Free Service to set up meetings with overseas contacts has been launched by World Trade Centre Hull & Humber.

The Institute of Linguists is inviting nominations for this year's Threlford Memorial Cup.

The Diploma in Languages and International Communication is an exciting new qualification for students aged 14 to 19, due to launch in schools and colleges from 2011.

A report published this week by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) shows that the number of primary schools teaching another language is rising steadily.

A network of secondary schools which came together as part of CILT's KS3 Dissemination and Development Programme has gone on to win a European Award for Languages.

A high profile event at the House of Lords will re-examine the link between language and identity and community languages and social cohesion. The event will celebrate the success of the Our Languages project and explore ways of continuing to raise the status of community languages in the UK.

Read how the latest event in a series of seminar and workshops hosted by the Regional Langauge Network attracted huge interest from businsses across the region.

Is your business prepared for international communication? Are you ready for the challenge?

A level results released today indicate that take-up of languages remains steady, amid concerns that languages are becoming an 'elitist' subject.