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The Guardian has reported (08/06/10) that the primary curriculum and academic diplomas are to be axed.  We are trying to find out more detail about this proposal, and will post more information as soon as we have it:...

Pupils taught in Gaelic perform better than their English-taught peers when reading and writing in English, an Edinburgh University study has found: http://www.strath.ac.uk/scilt/news/headline_345532_en.html.

We’re excited to tell you that the Language World 2011 conference and exhibition is at Imperial College, London from Thursday evening 7 July until Saturday 9 July. This year’s theme is All together! You can contribute to Language World 2011 by: •...

The ALL European Language Olympics 2010 will soon be starting, and we want your school to take part! This is a brand new competition run in association with ALL corporate member Language Perfect. There will be two weeks of intense online competition as students...

The Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove today laid before the House of Commons a Written Ministerial Statement on Education Spending: http://www.education.gov.uk/news/news/written-statement-spending.

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...

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...