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29 May 2008Lambeth's Young Linguistsread (1464kb)...read press release
A group of primary school children in the London borough of Lambeth have become the first in the country to gain nationally-recognised qualifications for their skills in Portuguese.
15 May 2008Asset's 100,000th awardread (256kb)...read press release
A Year 9 pupil at King Edward VI School in Morpeth has received Asset's 100,000th award.
25 Oct 2007Irish Asset Available For The First Timeread (151kb)...read press release
People learning Irish can take advantage of a new assessment scheme, leading to nationally-recognised language qualifications, for the first time this Autumn.
24 Sep 2007European Day of Languagesread (63kb)...read press release
Based on Asset Languages and OCR figures over the last few years, we are highlighting good news about language learning hotspots around the country, including London, Kent, Cambridgeshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, and Cheshire. We are also highlighting the achievement of Asset's youngest and oldest candidates, 2006/7.
16 Jul 2007North Tyneside Pupils Achieve First in Frenchread (1508kb)...read press release
A group of budding linguists from a North Tyneside primary school are celebrating success after passing exams in French at a level usually achieved by secondary school pupils up to five years ahead.
22 May 2007City School Celebrates Arabic Successread (1501kb)...read press release
Pupils learning Arabic at Whitefield Fishponds Community School, Bristol, are celebrating their success in new nationally-recognised language tests.
16 May 2007Hundreds At Gosforth Go For Languagesread (1501kb)...read press release
Hundreds of students at Gosforth High School are celebrating the scale of their success in new nationally-recognised language tests.
14 May 2007Hola Liverpool read (1502kb)...read press release
A group of 10 and 11 year olds from the top year at St Sebastian’s Catholic Primary School in Kensington and Arnot Primary School in Walton are some of the youngest children in the country to achieve nationally-recognised qualifications for their skills in Spanish.
04 Jan 2006Impington Village College celebrates successread (37kb)...read press release
Students from Impington Village College, Cambridge’s specialist Language College, have been rewarded for their languages skills in a celebration evening attended by Dr Lid King, the DfES’ National Director for Languages.
01 Sep 2005UK Celebrates Language Learningread (41kb)...read press release
New research launched for the European Day of Languages by examining body OCR dispels the myth that the British aren’t willing to have a go when it comes to speaking another lingo.
01 Sep 2005EDL UK Languages Surveyread (173kb)...read press release
Key findings from the research conducted for OCR by NOP into attitudes to languages learning in the UK.
18 May 2005Languages Ladder Launch in Londonread (48kb)...read press release
Asset Languages assesses languages learners' skills against the DfES Languages Ladder. 17th May saw the launch of the Languages Ladder at an event in London. 4 students who had already completed Asset Languages tests from Leicester Adult Education College and Bournville Junior School, were presented with their certificates by Dr Lid King, Director for Languages, DfES.
31 Mar 2005Education Show 2005 Press releaseread (75kb)...read press release
The Asset Languages team attended the Education show as part of the OCR stand in Birmingham in March 2005.