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News articles of interest to the higher education languages, linguistics and area studies.

Thursday, 21 March 2013

New language trends survey sets demanding agenda for primary and secondary schools

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CfBT Education Trust today published the results of national surveys of primary and secondary schools, revealing the multiple challenges f...
Friday, 15 March 2013

Do you engage with iTunesU?

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iTunesU is an area within Apple iTunes which allows institutions to create accounts and publish their own, branded educational content...
Thursday, 7 March 2013

Polyglots required if we want a place in the global academy

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English cannot be the only acceptable language of scholarship, says Toby Miller. It’s arrogant, impractical and anti-intellectual Times H...
Monday, 25 February 2013

Why I'm glad I gave languages a second chance

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Looking at my track record it's fair to say that I was an unlikely candidate for a modern languages degree. I achieved a B in French G...
Thursday, 14 February 2013

Languages: the State of the Nation: new publication from the British Academy

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Languages: the State of the Nation Demand and Supply of Language Skills in the UK The British Academy has today launched L...
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Friday, 7 December 2012

Islamic Studies Network project draws to a close

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Since 2009 staff at LLAS have been working on the Islamic Studies Network , a project funded by HEFCE and overseen by the Higher Education...
Thursday, 15 November 2012

Modern languages lost for words over low intake

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Two UK language departments may be forced to close their degree programmes because they recruited too few students for 2012-13, a lectur...
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