English and Professional skills - Events and webinars

The British Council in Singapore runs a full programme of public English and Professional skills events and webinars throughout the year.

See what's on in the coming months.

Trial classes for kids and teens

Register for our Open House trial classes and consultation with our academic team here.

Our English Enrichment is available for Early Years, Primary and Secondary.

Webinars for parents

Past webinars:

  • Early Years – Phonics and reading skills outside the classroom
  • Early Years – Getting ready for Primary 1 
  • Lower Primary – Encouraging your child to be an independent learner
  • Upper Primary – Composition writing 

Webinars for professionals

Upcoming webinars:

Past webinars in 2024: 

  • The Power of Storytelling
  • Evaluating the power of learning: Your guide to success!
  • Fostering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Strategies for L&D
  • Navigating AI in learning and assessment: Expert insights
  • Enhancing learner engagement: Key strategies for 2024 
  • L&D resilience: power through challenges
  • Mastering talent mobility: Strategies for upskilling success
  • Unlocking potential: L&D's vital role in career paths
  • Empowering transformation Expert insights on L&D during change
  • Driving excellence: L&D strategies for organisational success 
  • Gen Z at work: Transforming today's workplace
  • Exploring tomorrow's learning: L&D insights for 2024

Past webinars in 2023:

  • Looking back, moving forward: The evolution of L&D in 2023
  • The future of employee engagement: Today's trends and tomorrow's insights
  • From challenge to solution: Design thinking in AI adoption
  • Thriving together: Reshaping workplace wellbeing
  • Flexibility at Work: Empowering People, Enhancing Culture
  • Beyond learning: The evolving role and impact of learner personas in 2023 
  • Soft skills: Unlock the learning power
  • Small tweaks, big impact: Refresh your learning design
  • How L&D can positively impact workplace wellbeing
  • Impactful online learning programmes
  • Recruitment and retention in 2023

Past webinars:

  • Make your difficult conversations more effective
  • Preparing for mentoring
  • You and your network – Relationship building
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Your engagement strategy 
  • Positive Influencing: The Influence Approach
  • Developing Executive Presence: Creating connections
  • Being a mindful listener
  • Negotiate to collaborate
  • Establishing rapport with others
  • Making it relevant
  • Engaging your multi-cultural team
  • Having difficult conversations
  • Using stories to connect with your hybrid team
  • The power of influence
  • Getting the point across – Communicating with executive presence
  • Communicating in a virtual world – Why impactful writing just became more crucial
  • Room for empathy in the workplace?
  • Burnout from an unprecedented year? – Managing stress to increase productivity
  • Feedback – The breakfast of champions!

Webinars for existing and aspiring teachers and tutors

Past webinar:

  • How to become an English language Teacher