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!
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...
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
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.