National

We are delighted to announce that Routes into Languages has received further funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to enable all 9 Regional Consortia in England and both National Networks to continue working until 31 March 2011.

Our sincere thanks to everyone involved in Routes into Languages for their commitment and hard work.

If you would like to know how to get involved in the Routes into Languages regional and network activities please contact your relevant Regional Consortia or one of our National Networks for Interpreting and Translation.

Arab nations are leading a "historic" charge to make the world wide web live up to its name.

Net regulator Icann has switched on a system that allows full web addresses that contain no Latin characters (read more from the BBC website)

The Language and Film Talent Awards (LAFTAs) is a UK-wide competition which asks young people aged 13-21 to make two-minute film clips which demonstrate the importance of languages.

This year over 100 entries were received! The regional round of judging has now taken place and a shortlist of clips has been selected from the entries that were sent in.

The shortlist has been put forward to the national judging panel and the winners will be announced at a glamorous award ceremony on 6 July at the British Film Institute in London.

Although, the competition is now closed for this year, you can still get involved by voting for your favourite shortlisted clip in the People’s Vote.

Some of you may have received multiple messages as a result of subscribers requesting information on the Diploma replying directly to the Routes into Languages mailing list. This was due to a temporary error in the JISC-mail administration system and has been rectified. We would like to make it clear that Dominic Luddy, their communications lead, and the Diploma team are in no way responsible for the emails sent to you or the mailing list.

If you are interested in learning more about the Diploma and the process of applying to deliver this new qualification from 2011, further information is available on the Diploma in Languages and International Communication website.

The overall policy of government ( Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system ) is to delegate funding for education as far as possible to schools, colleges and local authorities. This paper sets out the reasons why government should retain substantial support and services at national level for languages which are strategically important to the UK in all the following domains: economic, social, political, cultural, and educational

www.llas.ac.uk/news/3293

Dear language enthusiast!
Welcome to the Routes into Languages e-bulletin for May.  Have a look at the range of events available below – click on the link to find out more and book.  Read up on the latest news from the regions.
Best wishes

Claire Wilkins
Programme Administrator

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Up-coming events

Events in the North East

• 16th June: Year 10 Linguacast, Newcastle University
• 17th June: Year 10 Linguacast, Newcastle University
• 18th June: Year 10 Linguacast, Newcastle University FULLY BOOKED
• NEW - 24th June: Year 8 Languages are Brill, Northumbria University
• NEW - 6th July: Year 8 Languages are Brill, Northumbria University 
• NEW - 7th July: Year 8 Languages are Brill, Northumbria University 

Events in the North West

• 9th June: Language Enrichment Event, Manchester Metropolitan University FULLY BOOKED
• 11th June: Language Enrichment Event, University of Bolton FULLY BOOKED
• 17th June: Language Enrichment Event for Y8 / Y9 pupils, UCLAN FULLY BOOKED
• 8th July: Language Enrichment Event for Y8 / Y9 pupils, University of Salford FULLY BOOKED

Events in Yorkshire and The Humber

• 1st June: Able Linguist Day, Pontefract New College
• 1st July: Latin America Awareness Day, University of Leeds
• 1st July: Popular Culture Sixth Form Conference, University of Leeds
• 1st July: Sixth Form Conferences: Focus on interpreting, University of Leeds

Events in the East

• January – December 09: Language Gym, Anglia Ruskin University

Events in the West Midlands

• 3rd July: Themed Language Day (French, Spanish and German), Coventry University
• 20th July: 3-day immersion in Oriental Languages, University of Warwick
• 27th July: 3-day Intensive courses in Japanese/Chinese for Year 12 pupils, University of Birmingham

Events in the East Midlands

• NEW - 16th - 17th July: Euro Stars Summer Residential, Nottingham Trent University

Events in the South West

• NEW - 24th June: Languages Day (Year 12), University of Bath
• NEW - 25th June: Languages Day (Year 12), University of the West of England
• NEW - 25th June: The Benefits of Studying Modern Languages Conference (Y10), University of Exeter

Events in the South

• 13th June: Reaching out to parents, Oxford Brookes University
• 15th June: Able Linguist Days, University of Portsmouth FULLY BOOKED
• 19th June: Able Linguist Days (AM), University of Surrey
• 19th June: Able Linguist Days (PM), University of Surrey
• 19th June: Reaching out to parents, University of Surrey

Events in London

• NEW – 8th June: World Languages Immersion Week, SOAS
• NEW – 29th June: Capital L – Summer School, London wide

National Network for Interpreting Events

• 6th June: Starting work as a Translator or Interpreter, University of Westminster

National Network for Translation Events

• 6th June: Starting work as a Translator or Interpreter, University of Westminster
• 7th November: The Translator as Expert Writer, University of Portsmouth

News and recent events

For further details, check out each regions webpage by clicking on the region name.

North West

• Community Languages Teacher Symposium: On Thursday 26th February the COLT Project held a Community Languages Teachers’ Symposium (read more)
• Urdu Teachers Course: A training course to bring to life the teaching of Urdu through highly interactive methodology for the language and culture (read more)

East Midlands

• Launch of Bespoke G.C.S.E Language Programme: The East Midlands Consortium recently delivered one of a series of four interventions (read more)
• Focus on the East Midlands - Recent Events' Update: During the first quarter of 2009, The East Midlands Consortium has been delivering language projects across the region (read more)

West Midlands

• Celebrating Culture at Aston University: Throughout February and March, over 200 Year 8 pupils have been to Aston University to take part in a series of cultural events (read more)

South

• Local pupils ‘score in French’ with University of Southampton students (read more)

DG Interpretation is happy to announce a great day of webcasting on 9 May 2009 from 10 am to 4 pm UK time. Open Day is a great party and a great chance for the general public to hear staff of the European Commission talk about what they do.You can follow the webcast with interpretation in 5 languages at: http://webcast.ec.europa.eu/eutv/portal/index.html. Directorate General for Interpretation staff, and freelance interpreters explain what it is we do behind the walls of the European headquarters and members of the public can try themselves to be Interpreter for a Day (or a few minutes). The Commissioner for Multilingualism, Leonard Orban, will join the stream. See also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA2fWvtMPDU.

