Extra funding to bolster modern languages

The Higher Education Funding Council for England has allocated 바카라사이트 additional cash to 바카라사이트 Routes into Languages project, which sends student ambassadors into schools to encourage children to study modern languages beyond 바카라사이트 age of 14.

The programme, which is led by University of Southampton��s Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, also organizes sixth-form events and access activities such as linking languages with sport and film.

It is run through nine regional consortia of universities throughout England and was set up with a ?4.5 million Hefce grant in 2006, which was followed by Department of Education funding worth ?3.5 million in 2007.

The extra cash, which follows grants worth ?2 million over 바카라사이트 past two years, will allow 바카라사이트 scheme to continue until July 2012.

Sir Alan Langlands, chief executive of Hefce, said: ��Languages are vital for 바카라사이트 social and economic future of 바카라사이트 country and graduates with language skills make a major contribution to 바카라사이트 UK economy in an ever-changing global context.

��This additional funding demonstrates our ongoing commitment to supporting modern foreign languages and I hope that it will enable 바카라사이트 Routes initiative to build on 바카라사이트 many benefits it has brought for schools, colleges, universities and students.��

An independent evaluation of 바카라사이트 programme published in May concluded it had been successful in establishing partnerships and collaboration between higher education institutions and schools.

It also found it had been successful in raising pupils�� motivation and interest in languages,

Mike Kelly, professor of French at Southampton and director of 바카라사이트 scheme, said 바카라사이트 funding boost ��will be welcomed by universities and schools across 바카라사이트 country and confirms 바카라사이트 recognition that languages are a matter of strategic importance.��

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