Yorkshire and The Humber Consortium useful links
- Consortium Videos on YouTube
- Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
- A publicly funded service, providing UK-wide support and services for higher education in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies .
- One of twenty four Subject Centres which comprise the Subject Network of The Higher Education Academy .
- It includes a wealth of information and resources on languages, linguistics and Area studies.
- HEFCE
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). This council distributes public money for teaching and research to universities and colleges. - Regional Language Network Yorkshire & The Humber
- The Dearing Report
- Why Study Languages?
A multimedia website produced by the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies to help promote language learning at all levels. - Young Translators' competition
Commission launches a second edition of the young translators' contest.
EU Member States' school students can try their hand at translation in the second edition of "Juvenes Translatores" (young translators) contest that the Commission launches today. Encouraged by the enthusiasm of, and positive feedback from the participants in the first contest, organised in 2007–2008, the Commission decided to organise it again. All EU schools will be invited to register between 1 September and 20 October 2008 for a contest to be held on 27 November 2008. - CILT Community Languages National Conference
Community Languages: Developing practice for the 21st century' is a national conference focusing on a wide variety of aspects of community language teaching, run by CILT, the National Centre for Languages in association with Languages Sheffield. - Soccer Lingua
Soccer Lingua is an interactive platform of language games and activities to motivate young football fans to learn foreign languages. - Make your mark
Wakefield presents some great opportunities for young people looking to make their ideas happen. - Weekend Break
Want to really get the best out of a trip abroad? Knowing even a little of the local language and some local knowledge will make your experience much more enjoyable. But where to start? - Regional Skills Partnership
Skills, Employability and Education for the 2012 Games Yorkshire and Humber - London 2012
Celebrating Success - Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) As one of the signature activities for Global Entrepreneurship Week, join countries across the world and run a speednetwork to unleash energy, share ideas and make connections - fast. All you need is a whistle, a watch and some people. Get involved!
- The European Commission - Translation Competition
On 27 November 2008 pupils born in 1991 from up to 690 schools in the EU will try their hand at translation in a contest organised by the European Commission's translation department. The contest is being organised to promote foreign language usage in Europe, as well as the particular art of translation. - Graduate Employability (pdf)
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