Routes into Languages Update for UCML July 2015
This is a busy time of year for competition finals organised by Routes Consortia, for example:
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Pop video competition
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Mother Tongue Other Tongue celebration event supported by Amir Khan and Carol Ann
Duffy
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Languages challenge
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Foreign Language Spelling Bee (this has featured in lots of local newspaper articles and some
participants have been interviewed on BBC Radio Newcastle)
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Great Languages Bake-Off
The Routes national team is organising a series of employability webinars with expert panels. The
first one focuses on translating and interpreting and is scheduled for Friday 10 July at 12.30
https://www.routesintolanguages.ac.uk/national/news/4257 - you can also follow the discussion on
Twitter #Routeslive - further webinars will take place next year.
Evaluation of last year’s activities has now been completed and relevant reports will appear on the
Routes website shortly.
Angela Gallagher-Brett
July 2015