Languages Website Updates August 2014

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Text on initial page here: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/aboutus/academic-departments/social-sciences-languages/) doesnt

include any information about the language programme.
No information whatsoever about who we are, no identity

New text
Use some of the welcome text we used to have for MFL. Or
AMC to use her lovely words!
Either create a subfolder on the homepage right after English
Language Centre that would link to information about MFL or
create links on the right hand side when you click on any MFL
course. The info that should be included are the following:

Why study MFL at Northumbria

Undergraduate programmes (= our philosophy + links to

IBM with French/Spanish + links to Language as an option (=
Unilang)

What our students say about us (including videos and

testimonials)

Our prizes

Specialist facilities

Guidance and support

Employability

All these files existed in the old system and should be there
somewhere on the back-up system.
Add a link to our Twitter @MFLNU

Research page: no visibility of what we do

The Partnership page has no reference to Languages.

Professional Placement information under our BA (hons) French

and Spanish. Some of the info is wrong.

Unilang is not present at all. This is crucial as its our institutionwide programme and faculties need to be aware of it. More
importantly, students were tested via an online test and this has
disappeared.
Under study with us again MFL is invisible

For now replace Staff in Modern Languages belong to research

groups across the Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences,
such as the History Research group, Modernist and Cultural
Studies Research group, Social Policy Research group, and Media
Studies Research group. Their research has been classified as
either 'nationally recognised' or 'internationally recognised' by
The Modern Languages Research Network brings together staff
in Modern Foreign Languages researching cinema, crime fiction,
gender studies, history and politics in France, Spain and Latin
America with a link to the research page we used to have in the
old site.
Add a reference to Routes into Languages by using the page
that existed in the old system
Replace by what we used to have in the old system where we
described the various types of placements (assistantship,
university placement, NGOs, work placement etc).
Add Unilang somewehere on the site (using the old file) and
reinstate the diagnostic test.

Replace We recognise that professional experience is invaluable

to your learning and so have built strong relationships and
partnerships with organisations including Arts Alliance, Oxfam,
the Department for International Development, New Writing
North and the Youth Offending Team. Youll have the opportunity
to undertake research placements, volunteering and accredited
work-related learning in challenging environments such as
prisons, youth offending teams, homeless charities and
parliamentary offices as well as exchanges with overseas
universities. By
We recognise that professional experience is invaluable to your
learning and so have built strong relationships and partnerships
with organisations including Arts Alliance, Oxfam, the
Department for International Development, New Writing North,
the Youth Offending Team, Procter & Gamble, the British Council

Under our BA (Hons) French and Spanish, no mention is made

about the fact that you can study it as an ab-initio student!

and various companies in France and Spain. Youll have the

opportunity to undertake research placements, volunteering and
accredited work-related learning in challenging environments
such as prisons, youth offending teams, homeless charities and
parliamentary offices as well as exchanges with overseas
universities. If you study languages you will have the opportunity
to spend a year abroad, working as an English Language
Assistant, working in a company, undertaking volunteering or
studying at a French or Spanish University.
Replace Studying French and Spanish at Northumbria is about
much more than developing excellent oral and written
communication skills. We are looking for students who want to
live and breathe all aspects of French, Spanish and Latin
American culture.
The course is delivered in multimedia digital language
laboratories using authentic, contemporary and stimulating
materials from these countries. Your studies are underpinned by
a range of option pathways including film, history, linguistics,
literature and politics.
A one-year placement abroad is offered, enabling you to truly
experience your country of choice. During this time you could
apply to the British Council English Language Assistantship,
undertake an internship, volunteer and/or study at a partner
university.
Flexibility in your year abroad enables you to gain experience for
whichever path you wish your career to take. Throughout the
course there is a strong emphasis on employability via taskbased learning and specialist language skills development, such
as interpreting and translation, and a programme of guest
lectures delivered by professionals.
The success of this approach is clear, as 100% of our students

have been satisfied with their course for the last three years
(National Student Survey). It is also reflected in the quality of
internships we are able to offer our students, with companies
such as Procter & Gamble, which in most instances lead to the
offer of permanent employment. By
Studying French and Spanish at Northumbria is about much
more than developing excellent oral and written communication
skills. We are looking for students who want to live and breathe
all aspects of French, Spanish and Latin American culture. You
can study Spanish whether you have an A-Level or not.
The course is delivered in multimedia digital language
laboratories using authentic, contemporary and stimulating
materials from these countries. Your studies are underpinned by
a range of option pathways including film, history, linguistics,
literature and politics.
A one-year placement abroad is offered, enabling you to truly
experience your country of choice. During this time you could
apply to the British Council English Language Assistantship,
undertake an internship, volunteer and/or study at a partner
university.
Flexibility in your year abroad enables you to gain experience for
whichever path you wish your career to take. Throughout the
course there is a strong emphasis on employability via taskbased learning and specialist language skills development, such
as interpreting and translation, and a programme of guest
lectures delivered by professionals.
The success of this approach is clear, as 100% of our students
have been satisfied with their course for the last three years
(National Student Survey). It is also reflected in the quality of
internships we are able to offer our students, with companies

such as Procter & Gamble, which in most instances lead to the

offer of permanent employment.
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