In the East Midlands, the University of Leicester is the only provider of Italian at degree level. An now they are under threat. Please sign the petition:

www.change.org/p/save-moder...

Help the the University of Leicester and the University of Nottingham save languages. Links in comments.

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.

The University of Nottingham has announced the suspension of all Modern Languages and Cultures (MLC) programmes from September 2026.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The University Council for Languages (UCFL) welcomes the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment Review and the Government’s response.

Read our reflection here: university-council-for-languages.org/2025/11/07/a...

Have you seen ALL's response to the CAR Report?
You can read it here: www.all-languages.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Read the article by Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Charles Forsdick in the Language Learning special collection on languages education in the school curriculum in England to learn more.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Languages are the instrument to peace.

What an incredible panel event hosted by @richardbakermp.bsky.social

On Monday 20th October, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages held a meeting reviewing recent reports and data on the challenges facing languages in the UK, from schools to universities and beyond.

The APPG Modern Languages has shared a Letter to The Times by Baroness Coussins, Co-chair of the APPG, in response to their recent leading article arguing falling languages uptake narrows young people's horizons (www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...)

Our @ucflangs.bsky.social Summer Plenary today has a range of crucially important panels on current developments in languages provision in HE.

First up: David Clarke (Cardiff University) & Derek Hird (Lancaster University) on Modern Languages in a Global Humanities Landscape.

On the ongoing #saveuoalanguages campaign at University of Aberdeen: www.gaudie.co.uk/post/celebs-...
And on how to join the postcard campaign: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Launch of the "Languages Gateway" in Scotland. Check out this new portal for all things languages in the UK here: www.thelanguagesgateway.uk

European day of languages - celebrating plurilingualism & the beauty of languages! Check out fab ideas & resources on edl.ecml.at or bit.ly/3Z0Gh6x to discover more about the diversity of languages & cultures in Europe, & where languages will take you!