The British Council in Europe is running a series to support UK higher education institutions in better understanding how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting students in Europe - their education, and their study abroad intentions and prospects.

We aim to keep good communication going between UK and EU higher education sectors so that students continue to benefit from a UK education, whatever the circumstances. While the Covid-19 pandemic is causing enormous hardship, we have always believed as the British Council that education and culture connect us. In the face of a truly global challenge, this is more important than ever. 

We focus on ten priority European countries for UK HE institutions, where we have staff who specialise in higher education, student mobility and UK student recruitment: Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Poland, Romania and Spain. Our series includes (click to find out more):

• Weekly Covid-19 news update
• Webinars with our country staff
• Other engagement opportunities
• Country and region contacts.

This page lists all our opportunities. You can also make sure you're alerted of all individual updates if you sign up for Europe regional alerts. To do so, go to your personal settings on this website (click on the ‘profile’ person icon in the top right of any page on IES) and select 'Europe' on the regional update filter.

To find out more about our work in Europe, please contact Almut Caspary, Higher Education and Research lead, EU Europe (Almut.Caspary@britishcouncil.org).

Weekly Covid-19 news update

Each week, we publish updates from our countries on changes affecting students and the education sector and insights that are relevant to student recruitment:

• 30 September: Germany, Ireland
• 16 September: France, Germany, Ireland
• 9 September: France, Ireland, Romania
• 2 September: France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain
• 28 July: Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain
• 8 July: France, Germany, Italy, Romania
• 1 July: Germany, Greece, Ireland, Romania
• 24 June: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, France, Romania, Spain
• 10 June: France, Germany, Ireland, Romania, Spain
• 3 June: France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Romania
• 27 May: France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Spain
• 20 May: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Spain
• 13 May: Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Romania, Spain
• 6 May: Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Romania
• 29 April: Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania
• 22 April: Germany, Greece, Spain
• 16 April: Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Romania
• 8 April: Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain 

Webinars

Hear latest insights and put your questions to our country staff, or promote to agents and counsellors in your network. Click on the links below to register - you will then receive a personalised email invitation (with options to save in your online calendar).

Upcoming

To be confirmed. Please check back.

Past webinar recordings

• 2 April - Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Poland, Romania, Spain. 
  Access password: April2
• 12 May - EU student Brexit sentiment research results 
  Access password: B3x!tMay2020
• 13 May - UK higher education briefing for EU education agents
  Access password: @gen+$

Other engagement opportunities

We will list all opportunities here, and as Opportunities alerts.

Country and regional contacts

Please feel free to contact our team if you have any questions or feedback:

Country staff

• Bulgaria: Ivo Slavov (Ivaylo.Slavov@britishcouncil.bg)
• Cyprus: Pantelitsa Michael (Pantelitsa.Michael@cy.britishcouncil.org)
• France: Catherine Saracco (Catherine.Saracco@britishcouncil.fr)
• Germany: Ailsa Kienberger (ailsa.kienberger@britishcouncil.de) 
• Greece: Maria Tsakali (Maria.Tsakali@britishcouncil.gr)
• Italy: Filomena Casamassa (Filomena.Casamassa@BritishCouncil.it)
• Ireland: Mags Walsh (Mags.Walsh@ie.britishcouncil.org)
• Poland: Julia Plachecka (Julia.Plachecka@britishcouncil.pl)
• Romania: Gabriel Ivan (Gabriel.Ivan@britishcouncil.ro)
• Spain: Carolina Jimenez (Carolina.Jimenez@britishcouncil.es)

Regional:

• Almut Caspary, Lead Higher Education (almut.caspary@britishcouncil.org)
• Ellie Buchdahl, Communications (ellie.buchdahl@britishcouncil.org)