LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

Widening participation: a case-study
This paper summarises a case-study which was carried out during 2004/5 involving the School of Languages, University of Brighton and Addington High School in Croydon, South London under the former's Widening Participation programme. This paper first details the nature of the two visits and outlines some of the lessons learned along the way based on data collected from the four parties involved (staff and students/pupils from both institutions). It subsequently proposes a working model which could usefully underpin future visits of this nature and highlights ways to integrate successfully the parties from both sectors.

Widening participation in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies: An overview
This paper gives an overview of the UK government's widening participation policy and some of the implications for the study of Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies.

Widening Participation focus group report
The Subject Centre convened a focus group on 1st November 2004, to discuss Widening Participation in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, and how the Subject Centre may help practitioners in their activities. This report is a brief overview of some of the issues and viewpoints that emerged from the group. If you have any comments and/or questions concerning WP, please contact John Canning llas@soton.ac.uk

Disabled students get new rights
An article on the BBC news website reports that new laws giving disabled students greater access to post-16 education are now in effect (1st September 2005).

Widening participation in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies