Read about the fantastic work Rob Ley has been doing for our @themhra.bsky.social-funded project to create a policy space on the UCFL website: www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/05/25/policy-and-belonging.html
There will be plenty for academics and policymakers alike!
In this #ShoutOutforGerman week, let's celebrate all things German! I love compound nouns like Schadenfreude, Weltschmerz and Treppenwitz.
The decision to 'suspend' all courses in Mod langs from Monday is premature & ill conceived. There are world-leading researchers & teachers in languages at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social who must be given the chance to review the data and offer viable counter proposals. @ucflangs.bsky.social
Why top-down language policy matters www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This paper argues that top-down language policy matters and that policymaking would benefit from: (i) a longer historical purview of what has and has not worked, and (ii) more holistic, cross-government approaches.
Many thanks to @themhra.bsky.social for making my 1987 book open access. It is great to see it available again:
www.mhra.org.uk/publications...
theconversation.com/wicked-for-g...
Fantastic piece on prescriptivism in popular culture by @emhumps.bsky.social
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
Are you a modern languages postdoc looking for an opportunity to work on a languages policy project? There is a new opportunity to work on a @themhra.bsky.social funded project with myself and Charles Forsdick: university-council-for-languages.org/2026/06/job-...
YOU SIGNATURE MATTERS! Help us save Modern Languages at Leicester.
Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/save-moder...
Looking forward to contributing to this seminar on 'Professional agency & language policy in the context of the Curriculum and Assessment Review' @camedfac.bsky.social on 30th Oct with Norbert Pachler, @wendya-b.bsky.social @zhu-hua.bsky.social @cforsdick.bsky.social and others. In-person & online ⬇️
Thanks to the very generous award of a Special Research Grant by the MHRA, UCFL is in a position to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to take forward