trouble at the british council

The British Council certainly has a reputation.

It is an online place to go for excellent resources:

Jay Doubleyou: class journals from the british council

Jay Doubleyou: as others see us - british council

Jay Doubleyou: music lessons from the british council

Jay Doubleyou: monthly lesson plans from the british council

And it is an institution to go to for accreditation:

Jay Doubleyou: private language schools: accreditation and protecting clients

Jay Doubleyou: what's the point of british council accreditation?

However, it is also part of the bigger circuit of language schools - which are all finding it an issue to recruit staff:

Jay Doubleyou: "there is now a massive shortage of tefl teachers across the world"

And if there is a shortage of employees, then the employees can start to get a bit difficult:

English Teaching Jobs in Thailand: High Demand and Competitive Salaries

Our new survey finds schools in England struggle to recruit language teachers | British Council

Here's a very critical piece on the state and status of the British Council today - as Educator and journalist William Grice shares his experience with teacher recruitment through the British Council:

This past summer, the Gazette covered how teachers at British Council Taiwan were considering a historic strike due to stagnant pay rates spanning 20 years. In response to the strike action, the British Council have said they believe their teacher package is ‘very competitive in the market and is reflected in our high teacher retention rates and new full-time applicant recruitment rates’. Despite this, one teacher in Taiwan claimed they could ‘make more as a teaching assistant at the local international school’.

Additionally, 100 teachers were left behind in Afghanistan to make their own way out following the Taliban takeover in 2021. Thankfully, nearly all of them have since left safely. These issues, however, are just the tip of the iceberg. My own experience with teacher recruitment and subsequent investigations revealed further challenges within the organisation...

British Council’s shared services in India: smart cost-cutting or cultural misstep? - E L Gazette

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