by cristahazell | May 11, 2026 | Language News, News, Primary News, Secondary News
Experts warn this is ‘not a time for scaling back’ recruitment tactics, and criticise surprise mid-year change. Ministers have been blasted for axing bursaries for overseas applicants hoping to become trainee physics and languages teachers without...
by cristahazell | May 11, 2026 | News
Gender-neutral GCSE French lessons trigger international row British exam board to allow 16-year-olds to use newly coined hybrid pronouns in languages, despite terms not being recognised by countries. “The use of gender-neutral terms in GCSE French lessons has...
by rtaylor | May 1, 2026 | News
Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival This year, the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (ESFF) will take part in the Festival of Europe Scotland, with the support of the Consulate General of Spain in Edinburgh. As part of the programme, ESFF will present a curated selection of...
by cristahazell | Apr 29, 2026 | HHCL news, News
How Romanian became Britain’s second most spoken foreign language The Romanian community in the UK is now a million strong, yet while pupils can sit GCSEs in everything from Urdu to Portuguese and Biblical Hebrew, this vast cohort remains overlooked, with no formal...
by cristahazell | Apr 19, 2026 | Language News, News
We’re not teaching them to order baguettes’ – languages enjoy a renaissance in schools. When Hugo signed up for a project to help him decide if he wanted to study French at GCSE, he had no idea it would lead him to learn Mandarin. The Year 10 pupil...
by cristahazell | Feb 18, 2026 | News
UK Government’s proposed changes to the immigration system. In February 2026 the Coalition for Language Education published a response to the UK Parliament Call for Evidence (3795) on the UK Government’s proposed changes to the immigration system. The response can...
