Young people in Britain aren’t bad at learning languages – but the school system doesn’t make it easy for them

Check out this new article in The Conversation by Abigail Parish on the barriers to young people's language learning in the UK
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Will the UK’s rejection of EU overtures on youth mobility last? on.ft.com/3xFVm3F

This week Warwick SMLC head of School Prof Kate Astbury @100days1815 was on Radio 4's In Our Time talking about Napoleon's return to power in 1815: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… Visit her research team's collaborative online exhibition with WarwickHistory 100days.org.uk

The Westminster duopoly seems captivated by Brexit ideology and unable to act straightforwardly for public good in areas of policy involving Europe. This is a betrayal of young people and learning.

Maryse CONDÉ ET LE JAPON | Tokyo Time Table tokyo-time-table.com/maryse-conde-j…

livre / “Furie Caraïbe” sort aujourd’hui en grand format chez @Editions_1018 et parle d'Haïti. Après “Elastique nègre”, c'est mon deuxième roman noir à explorer la face cachée des Antilles. Merci pour vos RT 🙏🏽 et petit #THREAD ⤵️

UK’s creative industries bring in more revenue than cars, oil and gas – so why is arts education facing cuts? theconversation.com/uks-creative-i…

Brussels proposes return to pre-Brexit mobility for UK and EU young people | Brexit | The Guardian theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

My take on the recent debate about the UK’s withdrawal from Erasmus+ and a call to prioritise and invest in language & intercultural education and international mobility for all: theconversation.com/the-uk-is-poor… The Conversation #Erasmus #MFLTwitterati #LanguagePolicyUK #languages

This is a gross erasure of how the UK built its wealth. The C of E, Guardian and Lloyds are prominent examples that openly show how our church, media and financial systems are rooted in colonialism and slavery

This is not a matter of conjecture, but fact
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There are currently no language assistants in state schools in Scotland. We urgently need this to change - young native speakers open a window into another culture for our learners! SCILT

Scholars whose language differs from English ‘struggle to publish’ timeshighereducation.com/news/scholars-… via Times Higher Education

Why universities shouldn’t mark down international students for using non-standard English theconversation.com/why-universiti…

Survey finds generative AI proving major threat to the work of translators theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

France urged to repay billions of dollars to Haiti for independence ‘ransom’

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Languages are still harshly graded at GCSE

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Cambridge exhibition on 1924 Olympics throws spotlight on pioneering black athlete | Art | The Guardian theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Dans leur livre à paraitre et dans « Libération », Sébastien Ledoux et Paul-Max Morin analysent une politique mémorielle d'Emmanuel Macron qui prend des libertés avec l'histoire. histoirecoloniale.net/lalgerie-de-ma…

Le 17/04/1825, il y a 199 ans aujourd’hui, le roi Charles X signe l’ordonnance reconnaissant l’indépendance d’Haïti, moyennant le paiement par Haïti d’une indemnité colossale de 150 MF, destinée aux anciens propriétaires esclavagistes.
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Tune in to BBC Front Row from 7:15pm BST this evening to hear Prof Jo Fox discuss the future of arts and humanities education in the UK

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