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The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has released a new Higher Education White Paper: 'Students at the Heart of the System'. It's proposals cover four broad areas: reforming funding; delivering a better student experience; enabling universities to...

ALL has received confirmation that recruitment for the 2011-12 Language Assistants programme is now open, following a decision from the Department for Education to continue funding the scheme. Ministers have decided that the Department will be funding the foreign...

There's still all to play for, as the ALL European Language Olympics enters the final strait...! http://www.europeanlanguageolympics.com/site/home.html - only a few hours to go!

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Association for Language Learning (ALL) Language World Cup 2010! The official results have now been released and are available on the website (www.LanguageWorldCup.com) by clicking on the Scoreboard tab....

Congratulations to all of the students and schools, across Europe and the world, who took part in the ALL European Language Olympics!  The winner was Emma B from Longridge High School, with a staggering 34,015 points; closely followed by Michael P from...

Applications for host schools for the next cohort of Foreign Language Assistants are now open! Foreign Language Assistants are native speakers from 18 countries worldwide offering French, German, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Japanese and Arabic...

The European Commission would like to know who inspired or encouraged you to learn foreign languages. They want to help more young people learn languages and are especially interested in who you listened to when making your choices. This will help them to raise...

Your Association needs you! Nominations are now open for the following positions in ALL for the period 2012-2015: • President Elect (for the period 2012 -2015) • Membership Officer (for the period 2012 -2015) • Executive Council members (three year term...

Wednesday 13 June – Thursday 12 July Reading / London / Walsall / Oxford / Bristol An opportunity to engage with academic research and thinking behind effective language teaching and learning. The workshops will demonstrate how to implement key principles based...

Ofqual has announced a review of the role of controlled assessment in GCSEs, in response to concerns raised by schools and teachers about practicalities of delivering them and the advice and guidance provided for them. The review will consider the role of controlled...

Only one in 40 of British diplomats now speaks to the highest level the language of the country where they are posted. Some 1,690 staff, or 90% of Britain's diplomatic service, have no recognised language abilities for the country to which they have been posted....

The TDA is aiming to train up 1,575 language teachers this year, in order to meet current demand for language teachers. A new bursary of up to £20,000 will be available for language graduates to enter teacher training. The number of pupils expected to sit...

A House of Lords committee has called for all children to learn a foreign language at primary and secondary level, amidst fears that the UK's attitude to languages has prevented its students from studying in Europe. It says that too few British students are taking...

Even if you can’t come to the whole of Language World as a delegate, why not take up this invitation to come along for free on Friday 30 or Saturday 31 March? As well as visiting the Language World Exhibition (open from 08.30 – 18.00 on Friday and 08.30...

Our lucky winner is @kweightman85, from Catmose College in Oakham, who told us: “I would like to attend #LW2012 because as an NQT it will launch networking with like minded teachers and inspire. Start as I mean to go on!” Absolutely right, and...

Language World 2012 ALL's Language World 2012 conference and exhibition is at the University of Manchester on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 March 2012. This year’s theme is: Languages for all - defining today, transforming tomorrow! You can contribute to Language...

Could your language learning project inspire others and win a top prize? The search is on for the most innovative language learning projects in the UK with applications now being invited for the prestigious European Language Label. The competition recognises and...

Statistics from the Graduate Teacher Training Registry have shown that the numbers of people applying to train as teachers has fallen by 29% compared to the same point last year. Modern foreign languages was one of the worst hit subjects with applications for...

A recent Conversative Party survey has found that only 3% of pupils are getting good GCSE pass in key subjects in some areas. Nick Gibb, the schools minister, said last year that it was "a scandal that four-fifths of our 16-year-olds did not take the core...

Michael Gove's statement just before Christmas re: the National Curriculum review can now be found here: http://education.gov.uk/inthenews/inthenews/a00201092/written-ministerial-statement-on-the-national-curriculum-review. He has decided that it is essential that the...