'What appears as declining demand is more accurately understood as the result of uneven access to language learning across the school system.'
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My story in the @heraldscotland.bsky.social
On how poet Kenneth White, who left his house in France to the local council on the proviso they use it for writers residencies, has had his legacy overturne
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Petition against the move
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"The issue is the system, not the subject.”
Professor Charles Forsdick FBA on higher education funding cuts hitting language courses hardest and the wider risks to skills, research and opportunity in Times Higher Education:
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Languages are not in decline - access is.
Our colleagues Marcela Andrea Cazzoli and Ana Medeiros show that the problem is not student aspriation, but structured access.
Don't miss this very important read:
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📣 Postdoc opportunity!
@ucflangs.bsky.social is recruiting a MHRA-funded postdoc to implement recommendations from the Languages & Policy report and and strengthen research–policy collaboration.
Supervised by @wendya-b.bsky.social and @cforsdick.bsky.social.
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Contraction of modern languages provision is often painted as a response to falling demand. For Ana de Medeiros and Marcela Cazzoli, if you look across the whole education system then HE starts to loo...
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UK job cuts hit English and modern languages staff hardest.
‘Vicious cycle’ of course closures means system ‘gradually losing breadth and depth of expertise’
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-job-...
‘Vicious cycle’ of course closures means system ‘gradually losing breadth and depth of expertise’
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Contraction of modern languages provision is often painted as a response to falling demand. For Ana de Medeiros and Marcela Cazzoli, if you look across the whole education system then HE starts to loo...
