Head of Language Learning Futures – Lecturer, International Centre for Intercultural Studies, Faculty of Education and Society, UCL, London UK. Deadline: 18 June 2023.
You will be working for the National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE), funded by the Department for Education (DfE), working with a consortium of stakeholders, including the Goethe-Institut and the British Council and a national network of lead hub schools across England to increase uptake of languages qualifications in Key Stage 4 and 5 in English state-funded schools. You will work with the NCLE Director, the Director of Partnerships and Professional Development and the NCLE team to develop and deliver a national Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme for Language Hub Lead School specialist teachers and all teachers of Languages, including support for Home, Heritage and Community Languages, across the 9 government regions in England. The CPD offer will be hybrid, involving face-to-face and virtual training, supported by digital modules that can be completed asynchronously.
You will be located in the International Centre for Intercultural Studies. The Centre promotes intellectually rigorous, practically relevant and interdisciplinary Intercultural Studies that advance understanding of the role of culture in society, education and communication and inform intercultural practices and policy. The Centre is part of the Department of Culture, Communication and Media, itself housed in IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society (formerly the Institute of Education).
NOTE: There is another position at UCL for a Lecturer in Language Teacher Education.
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