Language College
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Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the specialist schools programme (SSP) in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages. Schools that successfully applied to the Specialist Schools Trust and became Language Colleges received extra funding for language teaching from this joint private sector and government scheme. Language Colleges act as a local point of reference for other schools and businesses in the area, with an emphasis on promoting languages within the community. They are also encouraged to develop links with schools and other institutions in foreign countries. There were 216 Language Colleges in the country by 2010.{{Cite web |date=2010-01-05 |title=The Standards Site: Language |url=http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools/what_are/language/ |access-date=2021-12-25 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105193233/http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools/what_are/language/ |archive-date=5 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}
The specialist schools programme was discontinued by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in April 2011. Since then schools can become Language Colleges either through academisation or through the Dedicated Schools Grant.{{Cite web|title=Specialist Schools|url=https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/specialist-schools/|access-date=2021-12-24|website=Politics.co.uk|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Specialist schools programme: Michael Gove announces changes|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/specialist-schools-programme-michael-gove-announces-changes|access-date=2021-12-25|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}
LC-SE project
The LC-SE project was a joint Franco-British educational programme conducted by the SST, DfES, French Ministry of Education and the Centre International d'Études Pédagogiques (CIEP). Specialist schools, usually Language Colleges, formed partnerships with European section schools in France.{{Cite web|title=Partnerships between Colleges and French schools with Sections Européennes: the LC-SE project|url=http://www.lc-se.net/en/forms/Introductory.doc|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060511081603/http://www.lc-se.net/en/forms/Introductory%20Let%20to%20all%20Lang%20Cols%20-%20Sept%2005.doc|archive-date=2006-05-11|access-date=2022-01-23|website=www.lc-se.net}} The project began in 2001 when French Minister of Education, Jack Lang, met with the SST. Partnerships between 100 Language Colleges and Lycées soon followed.{{Cite book|last1=Taylor|first1=Sir Cyril|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YfZcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA242|title=Excellence in Education: The Making of Great Schools|last2=Ryan|first2=Conor|date=2013-10-17|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-39692-3|pages=242|language=en}} Specialist Science Colleges were invited to join the project in 2006 and by 2007 all other SSP schools could take part.{{Cite web|date=2006-07-15|title=LC-SE - News and events|url=http://www.lc-se.net/en/news/news.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715125503/http://www.lc-se.net/en/news/news.htm|archive-date=2006-07-15|access-date=2022-01-23|website=www.lc-se.net}}{{Cite web|date=2007-11-03|title=LC-SE - News and events|url=http://www.lc-se.net/en/news/news.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103181922/http://www.lc-se.net/en/news/news.htm|archive-date=2007-11-03|access-date=2022-01-23}}
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