My take on the new Curriculum and Assessment Review:

I blame Tom Richmond for the fact I have Zombie by The Cranberries stuck inside my head again:

My holiday reading included this excellent new book: www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/08/30/e...

“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.

@ucflangs.bsky.social The University Council For Languages (UCFL) responds to welcome a new @hepi-news.bsky.social report and joins them in calling for urgent action on revitalising language learning university-council-for-languages.org/2025/07/31/n...

HEPI Director @nickhillman.bsky.social points to the 2004 decision to scrap the requirement for young people to study one language until the age of 16. “It is, quite clearly in my view, the worst educational policy of this century.” he says.