the power of a woman's narrative www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Language cold spots are emerging: the East Midlands provision is vulnerable if threats of closure at Leicester and Nottingham are carried out. Please sign their petitions! Links in comments.

"This excellent volume on translanguaging in diverse education contexts explores how multilingual speakers draw on their full linguistic repertoires to challenge traditional boundaries and promote inclusive, dynamic learning spaces." Download the Open Access PDF free on our website! buff.ly/5UaXS9W

From AULC, we stand in solidarity with colleagues at University of Nottingham. We want to share this petition by a student highlighting how suspending all Modern Languages undergraduate programmes affects the whole academic community: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...

"‘Languages are not just a skillset, they’re a mindset.’ " www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/10/14/t...

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

Richard Lambert laying out the implications of the levy on international students observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

The effects of the proposed cull of languages provision at the University of Nottingham and the University of Leicester will be massive: for the wonderful staff, for current students, and for future budding linguists. Esp those who, like me, come from working-class backgrounds in the East Midlands.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... When neither students nor staff are heard...:

Excellent article here. Our students are our greatest advocates. Counter proposals will be put forward, and we are supporting colleagues in Music, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at Nottingham with their campaigns www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Closing vital programmes is not the answer to resolving the issues faced by Universities- senior management need to work with students and staff to find long term solutions.

Such a key point about cutting back on language provision - it’s not good for science and it’s not good for growth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-uks... "“We are concerned about the implications for language education and the need for breadth in the curriculum for all learners."

www.hachette.co.uk/titles/ana-m... Our new Complete French textbook has just been published: Follow the stories of four friends who live in Brussels and in Paris making the most of the rich culture that is on their doorstep.

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Call for Papers — AULC 2026! 📅 8–9 Jan 2026 | 📍 Oxford & Online Theme: “Thriving in a time of unprecedented threats. Renewing Language Education for Non-Specialists in University Language Centres in the Age of Austerity and AI" 🕛 Abstracts due 10 Nov 2025 More information: aulc.org/2025/10/aulc...

Student Success | Who Feels Welcome on Campus? Recent survey data from Inside Higher Ed and Generation Lab finds that most students believe their campus climate values and supports them. https://bit.ly/47arXht #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

This is not my @bostoncollege.bsky.social and the university has a duty to fully investigate this event and its organisers.: www.ncronline.org/news/they-wi...

@katharinemurphy.bsky.social and I are very grateful to @cforsdick.bsky.social for wrapping up our takeover of @the-polyphony.bsky.social and for his generous words about the @readingbodies.bsky.social project 💙

Feels like this weekend is an important time to share this video again... ...what has the ECHR ever done for us? youtu.be/ptfmAY6M6aA?...

"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Oxford University encourages students to use ChatGPT as it gives away free access

In London, hate will never win.

Calling all Indian creative writers - apply now for the 2026 Charles Wallace Indian Trust Fellowship. The successful applicant will be hosted by the School of Humanities to work on their creative project for 12 weeks next Spring. For more details: research.kent.ac.uk/colonialandp... @kent.ac.uk

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "It's interesting to think that Bowie was working on this in the US in 2015, with the political situation that was taking place there. Was he thinking about that: The power of art forms to create change within our own political moment?"