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To kick off 2025 Duolingo are running a special Westminster charity language challenge with APPG Modern Languages. Encourage any MP or peer you know to take part - great way to highlight the importance of languages and to unlock up to £20,000 for charity! 🦉

😍Delighted to see the first ever Arabic Reading Competition being launched for mainstream schools - register by 7 Feb details below ⬇️ arabicteacherscouncil-london.com/competitions

Today's Times Higher Education: 'Linguistic & cultural skills are essential for any deep understanding of the precarious and rapidly changing world around [us]. We must not let them slip away out of a misinformed sense that technology will solve all our problems' timeshighereducation.com/opinion/modern…

Rene Koglbauer-Franklin introducing our keynote speaker Darren Paffey MP here at #LW2025 his focus “language learner to law maker my journey to Parliament” #LW2025 #all4language #mfltwitterati APPG Modern Languages

“In England, languages uptake is concentrated in the independent sector…we have one of the lowest uptakes in the OECD” Baroness Jean Coussins quoted by Connie Dimsdale in The i Paper [PAYWALL] Will removal of the EBacc exacerbate this disparity? inews.co.uk/news/education…

It's 'Shout out for German!' week. Find out about the many ways we are supporting German and links with Germany for schools in Newcastle, through the NE Festival of Languages and resources and support available nationally. internationalnewcastle.org.uk/shout-out-for-… #ShoutOutForGerman

'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/…

‼️All teachers organising school trips need to know about these new faster border processes at Dover⬇️ The APPG is pleased cross-agency collaboration led to this and hopes further improvements are possible to facilitate international visits for all. schooltravelorganiser.com/news-and-ideas…

Weavings with multilingual messages of friendship created by children from the North East and Europe are on display at Newcastle Civic Centre as Friendship Trees. 6,669 children from 60 schools took part in the Festival's Weaving Friendship project: expressyourselfne.com/2025/04/07/chi…

Thank you to everyone who got involved in this year's Festival of Languages. A staggering 93,798 children and young people took part in free activities, projects, competitions and events from January to March. Find out more: expressyourselfne.com/2025/04/08/fes…

Congrats to the 200+ MPs and peers who took part in the Duolingo Westminster Language Challenge, learning 26 languages and completing 65,000 lessons! 🥇Cat Smith MP for Girlguiding 🥈Adam Thompson MP for Blue Tonic 🥉Alex Mayer MP for Home Start

Thanks to our partners APPG Modern Languages, Chartered Institute of Linguists, UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social. We look forward to working with you to harness the enthusiasm for languages!

Très bien POLITICO for covering the Duolingo Westminster Language Challenge. Well done to all the winners! 🏆Cat Smith MP 🏆Adam Thompson MP 🏆Alex Mayer MP

Read all about it! Reflections on the Duolingo Westminster Language Challenge by Michael Lynas, UK Country Director Duolingo: ciol.org.uk/reflections-du…

French, German, Spanish and computer science grades are more than half a grade lower than pupils’ grades in English and maths. But pupils who enter art and design (photography) tend to achieve half a grade or more higher than in English and maths. vist.ly/3n3qx3r

inews.co.uk/news/politics/… As reported in The i Paper by Jane Merrick