Collaboration programme in Modern Languages in higher education
In October 2001, the Subject Centre and the University Council of Modern Languages were awarded £482,950 from HEFCE's Restructuring and Collaboration Fund for a three-year programme. The programme consisted of 10 pilot projects involving a series of collaborative and cooperative developments in modern languages.
Timescale
January, 2001 - December, 2004
Key contact(s):
Marie Weaver
Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
M.Weaver@soton.ac.uk
Funded by:
HEFCE’s Restructuring and Collaboration Fund
Project partners:
Lead institutions:
- University College London
- University of Hull
- University of Reading
- Liverpool John Moores University
- University of Birmingham
- University of Surrey
- University of Salford
- University of London
- University of Reading
- Oxford Brookes University
Outcomes:
Collaboration in Strategic Subjects: the lesson of Modern Languages
The launch of the final report was on 11th March 2005 at the British Academy. For further information or to order a printed copy of the report, contact Marie Weaver llas@soton.ac.uk
Downloads
Final reports:
- Final report: Collaboration in Strategic Subjects: the lesson of Modern Languages (pdf, 243Kb)
- Event report of launch, British Academy, 11th March 2005
- Final evaluation of the programme: What lessons have been learned about collaboration? (rtf, 658Kb) Dr Alison Piper
Other reports:
- Collaboration programme bid document (rtf, 107kb) Prof David Robey
- Anuual report October 02 (rtf, 39kb) Liz Ashurst
- Anuual report November 03 (rtf, 37kb) Liz Ashurst
- External evaluator's report October 02 (rtf, 289kb) Dr Alison Piper
- External evaluator's report October 03 (rtf, 291kb) Dr Alison Piper
Links:
Projects
Lead institutions are given in brackets
- Undergraduate teaching collaboration in a Virtual Department of Dutch, (University College London)
- Undergraduate collaboration in teaching Italian culture, (University of Hull)
- Supply teaching database for French, (University of Reading)
- Web materials in European Area Studies (Liverpool John Moores University)
- MA in Italian Studies: Culture and Communication, (University of Birmingham)
- Joint MA/Diploma in Russian Language and Society, (University of Surrey)
- North West Centre for Research Training in Languages and Linguistics, (University of Salford)
- Materials for postgraduate research training in Romance Studies, (University of London)
- Research training collaboration in French, (University of Reading)
- Database of current research in Modern Languages, (Oxford Brookes University)