From Manchester to Granada to Legacy Lives on

Because of the mounting aspirations for the Spanish to learn English and the growing number of British children being educated in Spanish schools, in the South of Spain bilingual schools are currently being developed which make it compulsory to learn English at a primary level. In the UK by the year 2010 all Primary schools will have to offer some foreign language as part of the curriculum. Both the Erasmus Programme and the post graduate four week teaching course, allows teachers and students alike to “think outside the box” bringing an extra dimension to teaching in their own country.

Following government policies, which aim to operate in a multi-cultural world, the Erasmus Programme achieves this by placing academic tasks on an international level. Both MMU’s and UGR’s conscious efforts to increase international profiles mean they are on the road to creating the European Area of Higher Education. The growing presence of European teaching practices and relationships is evident with these two principal Universities. Having lived in Manchester for twenty five years and Granada for three, I could not image two more pulsating cities to participate in the Erasmus Programme, not just to teach but also learn about life and different cultures – which I am sure was Erasmus’s intention.

Universidad de Granada