Resources
Setting the context of language
teaching in the UK
- a presentation by the Language Centre Director, Jocelyn Wyburd, setting out some of the contexts related to language education in UK schools and impact on language study at University.
References
Languages: the State of the Nation - report published by the British Academy in 2012 exploring a wide range of issues related to the supply and demand of language skills in all our education sectors and the impact on the economy and employability.
Language Matters More and More - report published by the British Academy in 2011, particularly highlighting the need for language skills to support academic research in the Arts and Humanities.
The University Council of Modern Languages (UCML) represents the interests of all UK university language faculties/departments/centres and provides a range of essential information to the sector. See particularly the Languages Education pages for sources of data, information and news.