- Collects and disseminates information about the state of study, research, and teaching of modern languages and cognate disciplines in UK HEIs.
- Provides a forum for debate on issues of concern to its members through meetings, working groups, discussions, conferences, seminars and publications.
- Presents the case for languages in the media.
- Supports the promotion of and recruitment into HEI language study, in particular overseeing the development of the Routes into Languages programme, currently active across Wales and England.
- Advocates for and supports departments undergoing financial or institutional change.
- Invited to liaise through the relevant member of the Executive Committee, to ensure that their interests are represented by UCFL in its lobbying activities and in the planning and content of plenary meetings and workshops.
- Invited to attend two plenary meetings per annum which are usually held in London in January and July each year.
- Invited to attend workshops organised by UCFL.
- Invited, where relevant, to contribute to our Special Interest Groups on Early Career Academics and the Year Abroad.
- Invited to apply for small-scale grant funding to facilitate projects that support the languages mission and values of UCFL (such as research or pedagogy events that relate to languages, literature and area studies, public engagement and partnership with schools, and bursaries for PGR and Early Career Researchers to attend events that relate to Languages research or scholarship).
- Able to request support through UCFL and our networks if undergoing financial or institutional change.
HEIs wishing to pay subscriptions may request an invoice. Please note that many institutions require an internal purchase order to be raised, which we at UCFL will need before we can write an invoice. To arrange an invoice contact treasurer@ucflangs.com