Updates

The proceedings for the 2026 UCFL Summer Plenary are now available to watch below and on the ILCS website. Please do not hesitate to watch and share these presentations widely. The running order is as such: Home, Heritage and Community...

UCFL is pleased to welcome Christina Maags as the new East Asian Studies Rep. Christina Maags is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Languages, Arts and Societies at the University of Sheffield. She is trained in Asian Studies, Political...

Christiane Günther and Ariane Laumonier  Swansea University  Overview  Building on the success of Languages Day in 2025, supported by UCFL, the event aimed to highlight the power of languages and their role in connecting people. As well as being in line with Curriculum for Wales and the new GCSE...

The 2026 A-level results bring some welcome news for languages. Entries increased in French, German, Spanish and Other Modern Languages, with total language entries rising by 2.0% from 24,079 in 2025 to 24,560 in 2026. However, this is below the...

UCFL is pleased to welcome Marina Micke as the new Germanic and Low Countries Representative. Marina Micke is Head of Modern Languages at the University of Law. With extensive experience in higher education, specialising in institution-wide language provision, curriculum design,...

Aberlangs in a Box Initiative Overview In collaboration with Research Assistant Andrada Lilburn, the project team has developed a suite of educational materials tailored for students at the end of primary education. These resources are directly linked to the Aberlangs:...

The programme for the Summer Plenary 2026 - on 3 July - includes expert panels and the Annual General Meeting.

Shaping the Future of Language Education in Scotland The Symposium brought together representatives from education, higher education, industry, and policy to examine the future of language learning in Scotland. The event provided a forum to assess current challenges, explore innovative...

Barbara Burns talks to Dr Robert (Rob) Ley, MHRA Languages and Policy Postdoctoral Researcher, and his Cambridge-based mentors Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Professor Charles Forsdick. Read the full interview here.

Thanks to the very generous award of a Special Research Grant by the MHRA, UCFL is in a position to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to take forward recommendations from the Languages and Policy: Building Collaborations between Academics and Policymakers report....