European Award for Languages ceremony

070/2006 | 21 September 2006

The European Award for Languages ceremony is to take place in the Debating Chamber on 26 September, the European Day of Languages.

The European Award for Languages is a Europe-wide initiative supported by the European Commission which recognises creativity and innovation in language teaching. The National Centre for Languages (CILT) is the UK co-ordinator of the initiative, assisted by an advisory group.

Two Scottish projects have won a European Award for Languages this year - in the Secondary and Secondary/Higher Education Partnership categories. The two winners are:

• Litterhitters, Shawlands Academy, Glasgow
• Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

As part of the ceremony, Heriot-Watt’s award winning multilingual debate will be conducted in the Debating Chamber, with Heriot-Watt students acting as interpreters.

Attending the event in the Debating Chamber

As numbers are limited, tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis on the day of the event. The Scottish Parliament is open from 9.00 on Tuesday 26 September.

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