Forthcoming in April: "The Essential Senghor: African Philosophy and Black Aesthetics", edited by Doyle D. Calhoun, Alioune B. Fall, and Cheikh Thiam @dukepress.bsky.social. Includes Senghor’s critical & philosophical writings spanning from 1937 to 1985 www.dukeupress.edu/the-essentia... #Senghor

We are pleased to share that David Evans is the new General Editor of French Studies, succeeding Martin Crowley after seven years. We thank Martin for his leadership. An interview with Crowley & Evans in French Studies Bulletin is free to read this January➡️bit.ly/FS-Editor @frenchstudies.bsky.social

“To translate is not just to haul stories across languages, but to help them remain when everything else falls away. It is a quiet, stubborn refusal to disappear.” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

'One of the most consequential changes [in the September 2025 Immigration White Paper] is the reduction of the Graduate Visa route from 24 to 18 months, which directly undermines the ability of international trainees to complete their Early Career Teacher (ECT) induction.'

Migrants are at the heart of our art, our music, our whole history. That’s what the right won’t admit to you www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Over 24 years, Louise Cocker has captured almost half a million Norfolk Gravestones. ‘As a result, she has produced a remarkable dataset… which experts consider one of the most comprehensive photographic records of gravestones and memorials in England.’ www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Thrilled to share that "Venice Requiem", the #translation of my #novel by Ros Schwartz is coming out on Feb. 5 with @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social ! Deeply grateful to Ros for her exceptional work & to my publisher Pete Aryton. Many thanks to @oliviasnaije.bsky.social & Raphaël Thierry! bit.ly/4pFcEUY

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Actually - based on substantial evidence - perhaps an even better headline would be “Glasgow is a super smart city. Fact.” Majority also speak Scots as mother tongue and first language Read UNESCO report to find out why bilingualism is best for everyone unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/p...

Rockets, gold and the Foreign Legion: can Europe defend its frontier in the Amazon? www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Are you worried about the devastating cuts we are seeing to arts, humanities & social sciences in UK universities? Last call for my lecture in Leicester this Thurs 27th Nov on the value of these subjects and how they support UK security, cohesion and prosperity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...

The uncompromising politics of Jimmy Cliff theconversation.com/the-uncompro...

The procession of university language closures will trip up UK diplomacy www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/proc...

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Ce que les statues coloniales dans l’espace public racontent de la France theconversation.com/ce-que-les-s...

Call for Scottish Government to review foreign language provision www.heraldscotland.com/news/2559839...

A very insightful article on the recent threats to UK modern languages: www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late... Support the petitions to stop the closures at Leicester and Nottingham, to sign click here: www.change.org/p/save-moder... www.change.org/p/stop-the-r... #languages #mfl

David Bellos, traducteur et grand spécialiste de Georges Perec, est mort www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...

David Bellos, renowned scholar of French fiction and ‘totally brilliant translator,’ dies at age 80 www.princeton.edu/news/2025/11...

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

Phillis Wheatley, the first Black nature poet observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Cracking the code of Papua New Guinea’s undocumented languages observer.co.uk/news/science...

@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 💙

Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities thepolyphony.org/2025/10/24/m...

« Climates of Migration: Ecology, Literature and Propaganda » par Dominic Thomas achac.com/tribune/clim...

Is it only words? Neil Mercer argues for more oracy in education Check out this page: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Looking forward to contributing to this seminar on 'Professional agency & language policy in the context of the Curriculum and Assessment Review' @camedfac.bsky.social on 30th Oct with Norbert Pachler, @wendya-b.bsky.social @zhu-hua.bsky.social @cforsdick.bsky.social and others. In-person & online ⬇️

Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/10/14/t...

Rethinking language education: evidence for England’s Curriculum and Assessment Review blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2025/10/...

Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

First students evacuated from Gaza to study in UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

UK advertises contract to run Erasmus scheme www.ft.com/content/c79d...

Of all the languages I know, Persian is the one that speaks directly to me and offers a new way of being www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Lost in translation - the case for learning modern foreign languages www.ft.com/content/c9f3...

Can universities help re-route languages pathways? whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/07/hope... @cforsdick.bsky.social @emmacayley.bsky.social @nickhillman.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social

France acknowledges role in repression of Cameroon independence movements www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

“For researchers, the ability to engage with a text in the original language is especially useful in situations where precise nuances—whether technical, legal [or] literary—really matter,” she [Megan Bowler, HEPI report author] said.

New Post: New report shows a catastrophic decline in formal language learning www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/n...

Read UCFL's reaction to the new HEPI report on languages: university-council-for-languages.org/2025/07/31/n... The recommendations for HE are particularly welcome, as are those around equality of access and social justice. @emmacayley.bsky.social @cforsdick.bsky.social

The Guardian view on talking in class: the writers speaking up for oracy education are right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How the riches of its graduates tied Edinburgh University to slavery www.theguardian.com/education/20...