Promoting languages through HE outreach with schools A strategic overview Michael Kelly Director Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

The international context Knowledge economy Mobility and migration Diversity and multilingualism

The European challenge – Lisbon objectives education and training to equal US by 2010 – Barcelona objective at least two foreign languages learned by all – Bologna Process convergent HE with strong interfaces

Language strategies in the UK – the Nuffield Report (Languages: the next generation) – England – Wales – Scotland – Northern Ireland

The strategic imperatives for Higher Education Upstream –outreach to schools –informing policy Downstream –supplying teachers, assistants –teacher education (initial and inservice) –life-long language learning

The way forward – collaborative projects and events – networks – building partnerships