Mina is a researcher with the Assessment Research Group at the ... [View full post](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/meet-the-authors) Teachers [ Mina Patel ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/author/mina-patel) ### Teachers as agents of their own change In this article we explore the role of teacher beliefs and values on teaching practices. Mina Patel is a researcher at British Council and co-author of the landmark publication The Future of... [View full post](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/teachers-as-agents-of-their-own-change) Our events [ Cerys Wright ](https://futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/author/cerys-wright) ### The Future of English travelling exhibition In April we published our new book The Future of English: Global Perspectives. Alongside this we launched our Future of English travelling exhibition with the aim to continue gathering globa... 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