Have you benefited from Erasmus+? Share your story!
The UK is joining the Erasmus+ programme in 2027 and the British Council is currently planning a campaign to showcase the benefits of taking part. If you or your organisation…
Read the Festival Report showing the impact and reach of this year’s Festival of Languages
We are delighted to share the report from this year’s Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages, our sixth annual celebration of the North East’s diverse languages and cultures and…
Karneval Mask Competition winners announced!
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Karneval Mask Competition, which took place between January and March as part of this year’s Express Yourself: North East Festival of…
Multilingual recipe book shares children and young people’s culture and languages
We are pleased to share a selection of recipes from pupils from North-East schools, which are a result of a collaboration between the RECLAMA project (Northumbria University Centre for Global…
Celebrate European Day of Languages with the UK schools writing competition and EU resources
On 26 September each year, the EU celebrates the richness of its languages and cultures through the European Day of Languages (EDoL). This is an opportunity for people, schools and organisations…
Newcastle schools – start planning with us now for Erasmus+ international opportunities for staff and pupils
It is important that schools get involved now in planning for the opportunities available through the Erasmus+ programme. We started our engagement of Newcastle schools this month with a briefing…
Watch the joyous performances of our Festival song, ‘Love is the Only River’
We are delighted to share the film of the region’s children and young people singing this year’s song, as part of Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages. 5,694 children…
Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival at the Confucius Institute
We were honoured to be part of the Dragon Boat Festival celebrations at Newcastle University, joining staff and students from Newcastle University’s School of Modern Languages and the Confucius Institute,…
Visit strengthens Newcastle-Nancy education links and opportunities for schools and pupils
This month, we were delighted to host a visit from Caroline Remont from our twin city of Nancy’s and Nancy-Metz region’s team for international relations in education (DRAREIC). She visited…
Newcastle pupils attend London premiere of their multilingual film
Pupils and staff from five Newcastle schools travelled to London this month to attend the Critical Connections film premiere, which featured a film they had made with North East Solidarity…