Education partnerships with Nancy, France
We support Newcastle schools and colleges to develop partnerships with their counterparts in Nancy, France. Newcastle and Nancy have been twin cities since 1954.
We work closely with the city of Nancy and region of Nancy-Metz to promote new partnerships. These links are supported by International Newcastle, Newcastle City Council (School Effectiveness) and DAREIC Nancy-Metz, their international relations department.
Supporting education links with Nancy
Since 2020, we have supported over 25 new education partnerships, as well as helping schools with ideas and activities for their partnerships. We have also helped Newcastle schools to access Turing international visit funding and helped them prepare their trips to their partner schools in France. We have also hosted staff from DAREIC in Newcastle, who have visited our schools to talk about developing their partnerships. Schools linked with Nancy share information and learning about their partnerships and we also have civic, business and cultural links with Nancy that enhance the relationships.
This is a great opportunity to develop international links, support language learning, intercultural awareness and relationships, as well as develop joint projects and exchanges and a wide range of curriculum and extra curricula activities.
An offer to all Newcastle schools and a simple process
International Newcastle is delighted to be able to broker further links and relationships between schools in Newcastle and those in Nancy and the Nancy-Metz area. It couldn’t be simpler, download the school partnership form here, complete and return it to: sarah.edgar@newcastle.gov.uk and caroline.remont@ac-nancy-metz.fr
A message from Nancy-Metz
Newcastle and Nancy have been sister cities since 1954! Both are located in the North East of their own country and are home to many schools and universities. They have lots to offer and lots to share! How about setting up projects between classes to promote the ties at an educational, cultural and linguistic level? Educational authorities on both sides are here to help teachers and head teachers find partners in primary, secondary and high schools. Just fill in the attached application form to find a school/class partner and the Nancy-Metz international education department will find you a school/ teachers with a matching profile!
Caroline Remont
Délégation Académique aux Relations Européennes, Internationales et à la Coopération DAREIC
Further information about Nancy
- Nancy information slides – location, culture, leisure, events and specialities
- Short film about the tourist highlights in the Lorraine region, arts and crafts, music and museums, creative skills, festivals, sports, architecture and historic places and landscapes
- Tourism information about Nancy
- About DAREIC – Délégation Académique aux Relations Européennes, Internationales et à la Coopération
Newcastle’s deepening ties with Nancy
Newcastle and Nancy have been twin cities since 1954. Relationships developed over time and in 2014 the two cities agreed to a closer union through a range of activities from culture to digital development and exchanges between citizens and universities. During a visit to Newcastle in April 2018, the cities signed a revised twinning agreement where they made commitments to promote civic engagement to collaborate on emerging challenges and to promote shared values of peace, friendship and equality.
Further support for schools
With the City Council’s School Effectiveness Team, we continue to support any Newcastle school interested in developing their approach to languages, international links, intercultural awareness and celebrating diversity. Click here for our guide. Contact sarah.edgar@newcastle.gov.uk in the first instance, if you are a Newcastle school and want to get involved in an international link.
Follow the links to Newcastle City of Languages, Connecting Internationally and Internationalism in the City workstrands for more information.
Follow us online to find out the latest activities and opportunities for languages in schools and communities: twitter, facebook, linked in or check our news page.
We host workshops and webinars on developing and supporting international links and a whole school approach to internationalism, as well as funding opportunities to support partnerships.
Click here to download a report on international school partnerships with British Council and schools held in Newcastle, which explores benefits of links, sustaining partnerships, the support available and sharing learning.
We have supported schools to access UK Government Turing Scheme funding since 2021. We hold regular briefings when the Scheme is announced each year and work with schools to develop their links (if they do not already have one) and to understand the funding programme. We check and help amend applications.
- Click here to see information about the Newcastle main briefing session for Round 3 applications in February 2023, which we followed up with webinars and one to one discussions with schools
- Click here to see the presentation from the 2nd February 2023 session