UCFL Summer Plenary 2025
When
4th July 2025
10:00 – 17:00
Our Summer Plenary 2025 will take place on the 4th of July online and in person from 10am onwards.
UCFL Summer Plenary 2025
Venue Online (Zoom) and in person at Senate House.
Following the business meeting (see below for documents) in the morning, the plenary will include afternoon panels presenting developments in language teaching and research:
09:45-10:00: Log-on for Business Meeting
10:00-12:00: UCFL Business Meeting (see agenda)
Chair: Emma Cayley
12:00-13:00: Lunch break
Developments in the Modern Languages Curriculum in HE
13:00-14:00: Modern Languages in a Global Humanities Landscape
Chair: Emma Cayley
David Clarke (Cardiff University)
Derek Hird (Lancaster University)
14:00-15:00: From Benchmark to Practice: Sustainability and Entrepreneurship in Modern Languages
Chair: Fransiska Louwagie
Ed Welch (Durham University)
Armelle Blin-Rolland (Bangor University)
Aedín Ní Loingsigh (University of Sterling)
15:00 – 15:30: Break
15:30 – 16:30: Diversification of languages and levels offered
Chair: Olga Gómez-Cash
a. Expansion, adaptation, and innovation in the Modern Languages curricula.
Helen Monribot (Hertfordshire University)
Vicky Wright (University of Southampton)
b. Ab initio languages as core part of provision
Ana Medeiros (King’s College, AULC)
Marcela Cazzoli (Durham University)
Attendees must be members of paid-up UCFL member institutions. If you are unsure whether your institution is currently a member, you can enquire with your institution or with the UCFL Membership Secretary.
Please note in person registration is closed. Online registration will remain open.
Buisness Meeting Documents:
4. Vice Chair of Education Report
5. Vice Chair of Research Report
6. Hon-sec-report-2025
7. Membership Secretary’s Report
9. National Reports
9.a. Scotland
9.b. Wales
9.c. Northern Ireland
10. Other Reports
10b. CLIE Report
10c. ECA Report
10d. School Liasion Report