British Council - LearnEnglish - Professionals Podcasts

Listen to a studio discussion about globalisation with Elisabetta Deliberti from the Forum for a Fairer World and Albert Lloyd from the International Banking Federation.

Listen to the guests on this radio chat show speaking about the difference between work-related stress and burnout.

Listen to part of a lecture given to a group of first-year undergraduates on the subject of lectures.

Multiple intelligences? But how many are there? The number seems to go up and up. Howard Gardner was the one who first identified multiple intelligences and he has since added to his original list

Listen to some people trying to resolve a dispute at work with the help of a mediator.

The way in which a company's staff reacts to a merger is sometimes called the 'merger syndrome'. Listen to this extract from a radio programme about people who have been involved in mergers.

Two friends, Leah and Hamid, discuss their methods of revising for exams.

Listen to four different health workers describing what their jobs consist of.

Listen to an interview with two people from companies who run sponsorship programmes, talking about why they do it.

Listen to this typical IELTS listening exam question where a man is asking for information about travelling by train or by bus.

Two friends, Emma and Tim, talk about how to beat stress before an oral exam.

Listen to a conversation between an office worker and his boss. They are talking about how to make their office greener.

Listen to a conversation between an employee and her line manager. The employee has just done a Cambridge BEC exam. Her line manager is asking questions about it.

Listen to a radio quiz show which invites local business people to compete against each other to see who has better skills. This week the focus is on Professional Confidence.

Listen to an interview with John McMaster, an industrial designer, talking about industrial design as art or science.