| Description | File contains Henri Tajfel's typed correspondence, documents and printed material concerning the British Council.
Details include:
Copy of British Book News 289, Sept.1964
Review for British Book News by Henri Tajfel
Henri Tajfel's book 'Disappointed Guests'
Invitation for Henri Tajfel to visit the University of Cologne 1965
Overseas Students Fees Awards Scheme, 1969-1970
British Council Director of Academics, concerns Bristol
Visit of Prof. R.J.C. Harper (Canada) to Bristol 1969
Overseas Students Fees Awards Scheme, 1970-1971
Visit of Mr.A.B.Castro to Bristol as Postgraduate, 1972
Invitations (Various) to British Council parties/receptions
Visit of Mr. A.H.Hamid as Postgraduate, Bristol 1972
Henri Tajfel as referee for Dr. J.R.Eiser's travel grant
Academic links scheme
Visit of Dr. C.E.Fiscian (Ghana) to Bristol 1973
Visit of Dr.D.Sinha (India) to Bristol 1973
Henri Tajfel's visit to Leuven 1974
Visit of Prof. P. Schonbach to Bristol
Visit of Mrs. B.Chooi (Malaysia) to Bristol 1974
Henri Tajfel's visit to Malta, 1974
Visit of Prof. Sinha to Bristol 1975
Nominations for exchange visits, 1977
Academic links with Eastern Europe
Prof. G.M. Andoreyeva's visit to Bristol (USSR) 1976
Visit of Dr. A Kureshi to Bristol [refused]
Academic links with Eastern Europe, Henri Tajfel participant
Nominations for Europe visitors 1977
Visit of Mrs. Ros to Bristol 1977
Visit of Dr. J. B.P. Sinha to Bristol 1978. |
| AdminHistory | In the 1920s and early 1930s, the Foreign Office realised the need for an organisation responsible for the promotion of British culture, education, science and technology in other countries, along the lines of existing French, German and Italian cultural organisations. This led to the setting up of the 'British Committee for Relations with Other Countries' in 1934. The name was later changed to the 'British Council for Relations with Other Countries, and then shortened to the 'British Council'.
Although set up and partly funded by the Foreign Office, and working closely with it, the British Council had its own Chairman and Committee, and was responsible for its own policy and activities.
The work of the early British Council included support to British Institutes and societies and English schools in other countries, recruitment of university lecturers, support to students and English teachers, books and periodicals for libraries, lecture tours, music performances and art exhibitions. Priority was given to the countries of the Middle East and Mediterranean region, Europe and Latin America.
Following meetings between the French and British Governements in 1970, so-called 'Heath-Pompidou money' was made available as extra funding for new programmes of youth exchanges, scholarships and civic links between the UK and France. This was followed by a more general increase in cultural and educational activity in Western and Southern Europe, with new science, arts and English language teaching programmes being set up. |
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