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Financial forecast for English language and literature
Recogr
Course
All figures in £ million
Income
ODA agency
FCO agency
Other agency
Revenue
Government grants
Total
Expenditure
Staff and running costs UK
3
Staff and running costs overseas
3
00 00
3
3
British Council programmes
1
1
Agency (rounded)
1
Total
8
8
educat
1990/91
1991/92
Assista
1992/93
1993/94
Associ
0
Purpo:
0
0
0
for the
0
0
0
0
OLT ∞
0
0
0
0
1
7
8
178
178
3
3
00 00 - 1∞
18
Note: this table excludes DTE; see table 11.
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⚫ to expand the English language component in projects funded by ILAS
to extend the teaching of literature and British studies in Eastern Europe and other priority
areas.
10.10 £0.93 million of additional funding from the government grant was deployed globally to English language work from 1989/90. Amongst the achievements so far are:
• a major English language symposium in Budapest to raise the profile of British EL services; similar events are planned elsewhere on an annual cycle
⚫ a promotional video in nine language versions
thirteen teacher training programmes for broadcasting in the European Space Agency Olympus project
⚫ consultancy services to World Bank missions to incorporate British-provided communication skills training into Bank development
programmes
⚫ collaboration with the BBC and the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) in a pilot project for a follow-up version of the BBC's ELT series Follow Me
⚫ initiating an annual cycle of seminars in Britain to investigate opportunities and constraints in the promotion of British ELT products and services, particularly in Europe.
10.11 The new ELTECS scheme (see paragraph 7.10, page 9) will start in 1990. It will be driven from headquarters and managed within existing
staff capacity. No other significant ventures are planned in the period up to 1992, until the impact of external political change, particularly in Eastern Europe, and of the relocation of ELT services to Manchester is fully measurable.
10.12 EL businesses are expected to meet existing agreed targets for the planning period despite some operational fluctuations.
• The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) — replacing ELTS was launched on schedule in October 1989 in collaboration with UCLES and the International Development Program of Australian Universities and Colleges. During 1990 IELTS will expand to include the official collaboration of New Zealand. The targeted 55% reduction in the global subsidy and a fall in the net unit cost from £23 to £8 in the four-year period to 1991/92 will be exceeded (see table 17, page 48). IELTS will be promoted as an international alternative to the American Test of English as a Foreign Language, particularly in Pacific Rim countries where the Council places emphasis on attracting fee-paying students into the British education system.
• a global business plan for EFL and other examinations will be agreed during 1990 to develop pricing policies and proposals for promotional activity to protect existing key markets, especially in southern Europe. Priority will be given to business growth, operational economies and the elimination of operations currently running a deficit.
• Accreditation of institutions providing ELT is conducted on a cost-recovery basis. The expansion
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