'Strength through unity' call on languages

YORKSHIRE schools are being urged to apply for a share in £10,000 to support the development of the region's language teachers by joining forces.

By The Newsroom

Published 15th Mar 2010, 19:00 BST

Updated 16th Mar 2010, 14:33 BST

The Linked Up project allows schools to team up to improve their teaching of modern languages. It is being co-ordinated by publicly funded organisation Links into Language for Yorkshire and Humber.

Five Sheffield secondary schools: King Edward VII, City, Handsworth Grange, Tapton and Wisewood have already pooled their resources through the scheme and now teachers across the region are being urged to apply.

Kerry Dobson, the regional centre manager for Links into Languages said: “The Linked Up project offers high quality training for everyone working in the world of languages and we are keen to get as many other schools as possible involved in similar projects. We are delighted with the way language learning is linking up in South Yorkshire and we are now looking for applications from West Yorkshire and the Humber for the next round of funding which finishes on April 23.”