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From: "Diana Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
Implications of the HE White paper: Policy and strategy for languages
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
May 21 2003
The Subject Centre will be holding an event focussing on policy and
strategy issues. 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 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.
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.
See our website for the provisional programme and online registration
form http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk
Dr Diana Jones
Research Assistant
Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
The University of Southampton
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