Ninth Partner School of the Goethe-Institut London opening on 23 January 2020

The Goethe-Institut London is delighted to announce the opening of a new partner school: Shimna Integrated College in Newcastle, Northern Ireland. The partnership is part of the initiative “Schools: Partners for the Future”.

“Schools: Partners for the Future” (PASCH) forms a worldwide network of more than 2,000 schools with a special connection to Germany. It is an initiative of the German Federal Foreign Office in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut and other institutions. The Goethe-Institut London is in charge of implementing the initiative in England.

The Goethe-Institut London and the German Embassy London is pleased to announce that on 23 January 2020 Shimna Integrated College was officially launched as a school of the PASCH network. We are especially honoured and grateful for the attendance of Arlene Foster, First Minister of Northern Ireland. The day opened with speeches by First Minister of Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster, Deputy Head of Mission of the German Embassy in London, Julia Gross, Dr. Georgia Herlt, Deputy Director of the Goethe-Institut London and Kevin Lambe, Headmaster of Shimna Integrated College. The speeches were to be followed by a students’ performance and a reception.
 
The new partner school in Newcastle adds to the Goethe-Institut London’s existing partner school network in the UK, taking their number of partner schools to nine. Earlier the previous year, LSA Technology and Performing Arts College in Lytham St Annes was officially launched as the eighth partner school. Other PASCH schools include St Hilda’s CE School in Liverpool, Richmond School & Sixth Form College in Richmond/North Yorkshire, St Brendan’s Sixth Form College in Bristol, Tomlinscote School & Sixth Form College (Frimley), Leighton Academy (Crewe), Colyton Grammar School (Devon) and Farlingaye High School in Woodbridge, Suffolk.
 
The Goethe-Institut fosters around 600 PASCH schools worldwide. These schools have a special focus on German and German culture. The focus lies on widening horizons through multilingualism and a common approach to future problems as an international learning community.
 
The project “Schools: Partners for the Future” (PASCH) was launched ten years ago by the German Federal Foreign Office. Its aim is to create and strengthen a global network of partner schools with special links to German.