Expression of Interest: Language Upskilling Providers
Expression of Interest: Foreign Language Upskilling Providers Expression of Interest: Language Upskilling Providers We are inviting Expressions of Interest from qualified course providers to support the rollout of a foreign language upskilling scheme for primary school teachers during the 2025/2026 academic year. The growing interest in foreign language learning in primary schools has been bolstered […]
#ThinkLanguages Champion Team in Brussels
#ThinkLanguages Champion Team in Brussels #ThinkLanguages Champion Team in Brussels #ThinkLanguages Champion Team 2024 Travel to Brussels for Prize The winners of the #ThinkLanguages Champion Team 2024, from Beaufort College, Navan, recently travelled to the home of the EU and melting pot of languages and cultures, Brussels following their well deserved win in the final #ThinkLanguages […]
Language Summer Camps 2025
Language Summer Camps Heritage and lesser-taught language summer camps This summer we are delighted to again be funding five lesser-taught language camps. Taking place in a number of locations across the country, the Summer Camps are targeted at post primary students and provide an opportunity for heritage language speakers to learn more about their language […]
Leaving Cert Language Classes 2025/2026
Leaving Certificate Language Classes Leaving Certificate Language Classes Saturday Classes 2025/2026 Registration is now open for Leaving Certificate Language Saturday Classes, starting this September. This registration is for incoming 5th year students who will sit the Leaving Certificate exams in 2027. The Leaving Certificate course will be covered over a two-year period, meaning students should […]
Japan Quiz Night 2025
Japan Quiz Night 2025 Japan Quiz Night 2025 The annual Japan Quiz Night took place last night, Thursday 13th March, with roughly 150 students participating across five locations including Dublin City University (DCU), University Limerick (UL), St. Angela’s College Cork, Gorey Community School, and CBS Roscommon. The event is coorganised by Languages Connect and Japanese departments […]
#ThinkLanguages Save the Date
#ThinkLanguages Save the Date #ThinkLanguages Save the Date #ThinkLanguages Week 2025 – Save the Date We are delighted to announce that the festival of languages and cultures for TY students, #ThinkLanguages Week, will return in 2025 so be sure to save the date! This year’s event is gearing up to be bigger and better than […]
Language Summer Camps Funding 2025
Language Summer Camps Funding Language Summer Camps 2025 Languages Connect are delighted to once again be funding heritage and lesser-taught language summer camps, with applications for funding now open. It will be the seventh year of the summer camps, which are two-week camps aimed at post-primary students attending school in Ireland. The Summer camps are […]
#ThinkLanguages 2024 Winners
#ThinkLanguages Champion Team of the Year Announced #ThinkLanguages Prizegiving Beaufort College crowned #ThinkLanguages Champion Team of the Year 2024! The national final of the #ThinkLanguages Champion Team of the Year competition took place today, Thursday, 23rd January at the Clock Tower in the Department of Education, where six transition year students from Beaufort College, Navan […]
Ukrainian Information Session
Ukrainian Information Session Ukrainian Information Session In January we hosted an online session to raise awareness of the new non-curricular Leaving Certificate Ukrainian examination paper. 2025 will be the first year that Ukrainian as a subject will be sat as a non-curricular Leaving Cert exam. There were a high number of participants on the day […]
New Opportunity: Finance Assistant
We are Hiring! We are Hiring! Finance Assistant PPLI wishes to appoint a Finance Assistant to support PPLI financial operations and related activities. The role of Finance Assistant will aid in the support of implementation of Languages Connect – Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017-2026, diversifying, enhancing and expanding the teaching of foreign […]
