And nice to be reminded of this 👇🏼Michael Kelly Olga Gomez-Cash🇬🇧( 🇪🇸Olga Gomez Raffo)

#SummerReadingChallenge starts today! 🔍 Children set a reading goal and collect rewards for reading anything they enjoy. They can sign up at their local library or online, and it’s FREE to take part! 📚 The Reading Agency BookTrust BookTrust Cymru

Shout out to these wonderful people ❤️ Thank you for all your hard work this year and being such inspiring role models to pupils 🎉

Our #LoveReading team travelled to Brighton for the #UKLA conference last weekend to speak about the project and the outcomes and impact that resulted from it. It was great to hear from other colleagues and to share what we have learned so far!

School children from South Wales have recently completed a training day, which was organised by Routes Cymru, to become International Languages Superheroes. Read more ⤵️ bit.ly/3Y2pWzF

🌏MFL Practitioners!🌍 You can now download our MFL Teacher Resources! They will support you in delivering International Languages in the CfW, and are editable so that you can adapt them to reflect your school's unique context! 👉mflmentoring.co.uk/resources-2/

Happy #DayOfFriendship We are very lucky that we're all such good pals in this team! Tag your bestie 🫰 #DiwrnodCyfeillgarwch Hapus! Rydyn ni'n lwcus bod pawb ar y tîm yn ffrindiau da. Tagia dy ffrind gorau 🫰

Research from The British Academy published today on post-16 education in England. For #languages some pertinent statistics on demand vs. supply.

learnedsociety.wales/our-publicatio… Arts and Humanities graduates are particularly well equipped with the kinds of transferable skills that employers require, such as creative and analytical thinking, evidenced by a report from the Learned Society of Wales and Open University Wales.

Applications open until 19 August!

'Whatever their GCSE results, students should be told the whole story: understanding languages and cultures is a huge advantage in the workplace' 👇👇 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Our project director Lucy Jenkins is delighted to have contributed to this important publication on Curriculum by BERA. It's an exciting time for Curriculum making in Wales. Lucy's article explores some of the opportunities and challenges arising for #InternationalLanguages as

Baroness Warwick introducing Lords debate of UUK Blueprint for HE. Acknowledges tranformations being made by HEIs but sadly some cuts doing great damage "such as the worrying loss of modern foreign language programmes." Urgent need for action. UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social ILCS Universities UK

We are so excited for our Welsh Parliament event next week! We have invited mentors, teachers, stakeholders and industry experts to join us in celebrating MFL mentoring’s 10 years of collaboration across the #InternationalLanguages communities in Wales!

Still in shock that Cardiff University plans to cut 400 jobs & axe Modern Languages. Welsh people won’t be able to study any foreign language in their own capital—a devastating blow to education & Wales’ global future. Please, sign and share widely! change.org/p/save-mlang-a…

Cardiff cuts: ‘They don’t grasp what university means for Wales’ archive.ph/P1Hzl

petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/2465…

Come along and speak with Ana and Firial Cardiff Metropolitan University’s Careers Fair at the School of Management, Llandaff Campus 11-2pm today to learn about the benefits of becoming a language and culture mentor with MFL Mentoring Cymru ! #Multilingualism #ProfessionalSkills

‘Language is not an ancillary service. It is crucial for expanding understanding of key issues of our age beyond anglophone perspectives and assumptions.’ A response by ILCS UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social and Modern Languages at St Andrews

'Even the census ignores them, but multilinguals could hold the key to Britain’s social and economic future' - Laura Spinney in today's The Guardian : theguardian.com/commentisfree/…