by Wendy Newman | Aug 19, 2011 | News
ALL will release a more detailed report in due course, but the main headlines, updates, news and comment about A-Level results, in particular in regard to languages, are listed below. – A-level passes rise amid university places pressure:...
by Wendy Newman | Aug 19, 2011 | News
The CBI yesterday responded to the release of A-Level results for 2011. In congratulating students and teachers for their hard work, Dr Neil Bentley, CBI Deputy Director-General, said: “We’re encouraged that more people have heeded the call from businesses...
by Wendy Newman | Aug 18, 2011 | News
Newly elected member of the ALL Executive Council, Teresa Tinsley, sums up for members the latest edition of the CBI’s Education and Skills Survey, Building for Growth, which underlines the need for better foreign language skills in the workforce. New evidence...
by Wendy Newman | Aug 16, 2011 | News
HEFCE has announced an additional £1.2 million to support the Routes into Languages initiative. Routes into Languages aims to increase take up of modern foreign language courses in higher education in England, and encourage more young people of all backgrounds...
by Wendy Newman | Jul 26, 2011 | News
A record number of students received ‘Erasmus’ grants to study or train abroad during the 2009/10 academic year – 213 000+ students, a 7.4% increase on the previous year’s figure. Erasmus is the world’s most successful student exchange...
by Wendy Newman | Jul 25, 2011 | News
There are just over five weeks to go until the closing date of this new Russian–English poetry translation prize! Anyone anywhere in the world may enter; see http://www.stephen-spender.org/brodsky_spender.html for the rules and how to enter....
