Pupils in England from low-income families βbounced outβ of costlier GCSEs
Survey says children avoiding subjects such as geography and languages because of fears about extra costs
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Great that this is making the news but important to keep in mind that in many, many schools in England, it is the school that decides who studies languages at KS4 not the pupils (or families). Another piece of the puzzle when making sense of this...
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Thanks for this! I'd like to be added please :)
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I took a break from writing about cold spots in language degree provision to review Prof Ursula Lanvers' excellent book "Language Learning Beyond English: Learner Motivation in the Twenty-First Century".
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Welcome new people! If youβre looking for some accounts tweeting about UK Higher Education, see the #UKHE tag and this starter pack with some accounts to mass follow: go.bsky.app/HcT3Jf
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Associate Professor in Second Language Education at the University of Cambridge. Former languages teacher. Interested in multilingualism, identity, language learning strategies, EAL and much more! Webpage: https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/forbes/
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Senior Lecturer in Language Education and Programme Leader MA Artificial Intelligence and Technology-Enhanced Learning in Department of Education, The University of York
Teaching and research excellence in Education at the University of Leeds. Ranked 1st in the UK for childhood and youth studies by The Complete University Guide, 2025
The 58th conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics hosted by the University of Glasgow on the 4th β 6th September, under the theme: Applied linguistics in the face of global challenges and local needs. https://baal2025.wordpress.com/
Associate Professor at VUW. Research: reading, vocabulary, mental lexicon, bilingualism, education
Senior researcher at the Centre for Applied Language Studies of the University of JyvΓ€skylΓ€.
English language assessment professional and researcher
Western Mass, college writing and applied linguistics
language & cognitive scientist at @mcgill.ca; co-founder of @wicscanada.bsky.social; Editor of @cjep.bsky.social; she/her
Director of MOSAIC research at the University of Birmingham | Borders, CVE, surveillance and multilingualism | Security, Citizenship Testing, Race and Language
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Linguist, PhD (language proficiency, semantic knowledge), university lecturer, Tampere University, Finland
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Chair of the Linguistic Association of Finland Linguistics.fi
Amateur translator LT>FI
Mieskeit; Historical Lexicography & the Emoluments Clause (CUP '25); lexicographer; linguist; Edgeworth; #18thc; #CUNY; #NJ; down the shore; serial commas
Language teaching, teacher education, classroom interaction, #EMCA. Works at MΓ€lardalen University, Sweden. Father of two multilingual kids. Writes in English, Turkish, Swedish. Editor-in-chief: Classroom Discourse (T&F) https://olcaysert.net/about
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism at Centre for Language and Cognition @rug.nl - Heritage language education, translanguaging, critical approaches
