by Wendy Newman | Dec 3, 2010 | News
A new Europe-wide survey among employers has found that almost 50% of companies with considerable international business identified knowledge of foreign languages as the most important skill for the future. The Eurobarometer report on graduate recruitment shows that...
by Wendy Newman | Dec 2, 2010 | News
Plans to overhaul teacher training and school funding will be set out later today as part of the government’s education White Paper. Schools will get tough new targets for achievement in the White Paper, which is expected to lay out sweeping proposals...
by Wendy Newman | Nov 18, 2010 | News
A review of international student mobility says that study abroad can significantly boost the chances of a student’s success in later life, and bring benefits to the UK’s knowledge economy. However, the UK is primarily a host country for...
by Wendy Newman | Nov 11, 2010 | Mandarin news, News
Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced a new partnership with China, under which 1000 Mandarin teachers will be recruited and trained to teach Mandarin in secondary schools in England. Mr Gove launched the joint programme between the Specialist...
by Wendy Newman | Nov 9, 2010 | News
"It is with great sadness that we report the death of Eric Hawkins, one of the most important figures in languages teaching that this country has known. From his first experience of the “strange alluring song” of another language in 1924 when he was 9...
