[EDLING:257] UK: Business links provide boost for languages

[Francis M. Hult]

Further Education News

Business links provide boost for languages

Pupils encouraged to develop language skills through Business Language 
Champions programme


Education and Skills Secretary Alan Johnson has praised business leaders and 
educationalists in Yorkshire & The Humber, congratulating them on their 
campaign to boost language skills for pupils.

The Business Language Champions programme (BLC), run by CILT, the National 
Centre for Languages, brings together schools and businesses to boost language 
skills – identified as an area of crucial importance to Britain’s future 
economic well-being.

It aims to highlight the growing concern for the availability and level of 
language skills in the UK and to inspire companies to actively engage in 
partnerships with a focus on language learning.

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