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MML Faculty Rep election 2016

Elections for Faculty Board representatives are to be held from midday on Thursday 13th October to midday on Friday 14th October.


Read more at: Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #2

Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #2

In the second of a new series of comment pieces written by linguists at Cambridge, Dr Heather Inwood , Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture, argues that Britain needs to improve its language skills to build trade relations and break through cultural divides.


Read more at: Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain

Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain

In the first of a new series of comment pieces written by linguists at Cambridge, Sarah Colvin, Schröder Professor of German and Head of the Department of German and Dutch, argues that learning languages is key to understanding how people think and plays a major role in social cohesion.


Read more at: Cognitive benefits of language learning highlighted in British Academy special report

Cognitive benefits of language learning highlighted in British Academy special report

The British Academy has commissioned a special report on the cognitive benefits of language learning, which aims to provide an overview of existing research in the field.


Read more at: The Seventh Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment

The Seventh Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment

The Seventh Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment 'Language Contact and Language Change in Endangered Languages', organised by Dr Mari Jones, Reader in French Linguistics and Language Change, will take place on 4th July 2017.


Read more at: Cambridge to explore benefits of multilingualism with new AHRC research project

Cambridge to explore benefits of multilingualism with new AHRC research project

The University of Cambridge is to launch a major new research project to study the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and transform attitudes to languages in the UK, as part of the AHRC’s Open World Research Initiative. We want to have a transformative effect on language learning, as well as...


Read more at: Foreign Language Spelling Bee
Daniel Zeichner addresses the audience

Foreign Language Spelling Bee

The national final of the Foreign Language Spelling Bee for UK secondary schools took place at Anglia Ruskin on 1st July. The event was organised by Sarah Schechter as part of the Routes into Languages project, which MML is involved in. There were 77,000 entries nationally, and over 100 students took part in the final...


Read more at: Post-Brexit, Studying Language and Culture Is More Urgent Than Ever
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Post-Brexit, Studying Language and Culture Is More Urgent Than Ever

Post-Brexit, Studying Language and Culture Is More Urgent Than Ever: statement from the Board of the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages


Read more at: Dr Mari Jones wins the Vice-Chancellor's Impact Award for the School of Arts and Humanities!

Dr Mari Jones wins the Vice-Chancellor's Impact Award for the School of Arts and Humanities!

Dr Mari Jones, of the Department of French, has won the Vice Chancellor's Impact Award for the School of Arts and Humanities. Congratulations!


Read more at: New report co-authored by Prof. Wendy Ayres-Bennett on the value of languages

New report co-authored by Prof. Wendy Ayres-Bennett on the value of languages

Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett (DTAL) has co-authored a new report which argues that urgent action is needed to close the UK languages gap.