Learn English with apps

Build confidence and practise listening skills in this app for 6- to 11-year-olds. Watch fun animated songs and stories such as ‘Florence Nightingale’ and ‘Red Riding Hood’, and play challenging games to improve spelling and understanding.

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Read or listen to thousands of best-selling fiction and non-fiction titles in your favourite genres anytime, anywhere. Browse available subjects.

Stream the world’s largest collection of full-length concerts and music films plus the best new music from the UK brought to you by Selector Radio. Browse concerts available in Qello.

Read full digital versions of over 2,000 of the best comics and graphic novels from major publishers – for all ages. Browse our comics.

Watch thousands of critically acclaimed movies and TV shows plus an exclusive collection of children’s movies and story-telling and rhyme-times. Browse shows available on Kanopy.

Enjoy hundreds of popular international publications covering all areas of interest including technology, business, politics, fashion and more! Browse the choice of magazines available.

Read the latest issues of more than 7,000 of the world’s top newspapers and magazines including Forbes, Newsweek, Vogue and many more! Browse newspapers and magazines in Pressreader.  

Prepare for career opportunities with hundreds of video tutorials and training courses on a wide array of professional development topics. View professional training on Kanopy.

Enhance your research with 24/7 access to world-class academic databases from EBSCOhost and Ebook Central from ProQuest covering a wide variety of journals, magazines and eBooks. We also have research reports from the British Council.

Improve your child’s language skills with the British Council’s collection of fun and engaging games, songs, stories and activities for children learning English as a second or foreign language. Explore LearnEnglish Kids.