This week, the House of Commons Education Select Committee published its report on the recruitment and retention of teachers. The report provides a number of recommendations for improving recruitment, especially in shortage subjects such as modern languages. It also...
A second round of applications for the Returners Engagement Programme pilot in the north-west and south-east of England went live on Friday 27 January 2017. This programme is aimed at providing training and employment for former teachers wishing to return to the...
Are you passionate about French, German or Spanish? If so, you could receive a languages scholarship of £27,500 to train as a languages teacher in a secondary school. As a language teacher you can continue to use your language every day. You can play a part in...
Department for Education calls for an understanding of teacher retention with a survey aimed at ex-teachers. If you have left teaching in the state-funded sector in England, DfE would like to hear from you. They have created a survey which will take roughly 5 minutes...
ALL’s flagship annual conference awaits – Language World 2017! To get you in the mood for Language World 2017, we are encouraging you to take a look back at Language World 2016 before you book for this year’s conference. You will find we have...
Broadening Language Provision and Creating Independent and Engaged Language Learners Language Futures is an exciting approach for schools interested in developing languages beyond the classroom. Its core purpose is to generate deep engagement with learning and to...