Cultural celebrations at Aston University!
Throughout March, Routes into Languages, in conjunction with Network for Languages and CLERA (Centre for Language Education Research at Aston) held a series of cultural days looking at Spanish,...
Pupils get a taste of China at Leeds Met!
Pupils get a taste of China at Leeds Met! School children from across the region celebrated the year of the snake at Leeds Metropolitan University during Chinese New Year in February as they...
Leeds loves Languages!
Leeds loves Languages! School pupils from across the region gathered at Leeds Metropolitan University on 1st February 2013 to fuel their love of languages. The Leeds Loves Languages...
Routes into Languages exhibiting at ASCL Annual Conference
Routes into Languages will be exhibiting at the ASCL Annual Conference 15 - 16 March 2013 at Hilton London Metropole. Do come along and say hello, we'll be on stand 50! Click here...
Routes into Languages exhibiting at ALL Language World
Routes into Languages will be exhibiting at the ALL Language World 22 - 23 March 2013 at Nottingham Conference Centre, Nottingham Trent University. Do come along and say hello, we'll be on...
The Front National at forty: a ‘normal’ party now? - inaugural lecture at Aston University
Aston Inaugural: Professor Jim Shields, Tuesday 23rd April The Aston Inaugurals celebrate and showcase the research expertise of the...
Birmingham International Film Society offers some German films
Birmingham International Film Society and the Goethe-Institut are organising a German film season with introductions by academics from Birmingham University and Aston University. The films are as...
Play with Languages - gaming event
On Friday 18th of January pupils from across Yorkshire and the Humber were invited to take part in a pilot event called ‘Play with Languages – using Languages in Computer Games’ at...
EDL Year 9 poster winner makes the local news!
Our Year 9 poster competition winner, the lovely Anya Elliman from Sir Graham Balfour School in Stafford made the local headlines with her win! See the article which featured in the Stafford Express...
New Routes East Norwich Double Club Spanish Course
Great news story of Javier Garrido's visit to Langley School where they're trialling our latest Routes East Double Club Spanish course For details click here
New Routes East Norwich Double Club Spanish Course
Great news story of Javier Garrido's visit to Langley School where they're trialling our latest Routes East Double Club Spanish course For details click here
Results - European Day of Languages Poster Competition 2012
A huge thank you to all the pupils who entered our first European Day of Languages Poster competition! Our theme was "Why Study Languages?" and we were looking for eye catching posters using...
'Working together for Languages' post conference presentations
Our 'Working together for Languages' conference and evening reception, which was held back in June, was a great success. We have put together the podcasts, presentations and photos from...
EC competition
This year's European Commission competition for young translators Juvenes Translatores will take place on 27 November and is open to pupils born in 1995. Schools can register online from 1...
Mandarin Chinese Speaking Competition
2012/13 is the 10th anniversary year for the HSBC/British Council Mandarin Chinese Speaking Competition and we hope all of the secondary schools involved in the teaching and learning of Mandarin will...
Link2Learn competition
The British Council are very pleased to announce the 2012 Link2Learn competition which is open to any school (primary, secondary, SEN), international co-ordinator and local authority in the UK which...
Training provision for Public Service Interpreting and Translation
The report has been compiled for Routes into Languages by Anne Marie Graham at Arqueros Consulting and is one of the outcomes of a broader project funded by Routes into Languages. Click on the...
European Day of Languages Events in our regional schools
To celebrate the European Day of Languages on 26th September we have asked schools in our region to let us know what plans they have to celebrate this exciting day. Here are some of the news items we...
Jour de fete - classic Jacque Tati film at Artrix, Bromsgrove - 7pm 22nd September
Showing at Artrix in Bromsgrove on 22nd September at 7pm "Jour de fête" (aka Festival Day, The Big Day) (1949) by the French director Jacques Tati. Jour de fête tells the story of...
On the LINE
Thanks to all those who attended On the LINE at Newcastle University on Thursday 13th September. The event had a great buzz to it and it was great to start the term by seeing so many language...