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2 April 2026: Accents - what we have in common and what makes us unique. By Isabelle Schafer, International Coordinator, Institute of Education, University of Worcester

13 December 2025: Professional development with and for professional integrity. By Simon Coffey, Kings College London and Karen Hanrahan, UCL Institute of Education

4 December 2025. Are we seeing the end of languages at Russell Group universities? By Zara Fahim, AHRC-funded Midlands4Cities PhD in Linguistics (Modern Languages).

6 November 2025. From classroom to career: How languages helped shape my life path. By Oliver Buckley, Director at Kekst CNC.

3 October 2025. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) brokering engagement between languages researchers and policymakers through funding and impact. By James Fenner (AHRC) and Claudia Viggiano (ESRC), for UKRI.

1 October 2025. Returning to the ‘Languages Crisis’. By Megan Bowler, author of HEPI's new report The Languages Crisis: Arresting decline.

29 September 2025. Boosting the status of languages. By Anna Lise Gordon, member of the ALL ITET forum, Co-President of ALL.

25 September 2025. Languages and the government’s Areas of Research Interest (ARIs). By Prof Wendy Ayres-Bennett, University of Cambridge.

15 September 2025. Supporting international students training to teach languages in the UK. By Steven Fawkes, ALL Co-President.

10 September 2025. A new Coalition for Language Education? By Prof Ben Rampton, Kings College London.

1 September 2025. Careers and languages. By John Worne, CEO, Chartered Institute of Linguists.