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Find summaries of key policy relating to language teaching and learning and intercultural skills in all sectors. Select a policy article from the listing below.

Recently added policy articles:

Fuelling potential

07/04/10

A blueprint for Skills accounts and the adult advancement and careers service.

The Vetting and Barring Scheme

04/01/10

The Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) aims to prevent harm to children or vulnerable adults by those who seek to work with them either as paid staff or volunteers.

Education for all: the future of education and training for 14-19 year olds

01/06/09

[Policy] The report is of the independent 6-year review of 14-19 education, the largest review of this phase since the 1959 Crowther Report.

The future of EU competitiveness: From economic recovery to sustainable growth

01/06/09

[Policy] Leading on from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 1998 White Paper on the knowledge-driven economy

Ambition 2020: World class skills and jobs for the UK

01/05/09

[Policy] This position statement assesses the likelihood of improving the UK’s ranking in the international league tables of skills.

Fair Access to the Professions

14/04/09

[Policy] On 14 April 2009 the government published a first research paper confirming that Britain’s professions are becoming more socially exclusive.

Identifying good practice in post-16 modern foreign languages

03/04/09

[Policy] A survey of colleges which aimed to identify factors associated with progress at post-16 level in English and MFL.

Building Britain's future: New industry, new jobs

01/04/09

[Policy] This government strategy paper partners a paper set in the context of the European Union

Skills for Life: Changing Lives

01/03/09

This document refreshes and updates the original strategy from 2001.

Equity and Excellence

05/02/09

[Policy] Proposals outlined by the paper include a new 'Minimum Curriculum' and a commitment for all learners 7-19 to a '...guaranteed entitlement to study at least one foreign language' (page 16, Curriculum (3.1.1)).

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