Who we are:

The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities

Our Purpose

We build engagement and trust for the UK through the exchange of knowledge and ideas between people worldwide.

The British Council in Cyprus

The British Council began work in Cyprus in 1934 but officially received its royal chapter in 1940. It was one of the first offices to have been established globally. Cyprus is one of the 17 countries in the British Council's South East Europe region. We work in partnership with Cypriot organisations, high-level decision makers, leading professionals, schools, teachers and students. The sectors we work in are:

• Examinations
• Education
• and Intercultural Dialogue

Our Examinations work includes delivering a wide portfolio of UK examinations to around 50,000 candidates and running a series of workshops for teachers in specific subject areas.

Our Education work includes delivering Education UK exhibitions for more than 20 years attracting over 14000 visitors, providing Education services to students interested in studying working on regional Education projects and working with government bodies in supporting their initiatives in priority areas.
In the context of the Intercultural Dialogue agenda, we actively participate in regional projects which aim at bringing together diverse groups from countries across Europe.

Equal Opportunities Policy

As the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations we develop relationships with people from a wide range of backgrounds.  Engaging positively with the richness of this diversity is central to what we do and in line with our core values.

Our Equal Opportunity Policy originates from the United Kingdom (UK) because the British Council is an organisation with origins and headquarters in the UK.  The Policy applies in the UK and elsewhere where the British Council operates wherever local conditions allow.  Where practices and legislation are more developed and extensive we meet local requirements.  Notwithstanding this, all staff, as an organisation wide behavioural standard, irrespective of their work base, are required to ensure their behaviour demonstrates respect for the fundamental human right of every person not to be unjustifiably discriminated against on grounds of perceived difference within the terms of this policy.  The policy also applies to third parties that work with us such as clients, customers and suppliers.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and inclusion, and to positive action to promote this. We believe that an Equal Opportunity Policy helps to ensure that there is no unjustified discrimination in the recruitment, retention, training and development of staff on the basis of gender including transgender, marital status (which includes civil partnerships), sexual orientation, religion and belief, political opinion, ethnicity/race, work pattern, age, disability or HIV/AIDS status, socio-economic background, spent convictions, trade union activity or membership, on the basis of having or not having dependants, or any other irrelevant grounds.  We also believe that an Equal Opportunity Policy benefits employees and potential employees, partners, clients and customers and helps achieve dignity at work, as well as contributing to providing the best possible services to all stakeholders.

Contact Us:

If you have any queries or comments, please contact:

British Council
Examinations Services
T +357 22 585100
F +357 22 585129
E-mail: exams.enquiries@cy.britishcouncil.org

We look forward to hearing from you!