Dear Colleagues,
Liz has asked me to draw this very useful document to your attention.
It is now available for AGS information and comment on our Blog at
http://germanstudiesblog.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/ucmls-response-to-the-enquiry-into-the-future-of-higher-education/
Best wishes,
Frank
> From: Elizabeth A. Andersen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 20 March 2011 21:30
> To: Frank Finlay
> Subject: FW: UCML response to BIS Inquiry Into the Future of Higher
> Education
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> Dear Frank
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> I tried to send this report round to colleagues via the German Studies
> list. However, the list doesn't allow attachments. The document is too
> long to include in an e-mail. Can you find a way of getting this to
> colleagues -- perhaps posting it on the AGS site and letting colleagues
> know it is there? Jim Coleman has pulled a lot of useful information
> together so that it could be a good resource for colleagues looking for
> facts, figures and argy arguments to support Modern Languages.
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> Thanks
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> Liz
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> Subject: UCML response to BIS Inquiry Into the Future of Higher Education
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> Dear Colleagues
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> We discovered very late in the day that BIS was seeking submissions on
> the Browne Report and proposed higher education White Paper. It seemed
> essential to put a marker down for languages, even if the points made are
> not taken up by the Commons Select Committee at this point in the
> discussion. I very much regret that once again time has allowed for only
> minimal consultation. I attach the submission and would welcome feedback
> for future consultations in this area.
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> May I also remind you that we need to respond both as UCML and as
> individuals to the consultation on the National Curriculum Review.
> http://www.education.gov.uk/consultations/index.cfm?action=consultationDe
> tails&consultationId=1730&external=no&menu=1
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> ALL information on the review is at
> http://www.all-languages.org.uk/news/news_list/review_of_the_national_cur
> riculum_in_england. It is vitally important that individual departments
> and associations, as well as members in their role as parents, governors
> etc, make an input to this consultation.
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> Best wishes
>
> Jim
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> James A. Coleman MA PhD FHEA FCIL FRSA Chevalier des Palmes Académiques
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> Professor of Language Learning and Teaching, Department of Languages, The
> Open University, UK
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Dr David Clarke
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Director of Undergraduate Programmes
Department of European Studies and Modern Languages
University of Bath
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