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SUMMARY:Born Global: Rethinking Language Policy for 21st Century Britain -
  Bernardette Holmes MBE\, Director of Speak To The Future\; Bye-Fellow of 
 Downing College
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:Born Global is a major policy research project\, funded by the
  British Academy.  It seeks to elicit new knowledge about the demand and s
 upply of language skills in England and to deepen our understanding of how
  languages are used in employment.  It explores employers' attitudes towar
 ds language skills and their expectations of language competence in new re
 cruits. The final report\, currently in preparation\, will argue that mono
 lingualism comes at a cost to individuals\, to society and to the economy.
   It  will assert that it is time for a new national conversation about th
 e value of multilingualism\, and fresh definitions of what constitutes edu
 cation and employability for the 21st century.  It concludes that there is
  need for multidimensional societal change in attitudes and behaviours tow
 ards the value of multilingualism\, and highlights opportunities for the d
 evelopment of language curricula in mainstream and supplementary schools a
 nd in higher education.  \n\n*Bio\n\nBernardette Holmes MBE* has been acti
 vely involved in advising the DfE during the recent curriculum reform for 
 modern languages. She is drafter of the new GCSE criteria in modern and an
 cient languages and subject content criteria writer for the new A Level.  
  Her current research interests are languages and employment and she is le
 ading Born Global\, a major policy research project\, funded by the Britis
 h Academy\, engaging key stakeholders from employment and education in a r
 adical rethinking of languages education. She has international experience
  in language policy profiling as a member of an expert panel for the Counc
 il of Europe and through research and development of Content and Language 
 Integrated Learning.  Bernardette is also Campaign Director of Speak to th
 e Future\, a national campaign to advance language capability in the UK an
 d former President of the Association for Language Learning.  Bernardette 
 is a Bye-Fellow of Downing College\, University of Cambridge.\n
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, Ro
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