Great article!

C'est parti! Kicking off #asmcf2024 with a welcome by Laura Dominguez, head of the Departmet of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics of the Languages, Cultures & Linguistics, Uni Southampton at Southampton! Watch this space for live tweets and behind the scenes of our conference!

This is such a compelling way of presenting the massive return on public investment in higher education and research.

Thanks to the organisers and keynote speakers for a great ASMCF conference!

Amazing, fantastic new The Leverhulme Trust project University of Stirling ! Closing date soon - please share widely

Scottish Languages teachers, please consider completing the first ever British Council Scotland Languages Trends survey! It's so important to have this insight into language-learning in Scotland UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social

Delighted to be chairing my first meeting of UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social Scotland this afternoon, and looking forward to working with the wider UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social Executive. Scotland has a wonderful languages community and it's a privilege to work with colleagues across the sector.

This is a wonderful scheme for French academics, with grants of up to £1500 to support the promotion of French in schools. Scope to make a difference! ASMCF SCILT University of Stirling UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social

So excited about the start of this project!

We all - students, teachers and lecturers, but most of all employers - have a lot to learn from the important research being carried out in intercultural communication Heriot-Watt University

Extended deadline of 30 Sept for the 2025 Bilingualism Matters Symposium! Bilingualism Matters

You can speak French in France, Canada & Tunisia, Spanish in Spain, Cuba & Argentina, German in Germany, Austria & Switzerland, Arabic in Egypt, Iraq & Jordan. Languages cross borders, broaden horizons & make your world a whole lot bigger, whoever you are & wherever you’re going.

'In an increasingly competitive and interconnected world, fewer Scottish students will have the opportunity to study a language as part of their degree.' This is not in Scotland's interest or the interests of students: we need to look at policy change UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social

Fantastic opportunity for schools across the UK! French Film Festival

It's crucial to see Universities UK join the call for a national languages strategy as advocated by The British Academy & UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social, alongside their request for a guaranteed continuation of international mobility for students, to ensure real sustainability of opportunities, and

UUK: "There should be a national strategy to foster language provision in schools and to retain sufficient higher education capability in languages and interdisciplinary area studies to meet the long-term needs of the UK."

Too often 'internationalisation' in universities focuses on revenue from overseas students and overlooks the value to UK students. The new UUK report highlights the personal and professional development that comes from time spent abroad.

Joining the call for 'a national strategy to foster language provision in schools and to retain sufficient higher education capability in languages and interdisciplinary area studies to meet the long-term needs of the UK'. Including Scottish Government.

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