The recently formed Lightbox Education, an educational resources division of RM, has won a two-year, £6m contract from the DCSF to design and develop an online language learning resource. 

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Dear languages enthusiast,
Welcome to the Routes into Languages e-bulletin for April. Have a look at the range of events available below – click on the link to find out more and book. Read up on the latest news from the regions.

Have a great Easter break

Claire Wilkins
Routes administrator

Up-coming Events:

North West

•  28th April: Urdu Primary language and methodology course for teachers of young learners
• 9th June: Language Enrichment Event, Manchester Metropolitan University FULLY BOOKED
• 11th June: Language Enrichment Event, University of Bolton FULLY BOOKED
• 17th June: Language Enrichment Event for Y8 / Y9 pupils, UCLAN FULLY BOOKED
• 8th July: Language Enrichment Event for Y8 / Y9 pupils, University of Salford FULLY BOOKED

North East

• 29th April: GCSE Conversation Masterclass, Durham University
• 29th April: A-Level Conversation Masterclass, Durham University
• 6th May: GCSE Conversation Masterclass, Durham University
• 6th May: A-Level Conversation Masterclass, Durham University
• 16th June: Year 10 Linguacast, Newcastle University
• 17th June: Year 10 Linguacast, Newcastle University
• 18th June: Year 10 Linguacast, Newcastle University FULLY BOOKED
• 14th July: Enhanced A-Level Master class with Taster, Durham University
• 15th July: Enhanced A-Level Master class with Taster, Durham University
• 16th July: Enhanced A-Level Master class with Taster, Durham University

Yorkshire & the Humber

• 1st June: Able Linguist Day, Pontefract New College
• 1st July: Latin America Awareness Day, University of Leeds
• 1st July: Popular Culture Sixth Form Conference, University of Leeds
• 1st July: Sixth Form Conferences: Focus on interpreting, University of Leeds
• East http://www.routesintolanguages.ac.uk/east/events.html
• January – December 09: Language Gym, Anglia Ruskin Unviersity

West Midlands

• 23rd April – 24th April: Year 8 Language Residential, Keele University FULLY BOOKED
• 3rd July: Themed Language Day (French, Spanish and German), Coventry University
• 20th July: 3-day immersion in Oriental Languages, University of Warwick
• 27th July: 3-day Intensive courses in Japanese/Chinese for Year 12 pupils, University of Birmingham

East Midlands

• 23rd April: 3-day immersion in Oriental Languages, University of Warwick
• 13th May: Bespoke German Fun Day, Nottingham Trent University
• 21st May: Internally Themed Family Language Supper, University of Nottingham
• 24th June: Further steps in French for Parkside School pupils, Nottingham Trent University

South West

• 11th May: G&T Dragon’s Den, D&T and Languages (year 9)
• 13th May: French and Spanish Languages day (year 9), University of Plymouth Business School
• 20th May: German and French Languages Day (year 10), University of Plymouth School
• NEW - 24th June: Languages Day (Year 12), University of Bath
• NEW - 25th June: Languages Day (Year 12), University of the West of England

South

• 13th June: Reaching out to parents, Oxford Brookes University
• 15th June: Able Linguist Days, University of Portsmouth FULLY BOOKED
• 19th June: Able Linguist Days (AM), University of Surrey
• 19th June: Able Linguist Days (PM), University of Surrey
• 19th June: Reaching out to parents, University of Surrey

London

• NEW – 8th June: World Languages Immersion Week, SOAS
• NEW – 29th June: Capital L – Summer School, London wide

National Network for Interpreting

• 22nd Oct – 31st May: National Network for Interpreting Mock Conferences
• 30th Oct – 29th May: Talks for schools on interpreting, University of Salford
• 6th June: Starting work as a Translator or Interpreter, University of Westminster

National Network for Translation

• NEW – 27th April: Careers in Translation, University of Bath
• 6th June: Starting work as a Translator or Interpreter, University of Westminster
• 7th November: The Translator as Expert Writer, University of Portsmouth Competitions
• 22nd May: Pop Video Competition, South West Consortium
• 29th May: Languages for Business Competition, South West Consortium

News and recent events

For further details, check out each regions webpage by clicking on the region name.

North West

Community Languages Teacher Symposium: On Thursday 26th February the North West Consortium held a Community Languages Teachers’ Symposium (read more)

Urdu Teachers Course: A training course to bring to life the teaching of Urdu through highly interactive methodology for the language and culture

East Midlands

Launch of Bespoke G.C.S.E Language Programme: The East Midlands Consortium recently delivered one of a series of four interventions (read more)

Focus on the East Midlands - Recent Events' Update: During the first quarter of 2009, The East Midlands Consortium has been delivering language projects across the region (read more)

West Midlands

Celebrating Culture at Aston University: Throughout February and March, over 200 Year 8 pupils have been to Aston University to take part in a series of cultural events (read more)