The government of the United Kingdom announced July 31 its plans to invest millions of pounds in the development of improved foreign language programs for the country’s students. In addition to announcing further investments into pre-existing programs for Mandarin, French, German, and Spanish, the country is also introducing the Latin Excellence Programme, which will increase the amount of Latin courses offered at the country’s state schools. “We know Latin has a reputation as an elitist subject which is only reserved for the privileged few. But the subject can bring so many benefits to young people, so I want to put an end to that divide,” said Gavin Williamson, the country’s education secretary. “Latin can help pupils with learning modern foreign languages, and bring broader benefits to other subjects, including maths and English.” https://multilingual.com/latin-united-kingdom/