MFL GCSEs needed for Uni?

[glinda]

I seem to remember reading somewhere that some Unis are insisting on a MFL at GCSE level no matter what subject you are studying. Has anyone any info? Is this the case? Which unis?

I think the requirement was dropped several years ago, sadly.

None, if this aricle is correct. However, I suspect the better universities still prefer students who have traditional GCSEs, including MFLs.

Hmm, I was hoping to get some ammunition for an arguement I may have to have with dd's school.She is currently in year 9 and studying German (Yes, I would have preferred french or spanish too, but this is the situation)She has travelled to Germany with school, enjoys the subject and is very good at it - gaining the Governors prize for German this year. However she has just been informed that as only 6 students have chosen German as an option for GCSEs they may not offer the couse. DD would be 3 years behind those students who have opted to study French so cannot swap and will be left without the chance to study an MFL at GCSE at all
Any advice or ideas about where to go with this problem?
I will copy this onto the secondary board too

anyone?

Although there are no set rules, a good uni will definitely prefer an MFL GCSE. I'm a mature student at a Russell Group uni and (as Lilymaid said) traditional GCSEs look much better on a student's application.

on your daughter's behalf.

Glinda - have you tried seeing if your dd's school will coordinate with other local schools so that your daughter could study German there? I know this happens at A-level. Really persist - not only is German a great language (and getting terribly neglected now as schools chase 'easy' marking success), but the head of languages at my dds' school was telling parents the other day that if you don't study a language past 14 years old it is unlikely you will succeed if you try to take one up as an adult.

We are looking at unis now for dd1 and the best ones make very clear a mfl is an advantage.

Thanks for your comments and ideas. I am feeling confident that I have a good case to insist that dd is allowed to take a german gcse course so long as we are flexible about studying out of hour or at neighbouring schools/colleges. Wish me luck!

UCL will need a MFL at GCSE from 2012....

www.guardian.co.uk/education/2006/dec/13/schools.accesstouniversity