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<p>The Guardian</p>
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<p>A language skills deficit is damaging diplomacy, warns British Academy</p>
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<p>Britain's language skills deficit is threatening its diplomatic influence and national security, a report by the British Academy has found.</p>
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<p>The British Academy, the national body for the humanities and social sciences, calls for government to address the lack of language skills across all its departments and to prioritise the development of these skills among current staff and future generations.
The report warns that if more is not done to bridge the languages gap that exists within government, Britain's diplomatic influence will be damaged.</p>
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<p>Full story:<br>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/nov/26/language-skills-deficit-damaging-diplomacy">http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/nov/26/language-skills-deficit-damaging-diplomacy</a></p>
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