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  A review of international student mobility says that study abroad can significantly boost the chances of a student's success in later life, and bring benefits to the UK's knowledge economy. However, the UK is primarily a host country for foreign students....

"It is with great sadness that we report the death of Eric Hawkins, one of the most important figures in languages teaching that this country has known. From his first experience of the “strange alluring song” of another language in 1924 when he was 9...

The Russian Committee of the Association for Language Learning is pleased to announce the Fifth UK Russian Essay Competition 2011. Students learning Russian at schools, colleges and universities in the UK, including heritage and adult learners, are invited to...

Schools in England are to get a real-terms increase in classroom funding, while universities and colleges face heavy cuts after the spending review. For more information, see: DfE: http://www.education.gov.uk/inthenews/pressnotices/a0065470/dfe-spending-review...

Between 20 - 26 September 2010, the Association for Language Learning asked teachers across the UK about the issues which particularly concern them about the teaching and learning of languages, and suggestions of things that should be done to tackle these. ALL has now...

The European Commission has launched a new drive to encourage more European universities to offer high-quality courses for students who want to work as translators: http://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/lfi/DNWA-8A79NX. 

Education Secretary Michael Gove today announced another step in the lifting of the bureaucratic burden on heads and teachers. The school Self Evaluation Form (SEF) process takes days out of heads’ time and can cost schools tens of thousands of pounds; and the...

The QCDA have received a revised remit letter from the Department for Education, outlining their role for the rest of this financial year. It follows the Government's announcement in May of its intention to close QCDA as part of its wider reform of...

Schools are to be encouraged to adopt a new broad-based 'English baccalaureate' system in order to drive up standards while combating the negative perceptions of GCSE qualifications, under new plans announced by Michael Gove:...

Following from its statement on the primary curriculum and Key Stage 3 level descriptions, the Department for Education has issued the following official statement regarding the status of primary languages and future planning, up to March 2011 in particular: 'The...

With just two years remaining until London's Olympic & Paralympic Games start, the search for volunteers with language skills has begun. Presenter Chris Ledgard meets Seb Coe, Boris Johnson and LOCOG chief executive Paul Deighton to hear about the two schemes -...

This year's GCSE-level results were released today and show improved performance for Maths and English, as well as a general increase in achievement overall. Achievement for language GCSEs has noticeably increased according to the Joint Council for Qualifications...