Reaching out in Languages (1 Mar 06)
Date: 1 March, 2006
Location: Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, Cavendish Hall, Room G09
Event type: Conference
This conference has been organized by the Subject Centre in conjunction with Leeds Metropolitan University and has been sponsored by the DfES. It will focus on the opportunities for schools and universities to work together to promote languages. It will include a report on recent research into outreach activities in languages and will also consist of a series of presentations and discussions on the following themes:
- Encouraging good practice in schools and universities working together to raise the profile of languages and to ease the transition from school to university for languages students
- Developing strategies for reaching out to keep languages alive in those areas where both schools and universities are facing particularly difficult challenges. What can higher education do to help?
This event will be of interest to those concerned with promoting languages through higher education outreach activities but is also of relevance to colleagues in schools and colleges who are interested in working with their local universities to help languages.
As places are limited, please register as soon as possible.
Conference fee
This conference is free of charge and lunch will be provided. Please note we reserve the right to charge a £20.00 non-attendance fee.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 10.30 - 10.45 | Registration and coffee |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Promoting outreach with other sectors: the role of specialist language colleges Carolyn Lofkin, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust |
| 11.15 - 11.45 | Easing transition into HE Kathy Wicksteed, Specialist Schools Trust and Rebecca Poole, Hendon School |
| 11.45 - 12.00 | Coffee |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Undergraduates working in schools: problems and solutions Ameeta Chadha, University of Manchester |
| 12.30 - 13.00 | Languages at work: persuading year 9s that languages matter Jessica Bradley, University of Leeds |
| 13.00 - 13.45 | Lunch |
| 13.45 - 14.15 | Highlighting achievements in the classroom: how an annual languages competition can help Maria Scheule, Sheffield Hallam University |
| 14.15 - 14.45 | Cross-sector collaboration: report on a Subject Centre/DfES Mapping Project Angela Gallagher and Vicky Wright, LLAS Subject Centre |
| 14.45 - 15.15 | Expanding the network: towards a strategy for reaching out in languages Discussion |
