Routes into languages: Working together for the future Prof Mike Kelly Director, Routes into languages 13 June 2012

Working together in Routes 2 National Networks 10 Consortia 77 Universities 2,700 Student language ambassadors 2,000 schools 230,000 School students reached

Working with stakeholders Funding bodies Government agencies Associations Local authorities School leaders Businesses

Co-opetition Managed competition Shared brand Customer focus Reciprocal benefits (recruitment, awareness raising)

Co-opetition Collaborative activities (e.g. national competitions) Sharing materials (DVDs, Websites, Research) Exchanging ideas and good practices

Looking to the future Strategic importance of languages Recognised by government Initiatives in primary, secondary, higher education

Speaking to the future All languages are valuable Coherent experience of languages in primary Working knowledge of another language in secondary All graduates qualified in another language More specialist linguists (translators, interpreters, teachers, researchers)

Routes: core aims Sustain national capacity in languages Show the career benefits of languages Raise aspirations and achievement Reach wider range of learners

What Routes can add Become integral to the mission of schools and universities Encourage work and study abroad Stimulate future teachers Raise the profile of languages