Wales Online – Graham Henry
“Foreign language study has halved in the past seven years across Wales’ schools and colleges…Angela Burns, the Tories’ Shadow Education Minister, said the figures were “deeply depressing” at a time when the economy was “more dependent than ever on international links”. “Young people in Wales risk being isolated on the fringes of the global jobs market if they are lacking in the communication skills most highly-valued by employers,” she said.”(more)