Directory of Language Academics

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Theme
Geographical Region

Dr Emma Humphries

Research Fellow, Queen's University Belfast

3-5 years’ policy experience
Education & Skills Policy, Heritage, Social Justice & Human Rights
UK, Western Europe • France

Dr Olivia Glaze

International Fellow, KWI Institute of Advanced Study in the Humanities

3-5 years’ policy experience
Cross-cutting, Health & Welfare
England • Portugal, Portuguese-speaking Africa

Dr Leanne Henderson

Senior Lecturer, Queen's University Belfast

6-9 years’ policy experience
Education & Skills Policy
Northern Ireland, UK • Ireland

Professor Alison Phipps

UNESCO Chair: Refugee Integration through Education, Languages and Arts and Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies, University of Glasgow

10+ years’ policy experience
Education & Skills Policy, Heritage, Migration
Australasia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Southern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa • Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand

Professor Neil Kenny

Senior Research Fellow and Professor of French, University of Oxford

6-9 years’ policy experience
Education & Skills Policy
UK

Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson

Professor of Classics Education and Public Policy, Durham University

10+ years’ policy experience
Education & Skills Policy, Social Justice & Human Rights
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Western Europe • Australia, New Zealand

Professor Claire Gorrara

Dean of the School of Advanced Study, University of London

10+ years’ policy experience
Education & Skills Policy
UK, Wales

Professor Charles Forsdick

Drapers Professor of French, University of Cambridge

10+ years’ policy experience
Education & Skills Policy, Health & Welfare, Heritage
Caribbean, England, Western Europe

Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett

Emerita Professor of French Philology and Linguistics, University of Cambridge

10+ years’ policy experience
Economic Development, Education & Skills Policy, Policy & Governance
UK, Western Europe