THE BRITISH COUNCIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24632, 13 June 1941, Page 6

THE BRITISH COUNCIL

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN SIR MALCOLM ROBERTSON 4; RUGBY. June 11. It was announced in the House of Commons to-day that Sir Malcolm Robertson had been appointed chairman of the British Council in .place of the late Lord Lloyd. The British Council was established In November, 1934, at the instance of the Foreign Office, supported by several other Government departments, and as the result of representations made to his Majesty’s Government over a period of years by the British diplomatic and other missions to foreign countries. The aims and objects of the British Council are:— To make .the life- and thought of British peoples more widely known abroad; and to promote a mutual Interchange of knowledge and ideas with other peoples. To encourage the study and use of the English language, both In foreign countries and in the Crown colonies and dependencies; to assist overseas schools in equipping themselves for this purpose; and to enable students from overseas to undertake courses of education or industrial training in the United Kingdom. To bring other peoples into closer touch with British ideals and practice in education, industry and government; to make available to them the benefits of.current British contributions to the sciences and technogoly; and to afford them opportunities of appreciating British literature, fine arts, drama and music. To co-operate with the self-governing dominions in strengthening the common cultural traditions of the British Commonwealth.