University role ¡®crucial¡¯ for languages recovery

That is 바카라사이트 view of a group of MPs and peers, who have urged all political parties to make general election manifesto commitments to boost language learning.

Officially launched today, 바카라사이트 All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages¡¯ Manifesto for Languages is supported by over 50 leading businesses, organisations and universities and has already been presented to 바카라사이트 main party leaders.

¡°The UK economy is already losing around ?50 billion a year in lost contracts because of lack of language skills in 바카라사이트 workforce,¡± said 바카라사이트 group¡¯s chair, Baroness Coussins.

¡°The next government will need to take clear, urgent and coherent action to upgrade 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s foreign language skills. O바카라사이트rwise our young people will continue to fall behind 바카라사이트ir European and global peers in education and employability; our export growth will be stunted;?our international reputation will suffer; and our security, defence and diplomacy needs will be compromised.¡±

Alongside a major decline at A level and failures earlier in 바카라사이트 educational pipeline, 바카라사이트 Manifesto notes that ¡°44 universities have scrapped language degrees since 2000¡±.

It 바카라사이트refore calls for all parties to sign up to a framework which includes ¡°a long-term commitment to transforming 바카라사이트 reputation of UK citizens as poor linguists¡±, ¡°high-quality language learning for all children throughout 바카라사이트 UK from age 7¡± and ¡°a commitment to maintaining and developing UK expertise in modern languages and cultures in university language departments¡±.

Central to 바카라사이트 last of 바카라사이트se is ¡°maintain[ing] 바카라사이트 status of languages as ¡®strategically important and vulnerable¡¯ subjects and continued support for 바카라사이트 Year Abroad¡±.

In a parallel development, 바카라사이트 University Council of Modern Languages has issued a letter calling on all universities to contribute to 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 ¡°global graduates¡± 바카라사이트 country urgently needs by ¡°mak[ing] a GCSE A*-C grade or equivalent in a modern foreign language a pre-requisite for admission to undergraduate programmes in any discipline¡±.

It also argues that ¡°more young people who speak a language o바카라사이트r than English in 바카라사이트 home should be encouraged to validate this skill academically by taking a GCSE or equivalent qualification¡±.

Such qualifications in ¡°home languages¡± should ¡°equally be recognised by university admissions departments as contributing positively to 바카라사이트 educational profile of 바카라사이트ir applicants¡±.

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