Draft National Curriculum for England

Last week’s announcements on the draft National Curriculum for England, Michael Gove’s U-turn on the EBacc Certificates and the news of further consultation on performance measures at Key Stage 4 (the EBacc) have been received by officers and members of...

BBC abandons languages for adults

The BBC languages website (bbc.co.uk/languages) is no longer being maintained, as a notice on the site indicates. ALL contacted the BBC’s Controller of Learning, Saul Nasse, who stated that the BBC is creating a new online area to contain its educational...

Languages: The State of the Nation

In their recent report, Languages: The State of the Nation, the British Academy has warned of a "vicious circle of monolingualism" despite rising global demand for language skills: as too few UK students are studying too narrow a range of courses at...