The Herald reports that an £8m centre for Gaelic creative industries aimed at supplying talent and training to the new Gaelic digital channel is due to be opened by First Minister Alex Salmond on Skye today.
Fas - Gaelic for growth - is the latest addition to Skye’s Gaelic College, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, and will provide […]

The new Scottish CILT website is now live. It is a work in progress so some pages will be incomplete for a short while but everything should be finished in a few weeks.
In the meantime Scottish CILTwould welcome feedback on the new site and hope you like the redesign.
The website address will be unchanged: http://www.scilt.stir.ac.uk/

With one month left until the deadline for the Languages and Film Talent Awards (the LAFTAs), there is still time to get your entries in.
There have been several exciting developments in the competition during the last month, including a range of new prizes and sponsors. Apple and the French Embassy have teamed together to donate two prizes […]

The French Film Festival UK, now in its 16th year, continues its annual celebration of le cinéma français from Friday 7 to Thursday 20 March 2008 with 32 films, 10 cities, 14 venues, exhibitions, school screenings, personal guest appearances and a great atmosphere.
The Glasgow Film Theatre and Edinburgh Filmhouse will be showing a range of […]

An article in last week’s Education Guardian highlighted a critical shortage of interpreters with English as a native language and a lack of skilled young linguists coming through to fill this role. The Guardian revealed that the average age of interpreters at international organisations such as the United Nations and the European Union is now […]

The British are notoriously bad at learning foreign tongues. But with Franglais, the late Miles Kington showed anyone could get by on holiday with just a petit peu of effort, says the BBC.
If there is one foreign language that English speakers always seem to crack, it’s Franglais.
Its rules are simple. Insert as many French words […]

The BBC reports that the BBC Trust has given its go-ahead for BBC Scotland and Gaelic Media Service (GMS) to launch their planned Gaelic Digital Service (GDS). The trust said its approval was subject to certain conditions - including that it launch on cable, satellite and broadband initially.
A review of the service will be carried […]

Film Street is a free, interactive website designed to bring filmmaking to children under 12, their parents and teachers. Film Street aims to introduce children to a wider range of film and inspire them to make their own films, in a fun and creative way.
Commissioned by Culture Online, part of the Department for Culture, Media […]

Today sees the launch of the Language and Film Talent Awards (LAFTAs) , a nationwide competition that will encourage young people between the ages of thirteen and 21 to develop original short film clips that demonstrate the importance of language learning and to display them on YouTube. Comedian Eddie Izzard is the latest celebrity to […]

Connected Live features the latest video/photography project from aerial photographer Yann Arthus Bertrand. Some potential in there for Modern Languages teaching, no least French and Italian, the two other languages the site is featured in.