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Decisionmaker trip to Berlin

In late November 2023, the Goethe-Institut London organised a four-day educational trip to Berlin for decisionmakers in education from the UK. With the aim to strengthen the status of German as a foreign language in the UK by providing an insight into the German educational system, foreign language teaching, as well as German culture, representatives … Continued

Home, heritage and community languages: recognising the breadth of language learning

On UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day 2024, which celebrates learners’ universal right to study their heritage languages, Professor Li Wei, Chair in Applied Linguistics and Director and Dean of IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, wrote an article celebrating home, heritage and community languages (HHCLs) and the initiatives of the NCLE to improve HHCL … Continued

More pupils of all ages to study languages

The National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE), led by IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, announces the first 15 Language Hubs in its work to reenergise language learning in schools across England. Read the announcement

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