Welcome to the home of the Business Language Champions project in the East Midlands!
Business Language Champions aims to promote modern foreign languages and cultural cohesion by demonstrating to young people the importance of language skills in the workplace.
By bringing schools and businesses in the region together and giving school students access to businesses and employers with international interests we hope to inspire more young people to continue with their language learning.
The main benefits of taking part in the Business Language Champions programme are:
Benefits to schools
- Students see the relevance of languages beyond the classroom environment
- Students can engage with local employers and take part in ‘real’, work-related tasks
- Teachers get an insight into the language needs of businesses
Benefits to businesses
- Businesses are able to support their local communities
- Language experience and knowledge can be shared with a captive audience
- Employers gain an insight into the language skills young people possess
How you can get involved
As part of our project we design, plan and deliver events to schools across the East Midlands and we are always looking for more schools and businesses to get involved so if your students could benefit from working with local employers who use language skills or work internationally or you are a business that operates overseas, employs multilingual staff or has an interest in international trade we would love to hear from you.
Please contact us for more information on Business Language Champions and find out how you can inspire the next generation of international business leaders.
