Read here about policy with
relevance for languages and intercultural skills in
secondary education. For information on language policy
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this website.
Education for All: The future of education and
training for 14-19-year-olds (Nuffield Foundation, June 2009)
is a recent report significant to this sector, arising from
an independent 6-year review of 14-19 education, the largest
review of this phase since the 1959 Crowther Report.
Find out more about this
report and other important developments, and what they mean
for you, by selecting policy articles from the listing
below.
Policy articles:
01/07/03
[Policy]
The European Commission’s plan proposes 45 actions to be undertaken from 2004 to 2006 in three areas:
01/03/03
[Policy]
Among other developments the Green Paper set up an independent Working Party on 14-19 Reform, chaired by Sir Mike Tomlinson.
01/01/03
[Policy]
The White Paper heralded a series of interlinked and continuing reforms to Higher Education.
01/01/03
[Policy]
The White Paper heralded a series of interlinked and continuing reforms to Higher Education.
01/12/02
The National Languages Strategy for England.
01/09/02
[Policy]
The first formal authorisation of disapplication, for individual pupils, from languages in Key Stage 4.
01/09/01
[Policy]
With relevance for the whole range of curriculum content, including languages, this government policy document initiated debate about a new and more coherent offer for learners aged 14-19.
01/01/01
[Policy]
The CEFR: a key policy document underpinning language teaching, learning, assessment
01/01/01
[Policy]
The jointly agreed programme of strategic actions has 4 priorities...
01/01/01
[Policy]
This national strategy is intended to improve adult literacy, language (ESOL) and numeracy skills in England.
01/05/00
[Policy] The Nuffield Inquiry into Languages made 15 recommendations for change, the better to meet the UK’s requirements for languages in the 21st century.
01/03/00
[Policy]
European Union (EU) leaders set out a new strategy to modernise Europe. This became known as the Lisbon Strategy.
01/03/98
[Policy]
The document sets the scene for development of languages policy in member states of the European Union and further afield for the foreseeable future.