by Nathalie Danon | Jan 28, 2014 | Benefiting Business, Latest News, Learn a Language
It seems like only yesterday the tabloid papers were filled with fear mongering headlines about Polish plumbers coming over here ‘stealing’ jobs… How different headlines this week suggest that no matter what your nationality, you will not win certain plumbing jobs...
by Nathalie Danon | Jan 16, 2014 | Bilingualism in Children, Charity Work, Latest News, Learn a Language
From September 2014 it will be compulsory for children aged seven and above to be taught at least one foreign language in Primary Schools – however why are the celebrations at the VICI Language Academy cautious when surely founder Nathalie Danon-Kerr would applaud...
by Nathalie Danon | Nov 29, 2013 | Benefiting Business, Latest News, Learn a Language
Without any sense of irony a branch of Domino’s pizza is insisting that all staff speak English, making it a disciplinary offence if they are caught speaking their native language. We know that the branch of the take away is doing this after Stuart Horton, a delivery...
by Nathalie Danon | Nov 22, 2013 | Benefiting Business, Bilingualism in Children, Latest News, Learn a Language
What do the 10 most important languages for the UK’s future and the 10 foreign languages taught by the VICI Language Academy in Newbury have in common? Absolutely everything – they are identical! In a widely reported report published by the British Council ‘Languages...
by Nathalie Danon | Nov 8, 2013 | Benefiting Business, Bilingualism in Children, Learn a Language
In the global marketplace it is becoming ever easier for UK workers to travel abroad for the right job and of course for foreign workers to bring their skills back here. Looking more closely at those foreign workers, the experience at VICI is that typically the...
