Save the British Council Language Assistantship Scheme
Background:For 105 years, the British Council has provided the opportunity for language students to work as assistants in schools across 15 different countries worldwide. Many students and university... continue reading »
"My daughter is due to go to Germany under this scheme. It is unfair to her contemporaries to cut this program when they are already 2 years into their language degrees. Assistants do a job or work and are ambassadors to UK!"
"University Loughborough I am currently on the sceme and think it outragous that other people won't be given the chance."
"University Durham University The year abroad is as important to a languages degree as labs to a science degree or books to an English degree. Why scrap the fundamental part of our course?"
"Such a short sighted decision. There are much better ways of making serious savings, as the originator of this proposal must know."
"University University of Plymouth As someone who is passionate about education and language, and as someone with close friends who are part of the scheme, I feel very strongly about saving the scheme. Why scrap a scheme that provides both an invaluable "
"University Leeds University This is ridiculous!"
