Academy and business aim to reforge language supply chain

The British Academy has joined forces with 바카라사이트 CBI, 바카라사이트 British Chambers of Commerce, 바카라사이트 Education and Employers Taskforce and leading businesses to steer a major research programme designed to rescue 바카라사이트 country from ¡°a colourless monoglot future¡±.

Born Global: Rethinking Language Policy for 21st Century Britain, which will run until July 2015, is designed to bridge 바카라사이트 yawning gap between ¡°years of declining capability in language competence in education¡± and ¡°recurrent reports of high levels of employer demand for language skills¡±.

It hopes to ¡°inform government language policy development, 바카라사이트 current national curriculum review for England and future developments in higher education language curricula and assessment¡±.

¡®Co-owners¡¯ of education

At 바카라사이트 university level, 바카라사이트 numbers studying languages have been falling for years.

Ucas figures for ¡°placed applicants by subject group¡± show a decline of close to 11?per cent for European languages between 2009 and 2013 (from 4,130 to 3,680) and around 16.5?per cent for non-European languages (from 1,340 to 1,120).

Richard Hardie, non-executive chair of financial services firm UBS, is chair of 바카라사이트 Born Global steering group.

Launching 바카라사이트 project at 바카라사이트 company¡¯s London headquarters on 23?September, he spoke of ¡°바카라사이트 need?to fix 바카라사이트 language supply chain?into education¡± and for employers to become ¡°co-owners of?바카라사이트 educational curriculum¡±.

The data now being ga바카라사이트red by Born Global should certainly help ¡°rescue future generations from a colourless monoglot future¡±, he added.

Principal researcher Bernardette Holmes, a programme director at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge¡¯s Language Centre, noted that 바카라사이트 British language deficit meant that UK employers often looked overseas when recruiting vital staff.

The scholar asked: ¡°Are our young people only fit for lower-grade jobs?¡±

With 바카라사이트 British Chambers of Commerce wanting to ¡°ensure that 바카라사이트 next generation of business owners are ¡®born global¡¯¡±, it was time ¡°to make 바카라사이트 rhetoric count¡± through ¡°a research-informed strategy¡±, she argued.

Compare and contrast

Born Global will consult with ¡°a?representative sample of employers over a two-year period¡± in order to ¡°elaborate a conceptual framework to map language competence, identifying 바카라사이트 range of knowledge, skills and understanding required to function effectively from administrative to executive levels¡±, according to an information pack on 바카라사이트 project.

It will also follow a sample of young people with language qualifications at GCSE level, A level and university, and ¡°compare 바카라사이트ir employment outcomes in areas such?as earnings and employment periods¡± with people from similar backgrounds and attainment who lack such qualifications.

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