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The Business of Language In this issue...
Following the Northern Way lead, the Regional Language Network North East (RLN-NE) is working with colleagues in the North West and Yorkshire and the Humber, to provide a much needed labour market intelligence (LMI) service focusing on foreign language capability and demand in the regions. This will support One NorthEast, NERIP and other regional bodies; positively impacting on inward investment and graduate retention. For example, data assessing the regional foreign language skills resource has recently been supplied to a large organisation considering locating its operations in the region. Further need for this information was highlighted by the Language Data Needs Analysis Survey conducted by the RLN in November 2005. Respondents indicated their uses of language skills data - inward investment promotion and responding to specific enquiries, assisting local employers, economic planning and support of EU funding bids/projects. Nationality and country of birth of the local population are of particular interest to survey respondents (60% are very likely to use this data). Over half also have a requirement for data on higher education foreign language students and graduates. Languages of most relevance to respondents at the moment are French, German, Italian and Spanish. Considering these identified needs, the RLN will shortly be publishing summaries of this data. The RLN will regularly review its LMI provision and would greatly value input to the process. To view to current data and reports visit www.rln-northeast.com/lmi, If you have any comments/suggestions regarding language data needs, would like to complete a short needs survey or have any language data enquiries, please contact Tracy Docherty lmi@rln-northernway.com or phone 07817 602720.
The European Award for Languages, also known as the European Label is a Europe-wide initiative which recognises projects demonstrating an innovative, effective and replicable approach to learning languages. There are a number of awards including the Mary Glasgow Language Trust Award, Business Language Prize, Community Languages Prize and Embassy prizes from France, Germany, Italy and Spain. For more details of the prizes available and examples of past winners visit our events pages.
If your company is interested in either reception, please contact Gravity on 0191 383 2838 (Tyne and Wear or Tees Valley businesses) or ECO on 0191 233 6315 (Durham and Northumberland businesses). E-mail info@gravity-consulting.com or catherine@frenchbusinesscouncil.co.uk For more details of the films being screened as part of Cine Festa visit our events pages.
Procter & Gamble, Financial & Accounting Services with Languages.
Dutch, French, German, Italian, Romanian and Spanish speakers. Bilingual sales Representative with Italian and French or Spanish, North Shields. £16k Interpreters, various languages, Blackfin Translation, Tyne & Wear. To find out more or to register on BLIS Jobs contact Kasia Fiderkiewicz on 0191 229 6348 or email kasia.fiderkiewicz@onenortheast.co.uk or visit the RLN NE website at www.rln-northeast.com.
The European Commission has launched a Europe-wide survey of language teachers' experience of mobility in work and training. Language teachers in the UK are invited to share their experiences of teaching abroad and taking part in CPD in the country in which their languages are spoken. Teachers' opinions are being sought to identify potential obstacles to living and working in Europe. Responses will feed into a report containing recommendations for Member States, available later in 2006. To find out how to take part in this survey visit the Education providers page on our website.
Learning of Mandarin Chinese has always been a major concern for the parents of the Chinese families who are coming from Mainland China and living in Newcastle. The immediate aims of School is to provide facility and environment for the children who are interested in learning Mandarin Chinese to develop basic language skills to enable them to communicate in Mandarin orally and in written forms. The overall aim of the School is through active involvement in the learning of Mandarin Chinese to promote/develop a better understanding of Chinese culture, its people and the society. With the dramatic changes in China particularly in last 10 -15 years, the demand of learning mandarin Chinese has been, too, dramatically increased. More Cantonese speaking parents want their children to learn Mandarin; more mixed families (one of parents is non-Chinese) and more British families who adopted children from mainland China are determined to bring up their children with both Chinese and British culture and language; more young students have a strong desire to take GCSE and A-level exams of mandarin Chinese; and of course, more tourists and businessmen are keen to learn mandarin Chinese before they are off for China. The role of the mandarin Chinese school does, however, not end there. Especially with the recent regional policy of attracting more investments from China, this only mandarin Chinese school in Newcastle could make a surprising difference on the result of that policy. For more details and contacts, please see our website: www.mandarin-newcastle.org.uk
RLN in the News The region's European Strategy Group framework document, North East England in Europe Stresses how international communication will be crucial to the delivery of both better inter-regional co-operation - and stronger, more effective trading relationships. Read the full article here. Language Skills Data
To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer the following questions and e-mail your answers to rln-northeast@onenortheast.co.uk by 5pm on Thursday 30th March. The first three entries pulled out of the hat who get both questions correct will be the winners. Hint: Look on our website for help! 1) What is the name of the company featured in the 'Communication is the Key' article? 2) Name two of the projects who are past winners of a European Languages Award. Good luck!   
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Regional Language Skills Data 
The annual campaign to find the UK's top language projects was launched this month as applications were invited from schools, colleges, business and other institutions. 
As part of the Cine Festa taking place at the Tyneside Cinema, we're inviting business people to attend a short reception at the cinema on either Monday 27th February or Tuesday 14th March, 2006. These will be followed respectively by a free showing of Nanni Moretti's 'Dear Diary' and Davide Ferrario's 'After Midnight'