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Implications of the HE white paper: policy and strategy for languages
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) May 21 2003
The focus of this Subject Centre event will be the government's HE White Paper, 'The Future of Higher Education', and related issues in the field of languages.
See the Subject Centre's website for the provisional programme and online registration form
http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk
The Subject Centre will be holding an event focussing on issues of policy and strategy for languages. This will replace the planned Languages marketing event. Topics for discussion will include the government's HE White Paper, the National Languages Strategy and the recent Nuffield document, A new landscape for languages.
The morning session will foreground the White Paper. It will comprise presentations by representatives from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN), followed by an open discussion chaired by Professor Michael Kelly, director of the Subject Centre. Read the white paper on line at: www.dfes.gov.uk/highereducation/hestrategy/
The afternoon will be devoted to languages and strategy in HE. Hilary Footitt, chair of the UCML, will focus on the National Languages Strategy and Professor Richard Towell (University of Salford) will lead discussions on links between pedagogical research and university teaching and learning. Michael Kelly will present the findings of 'A New Landscape for Languages', a recent study conducted for the Nuffield Foundation. Professor David Robey (University of Reading) will continue with an overview of the Collaboration Programme in Modern Languages in Higher Education.
Please note that there is a charge of £20 per person for this event.
Dr John Canning
Academic Coordinator for Area Studies
School of Modern Languages
University of Southampton
Southampton SO17 1BJ
Tel: +44 023 80 595407
Fax: +44 023 80 594815
Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies: http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk
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