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:
07/04/10
A blueprint for Skills accounts and the adult advancement and careers service.
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.
01/06/09
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The report is of the independent 6-year review of 14-19 education, the largest review of this phase since the 1959 Crowther Report.
01/06/09
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Leading on from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 1998 White Paper on the knowledge-driven economy
01/05/09
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This position statement assesses the likelihood of improving the UK’s ranking in the international league tables of skills.
14/04/09
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On 14 April 2009 the government published a first research paper confirming that Britain’s professions are becoming more socially exclusive.
03/04/09
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A survey of colleges which aimed to identify factors associated with progress at post-16 level in English and MFL.
01/04/09
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This government strategy paper partners a paper set in the context of the European Union
01/03/09
This document refreshes and updates the original strategy from 2001.
05/02/09
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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)).