Brightest graduates to receive best bursaries to teach

As part of proposed reforms of the teacher training system in England, graduates with first-class honours degrees will be able to get bigger financial incentives to teach subjects seen as vital to pupils’ future career prospects, such as maths, physics,...

Michael Gove proposes teaching languages from age five

Education secretary Michael Gove has proposed teaching languages in schools from age five, in an interview with the Guardian ahead of this week’s Conservative Party conference. "There is a slam-dunk case for extending foreign language teaching to children...

Concern about year abroad funding for language students

Baroness Coussins, chair of the All-Party Group on Modern Languages, has expressed her concern about funding for students taking their year abroad, in a recent debate on the impact of Government policy on universities. Her concern centres around the fact that the fee...