We are hiring! Permanent lectureship for a Film Studies specialist in our wonderful School LCS Leeds Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds University of Leeds Come and join us in Leeds! It’s all happening up North these days 🎊

A new run of this course is starting in Leeds on May 13th - still time to sign up! leedsinspired.co.uk/events/lets-ta…

Thank you very much to NatAssocLangAdvisers for inviting me to speak on “ #Linguistics in language teaching and learning: towards a more inclusive and motivating approach?” at their upcoming conference! I look forward to it! Join us on 29 June in Nottingham👇 #MFLTwitterati Linguistics in MFL Project

I couldn’t agree more with what’s written here. British students are hugely disadvantaged by not being able to do an Erasmus exchange!

The UK is poorer without Erasmus – it’s time to rejoin the European exchange programme theconversation.com/the-uk-is-poor… via The Conversation

We're looking forward to hosting Prof Professor Judy Clegg, our Language@Leeds Distinguished Speaker this year! The lecture 'Children's Communication and their life chances', roundtable and reception will take place on Wed 12 June, 15:00-17:00GMT. All welcome! tinyurl.com/Clegg2024

We - and our democracy - need arts and humanities, says The British Academy Julia Black, to 'understand people, the world and – combined with science subjects – tackle the greatest issues of our time.' And universities need a regulator to help protect them.

What better way to mark my second anniversary of moving to Leeds than with a can of #Mhòr , courtesy of my LCS Leeds colleague Sam and Northern Monk Brew Co.? 😄

Excellent arguments here by Emma Cayley 谷曦 & Charles Forsdick with a tiny contribution by myself highlighting harsh grading in schools, problems with teacher supply and the German perspective. In short: No, AI isn’t the problem! timeshighereducation.com/depth/ai-final… #MFLTwitterati #AI #languages

🚨Watch Baroness Coussins lead today's House of Lords debate on the importance of educational trips and exchanges: watch ⬇️👀 live (1pm-2pm UK time) on parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/b2…

.Emma Cayley 谷曦, Chair of UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social, & colleagues comment on the challenges and initiatives to promote languages learning & about the current national and international need for modern languages graduates
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timeshighereducation.com/depth/ai-final… via Times Higher Education

‘Some insiders point to the rise of joint or combined honours degrees as evidence not so much of decline as of evolution of modern languages’. AI is most emphatically not a nail in the coffin but a path to reinvention for Modern Languages. #fixedthetitle 😊

Congratulations to Clare Wright (LCS Leeds) and Monika Schmid (@UoYLangLing) who organised last week’s very successful Northern Second Language Acquisition Roundtable at University of Leeds! We already look forward to the next event! celt.leeds.ac.uk/news/successfu…

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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Thinking of learning a language? At the British Council we love languages! Here's six reasons to start learning a new language today 🌍🛫🤝

Language learning and international mobility go hand in hand in fostering essential qualities such as curiosity, empathy and effective communication.

theconversation.com/the-uk-is-poor…

The UK is poorer without Erasmus: it’s time to rejoin the European exchange programme

Check out this piece in The Conversation by Sascha Stollhans on why we need to shift our mindset towards valuing languages & internationalisation
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theconversation.com/the-uk-is-poor… via The Conversation

How brilliant to welcome A level students to a German masterclass in our iconic Parkinson Building today! We had workshops on everything from speaking skills to poetry, feminist rap and film. We're looking forward to welcoming more Germanists at our offer-holder day tomorrow.

Excellent, balanced, and straightforward argument from @inmfl's Sascha Stollhans on the UK's withdrawal from Erasmus+ 👇 Language on the Move