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BLC Ambassador Award

For individuals from business who are working with schools to support language learning.

Winner – Angela Maxwell, Acuwomen
Angela gets students to think outside the box by incorporating language, culture and globalisation into the talks she delivers to students around the West Midlands. She aims to inspire more young people to become entrepreneurs, sharing her experiences of how learning languages and working abroad have helped her to succeed in business. Angela has helped to improve both uptake and achievement in the schools she has worked with.
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Highly Commended – Hal Jaffer, Hotel la Place
Hal has shown outstanding dedication to the support of language learning in schools across London.  His creative approach brings languages to life through interactive workshops in several languages based on real life scenarios at Hotel La Place where he is general manager. He is passionate about sharing his business and language skills with young people to ensure that they value languages as a skill for life, both for work and for leisure.
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We would like to congratulate the shortlisted finalists for their excellent work:

  • Mark Wingfield, Director, Max Conflict Management
  • Patricia Tillotson, Visitor Economy Manager of Bradford Council
  • Steve Parrott, Director, Flybe
  • Primary Languages
  • Languages Work
  • lingu@net europa
  • Languages ICT
  • ITT MFL
  • Vocational Languages Resource Bank
  • Our Languages