About British Council in English and School Education
The British Council is incorporated by the Royal Charter and is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. English and School Education aims for transformational change in English language policy and practice, with the belief that better teaching and learning of English increases academic and career opportunities and enables people to participate actively in a global society. We support language teaching and learning in a multilingual world, helping to ensure inclusive and equitable quality language education in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 4.
TeachingEnglish is the world’s largest online English teaching community. Teachers and teacher educators can build their professional network, share ideas and knowhow, and stay up to date with the latest research and innovations in teaching.
About TeachingEnglish
TeachingEnglish is a technology-enabled, open-access programme available to individual teachers and teacher educators of English worldwide and delivered through our global TeachingEnglish platforms (https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/) and regional, country and partner platforms. It provides professional development opportunities, resources, peer support and networking for a global community of English language teaching professionals and practitioners.
About the Grant
The British Council's English Programmes is announcing Enabling Fund grants in the second year for networks of English teachers in Thailand to receive 8 grants of 85,000 Baht each to enhance the benefits for teachers and teachers educators in Thailand from the British Council's "TeachingEngish" website. The invitation is for established and active networks, clusters, areas, associations, and other such groups in the field of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Thai primary and secondary school phases with the overall aim being to meaningfully increase teachers' and teacher educators' sustained engagement with TeachingEnglish free, online self-study courses (MOOCs) and webinars.
Funding will be agreed for a maximum period of project activities within nine (9) months. The expected research output/ final report must be in English. The grant will be awarded to the Education Service Area/Institution(s) of the lead applicant.
Requirements
We are looking for institution(s) and organisation(s) which are based in Thailand. These can include:
- Public or private school networks, educational service areas
- Non-formal education networks
- Teacher network and online teacher network
- Teacher associations
- Higher education institutions
You must have access to and administrative authority of an existing network of at least 300 Thai pre/in-service primary and/or secondary teachers/teacher educators of English as a subject in basic education to be eligible to apply for this grant.
Important Dates
Date |
Detail |
| 9 April 2025 | Open Call for Proposal |
| 16 May 2025 (15.00 hrs, Bangkok time) | Grant's Information Session |
| 19 May 2025 | Clarifacation Deadline |
| 22 May 2025 | Applicaition Deadline |
| 1 July 2025 | Activity Start Date |
| 1 March 2026 | Activity End Date |
If you would like to know more about the TeachingEnglish website, please visit www.teachingenglish.org.uk