BBC Word of Mouth: Olympics & language skills

With just two years remaining until London’s Olympic & Paralympic Games start, the search for volunteers with language skills has begun. Presenter Chris Ledgard meets Seb Coe, Boris Johnson and LOCOG chief executive Paul Deighton to hear about the two...

2010 GCSE results released

This year’s GCSE-level results were released today and show improved performance for Maths and English, as well as a general increase in achievement overall. Achievement for language GCSEs has noticeably increased according to the Joint Council for...

Language skills are the future of research

A major new report by Universities UK, ‘The Future of Research’, has found that the world of research is changing, and that UK researchers need to change with it. The report, published on 5th August 2010, states that "The UK no longer sits at a unique...

Sneak preview: ALL publications in Autumn 2010

Details of our publications for Autumn 2010! Languages Today Our September 2010 issue will be dedicated to the Olympic & Paralympic Games in 2012, and what language teachers and networks are doing to celebrate it: languages_today_issue_6.  Deutsch Lehren...