About this Event
Join experts in a discussion on the language-education landscape in the North-West and explore new ways of working together, to make the North-West a truly multilingual region. What challenges and opportunities do we face? How can schools and higher education collaborate to foster new and already existing language skills, and what can we do to accredit those skills appropriately for the benefit of the students?
Speakers include: Jo Code (Headteacher, St Hilda’s CE High School); Michael Cummings (Head of MFL, St Hilda’s CE High School); Claudia d’Agostino (Languages for All); Ian Ellison (The Languages Gateway and University of Oxford); Gill Rowlands (SIL -formerly School Improvement Liverpool); Anna Saunders, University of Liverpool, Saturday School teachers.
Agenda
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Arrival and registration for afternoon delegates
Welcome
Host: Professor Sophie Fuggle
Info: Head of Department of Languages, Cultures and Film
🕑: 01:40 PM - 02:00 PM
Languages in Liverpool and the North-West: The current situation
Host: Gill Rowlands
Info: SIL (formerly School Improvement Liverpool)
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
School - university collaborations: Languages For All -A Social Justice Issue
Host: Claudia d'Agostino
Info: Languages for All
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
School - university collaborations: The Languages Gateway
Host: Dr Ian Ellison
Info: University of Oxford and University of Liverpool alumni
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
School - university collaborations: Outreach activities and Routes
Host: Professor Anna Saunders
Info: University of Liverpool
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Modern Languages in Schools
Host: Jo Code
Info: Headteacher at St Hilda's CE High School
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Teacher pipeline initiatives at the University of Liverpool
Info: Placing language degree students in schools
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Our multilingual language learners
Info: What “Saturday schools” and community language learning can do for schools
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Refreshments and networking
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Panel Discussions: Language Education in the Northwest
Info: Cold Spots, Challenges, Opportunities & Collaborations: In this session we will explore new ways of working to make the North-West a truly multilingual region. What can we do to foster new and already existing language skills and what can we do to accredit them appropriately for the benefit of the students?
🕑: 04:30 PM
Summary and conclusions
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
ULMS - Management School, Myrtle Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
