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As part of our continued commitment to the principle of multilingual education, we agreed in 2007 to set up a conference on this subject at Culham in May 2008.  The conference received the support of various commercial and international organisations and was held again, in June 2009 and another one is planned for 2010 (see above link - Conference).  We now aim to make it an annual event and are grateful to our sponsors and to the European Commission for their support and encouragement.  For additional information on the 2010 event please click on the link at the top of this page.

(March 2011) - ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF CULHAM

ETEE is organising a round table discussion at Oxford City Hall, on Friday 15 April to discuss the future of the school with other interested parties.  If you are an interested party and haven't yet received an invitation please contact us immediately using the Contact Us facility from this web site.  Admission by invitation only.

(February 2011) - Vice-Chairman of ETEE, Maurizio Fantato comments on failed Academy Plan

Abingdon Herald - 22 February 2010

(February 2011) - CLASS abandons ship....

CLASS, the state appointed sponsoring Trust has decided to throw in the towel and abandon the Academy project.  You can read the official message following the above link. ETEE remains committed to the preservation of European education in the UK, however, stakeholders appear to be divided as for the direction of a possible new school.

(January 2011) - ETEE elects new Chairman

ETEE has elected Jim Campbell, former teacher at the European School, as well as former Mayor of Oxford as its new Chairman, filling in a vacancy that had arisen following the resignations for health reasons of the previous Chairman, Eva Nießler Brinkmann. 

(November 2010) - ETEE attacks proposed freeze to language teachers' training

ETEE has appealed to the Minister for Schools, Nick Gibb, to revert the decision to put on hold the highly successful scheme for the training of language teachers involving reciprocal arrangements with other EU countries.... read more

(April 2010) - The Big Debate Gets Under Way

SEET (Scottish European Education Trust) and ETEE join forces to highlight the importance of a debate on European education on the eve of a general election.

Click here for this press release.

(February 2010) - Schools For The Future Europe

What does it take to create a school curriculum to educate young people for 21st century Europe, for this decade and beyond? Can multilingual education be expanded?

Click here for this press release

(January 2010) -  New Patron join ETEE

The renowned English historian of Welsh descent, Prof Norman Davies, has joined the Board of Patrons of ETEE.  Prof Davies is the author of several best selling books on European history.

(November 2009) -  New Patrons join ETEE

We are delighted to count on three additional Patrons, bringing tremendous experience and encouragement for our cause.  These are Baroness Quin,  Lord  Thomas of Swynnerton and Gerald Wilson (Chairman of the Scottish European Educational Trust).  The latter is of particular significance to us as we always wanted to encourage a network of organisation like ETEE in other regions of Europe.  For biographical information on the Patrons please go to the Trustees and Patrons page.

(November 2009) -  A step closer towards an Academy

The month of November has been a particularly busy period for the prospective Academy as the project moves a step closer with the approval of Oxfordshire County Council of the Expression of Interest.  The project will now move into Feasibility Study and we hope the new Academy will start in 2011 at the latest. This milestone was covered by the press and you can access the details following these links:

BBC report - European School in Academy Plan - 24/11/09

Oxford Mail - Culham School could become an Academy - 26/11/09

Please click on the links below for some additional press articles on the project:

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The English Trust for European Education (ETEE) is a wholly independent and non-political organisation.  If some of the views expressed in our recommendations on education happen to coincide with those of a specific political party this is purely coincidental and does not imply in any way that the ETEE or any of its Trustees endorse the views of that party. Our principal concern is the universality of access to multiliterate education in England and Wales, as defined in our objectives.