The UK's portal for languages.
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😍Fabulous opportunity for secondary/6th Form pupils to meet some real, live languages students and ask them questions about their modern languages degrees! Join this FREE webinar on Wednesday, 29 April 2026 at 4.30pm, courtesy of @unibirmingham
birmingham.ac.uk/events/what…
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Amazing opportunity! The @PolishEmbassyUK is offering FREE in-person Polish courses to UK nationals and students in UK unis, all you need to do is tell them why. Read more here: gov.pl/web/unitedkingdom/naw…
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15 Dec 2025
🌟A real milestone for policymakers: UCFL's new database is a practical tool to connect languages research with policy: showcasing the real-world relevance of languages research. Free to use - concise summaries. Please share widely ⬇️
#languagepolicyUK
15 Dec 2025
🎉 Excellent news! Our Languages Research Database is now live!
Check it out here: university-council-for-langu…
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5 Dec 2025
💯Great opportunity: *short-term freelance role for a graduate student or postdoc* in a project to support universities' advocacy for German: "Collaborating for Change". Details below - pls share!
queens.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/u…
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5 Dec 2025
😎What are you doing on 28 Feb? Hopefully joining wonderful colleagues for a unique day of thoughtful discussion with peers and @NALALanguages experts. Theme: The task of teaching & learning to meet the needs of everyone. Programme (downloadable PDF): drive.google.com/file/d/1xh7…
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4 Dec 2025
NEW blog post on The Languages Gateway by Zara Fahim, PhD student @UniofNottingham on the need to defend languages against cuts at Nottingham and other universities. Worth a read! See Zara's introduction to her piece in her LinkedIn post below:
linkedin.com/posts/zarafahim…
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2 Dec 2025
🧐Have you checked out the most recent resources listed on The Languages Gateway recently? (including ATWC below)... Have a quick peak here:
thelanguagesgateway.uk/explo…
...and submit any resources, projects or links you'd like to see included!
2 Dec 2025
🚨Latest resource on the Gateway! Have you set up YOUR @EnactEuropa Around The World Club? New FREE schools pack to set up a vibrant learning space where children discover languages by engaging with cultural traditions from across the globe.
Details:
enacteuropa.com/?q=node/505
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2 Dec 2025
🚨Latest resource on the Gateway! Have you set up YOUR @EnactEuropa Around The World Club? New FREE schools pack to set up a vibrant learning space where children discover languages by engaging with cultural traditions from across the globe.
Details:
enacteuropa.com/?q=node/505
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24 Oct 2024
Have you and your colleagues had YOUR say on the place of languages in the Curriculum and Assessment Review? They are looking for evidence-based arguments: consult.education.gov.uk/cur… (and easy read version as below)
23 Oct 2024
The Easy Read version of the Curriculum and Assessment Review's Call for Evidence is now available:
Curriculum and Assessment Review - Department for Education - Citizen Space
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14 Aug 2024
Research from @BritishAcademy_ published today on post-16 education in England. For #languages some pertinent statistics on demand vs. supply.
14 Aug 2024
Post-16 students are studying a narrower range of subjects than 20 years ago, which could limit their future education and career options, according to a new report commissioned by the British Academy ahead of tomorrow’s A-level results.
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news…
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12 Aug 2024
To maximise utility to the various user groups for thelanguagesgateway.uk we are presently auditing and adding to current content. One key area we want to add to the site is a summary of #supplementaryeducation for languages across the UK.
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12 Aug 2024
If you run or know of a supplementary language school & are happy to be added to the site, contact mark.critchley@durham.ac.uk with details of the language, location & age groups. Otherwise circulate this across your networks. @YPFtrust @ALL4language #mfltwitterati #Languages
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4 Jun 2024
Such a towering achievement and wonderful e-book from @EYFOLNE . Teachers, schools, parents: have a look for inspiration! 🤩
4 Jun 2024
The 2024 Mother Tongue Other Tongue digital anthology of North East children and young people's writing in 37 languages is now available to view online, celebrating linguistic and cultural diversity and what matters to them. Find out more: expressyourselfne.com/2024/0…
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The Languages Gateway retweeted
Is being bilingual good for your brain? | BBC Ideas youtube.com/watch?v=WSUj3PRv…
@BetterBilingual
@EALACADEMY @ismla_uk @LangsGateway @BEPvoice
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The Languages Gateway retweeted
Good to see languages & multilingualism prominent in @BritishAcademy_ Manifesto for Social Sciences, Humanities & the Arts — & also call for UK to play active role in shaping development of next round of European Framework Programmes & to rejoin Erasmus scheme
29 May 2024
In the run up to the election we’ve released our @BritishAcademy_ Manifesto today. We call for a sustainable HE funding model and the need to use insights from humanities & social sciences to address society’s biggest challenges thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news…
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31 May 2024
Some uplifting news for the weekend: languages A levels are bouncing back! 😎
30 May 2024
'Figures show statistics, computing, physics & maths have risen in popularity & languages bouncing back'
'The number of French A-level candidates has grown by 8% over the last year, Spanish by 2.3% & German by 3.1%, the last albeit from a very low base'
theguardian.com/education/ar…
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31 May 2024
Not great news everywhere, but a welcome one year increase in A-level languages registrations this year. Let's hope it is sustained... 🤞
30 May 2024
Fewer pupils study drama and media at GCSE and A-level theguardian.com/education/ar…
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30 May 2024
Lovely free resource for A Day of Welcome 2024 ⬇️
WoLLoW is proud to have created lesson resources for A Day of Welcome 2024. This year's theme is "home". Go to A Day of Welcome to access WoLLoW resources and much more. @NorwichSchool @BetterBilingual @RefugeeWeek @NorwichSOS @EnglishPlus_Nrw
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The Languages Gateway retweeted
22 May 2024
The British Academy is delighted to relaunch the Journal of the British Academy, an online, open access journal showcasing the very best research in the humanities and social sciences. journal.thebritishacademy.ac…
ALT An acid green background featuring a multicoloured kaleidoscope with orange, teal, blue, red and black. Black text on the top reads: 'Welcome to the new Journal of the British Academy'
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The Languages Gateway retweeted
23 May 2024
So goad to see our LAwKS-3 resources now hosted also @LangsGateway
23 May 2024
Brand new FREE research-informed Language Awareness resources for KS3 on how languages work, using examples from a variety of languages. Explore the resources, contact the team for feedback/questions! @ahrcpress-funded, published by @UlsterUni @ladyven7:
ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/…
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