1. School of Modern Languages and Cultures

2. School of Modern Languages Widening Participation Project September 2002 – February 2003 Paul Gladston Widening Participation Symposium 30 th January 2003 Widening Participation Consortium

3. Outreach and Widening Participation

4. Widening Participation Consortium Meets 3 times a year Representatives from: –The School of Modern Languages and Cultures –Local schools and colleges –Widening Participation and School Liaison –Regional organisations

5. Support for local schools On site at the University Outreach in Schools Networking

6. On site at the University Rolling programme of events at different times of year targeting different groups: Taster Days Revision Sessions:Revision Sessions GCSE, AS & A2 in French, German and Spanish Film workshops European Day of Languages

7. Outreach in Schools School visits Staff and Student support Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme

8. Networking Through members of the WPC Shared email links Shared resources through website Links with other organisations

9. Perceptions of Modern Languages

10. How to break down barriers to pupils studying modern languages Optional therefore not important Difficult Limiting Boring

11. Modern Languages at University

12. Why Modern Languages? analytical skills communications skills in English communications skills in foreign language(s) inter-cultural awareness adaptability

13. … and Cultures literature film history politics society linguistics languages

14. Promoting Good Practice Schools LAs Website Conferences LLAS: contacts, studiescontactsstudies

15. School of Modern Languages and Cultures sarah.wullink@nottingham.ac.uk