Senior Phase

Opportunities to support partnership working in the languages classroom.

Developing partnerships

Partnership opportunities from SCILT

Insight into the experiences and challenges of Deaf young people in education in Scotland

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Since the launch of Discovering the World of Arabic in 2020-21, in partnership with QFI, our courses have adapted and grown, becoming a regular feature of the curriculum in several Scottish primary and secondary schools.

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National 4 & 5, Higher and Advanced Higher online classes for state schools in Scotland.

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Our DYW Toolkit is a downloadable guide which provides support for schools who want to build partnerships with local businesses in order to encourage young people to consider languages for their future careers.

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The Language Ambassadors Programme aims to support schools through providing student role models to promote modern languages to young people, and encourage them to choose languages as part of their high school curriculum and higher education pathways.

As role models, the ambassadors will share their experiences and their successes; they will also be honest about the challenges they faced studying a modern language.

The Language Ambassadors Programme provides support to schools through organising visits, on-site or virtual, from teams of two or three students from a variety of years and degrees. These range from French and Spanish, to Law and a Modern Language, and our master's degree in International Business and a Modern Language.

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Support from British Council

For an overview of how British Council supports partnership working and brings an international dimension into classrooms, visit the Bring the world into your school website.

Learners International supports schools in their journey of learning through partnerships with educational establishments abroad. From Education Scotland and British Council Scotland.

Connecting classrooms supports schools internationally to learn about and collaborate on the big issues that shape our world.

Hosting Language Assistants 

Opportunities from UK-German Connection

A bilateral government initiative set up to increase contact and understanding between young people in the UK and Germany by bringing them together. It offers a wide variety of opportunities, programmes and initiatives for young people, schools and teachers.

A website for primary schools with games, quizzes and creative features for language and intercultural learning.

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Grants and bursaries are available for (virtual and in-person) activities between UK-German school and youth partnerships, including staff planning visits, first-time taster trips or partnership-revival trips, and small- and large-scale exchanges based on joint thematic projects.

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UK-German Connection offers practical advice and support for setting up, reviving, and maintaining partnerships, including a drop-in advisory clinic, partner finder service, and partnership events and initiatives.

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In association with Gimagine and Goethe-Institut, e-Space is a virtual exchange platform for pupils from the UK and Germany to collaborate whilst enhancing their cultural awareness and language skills. Guided by free, engaging, authentic resources, e-Space supports schools in establishing and maintaining partnerships. A partner school is not required for participation, nor are German language skills.

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Welcome a teacher from Germany to your school for 1-3 weeks (in-person or virtually) at no cost. Visits are organised flexibly to suit your school, with the visiting teacher bringing an authentic insight to German culture and cultural exchange into the classroom, running workshops for pupils, and engaging in professional dialogue and sharing of good practice. All school types can register – German does not have to be part of the curriculum and German language skills are not required.

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Funded offer for qualified UK teachers to visit a school in Germany for 1-2 weeks and experience the education system first-hand while undertaking CPD activities based on your professional objectives. Teachers of any subject/school type can apply and German language skills are not required.

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Part-funded courses for S3 and S5 pupils to spend two immersive weeks in Germany, experiencing its culture, language, and lifestyle first hand.

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Paid CPD opportunities for teachers to act as Group Leaders on the German Pupil Courses and accompany a group of pupils to Germany.

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Opportunities for young people to engage in UK-German projects and cultural exchange initiatives, both in-person and digitally.

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UK-German Connection is funded and governed by the UK and German governments, British Council and the Pädagogischer Austauschdienst.

Turing Scheme

Schools funding

The Turing Scheme is the UK government’s scheme to provide funding for international opportunities in education and training across the world.

Schools funding can give your pupils the chance to learn abroad. Organisations can apply for funding to send pupils to learn abroad. It is an opportunity for learners to learn new skills, raise aspirations and get a better understanding of other cultures. 

Find out more about the different types of activities organisations can apply for, who is eligible to take part and how to start a schools application on the Turing Scheme website.

 

We have shared the format of our Business Brunches so that schools can organise their own event

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