The Languages Gateway

The UK's portal for languages.

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

😍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
https://t.co/AeN1JDjRdv

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

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: https://t.co/5mHMULMQMq

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

🌟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

[UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social @UCFLangs]

🎉 Excellent news! Our Languages Research Database is now live!
Check it out here: https://t.co/dPpXfhddsV

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

💯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!
https://t.co/JTJ0Q9Omrr

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

😎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): https://t.co/7bAkt71g70

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

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:
https://t.co/Ni1J7asu4W

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

🧐Have you checked out the most recent resources listed on The Languages Gateway recently? (including ATWC below)... Have a quick peak here:
https://t.co/MM7ppwFuC7
...and submit any resources, projects or links you'd like to see included!

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

🚨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:
https://t.co/ceg5ccRokz

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

🚨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:
https://t.co/ceg5ccRokz

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

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: https://t.co/6i5p8Xffa7 (and easy read version as below)

[Prof Becky Francis @BeckyFrancis7]

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

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

Research from @BritishAcademy_ published today on post-16 education in England. For #languages some pertinent statistics on demand vs. supply.

[The British Academy @BritishAcademy_]

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.
https://t.co/ag0bVfCWxS

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

If you run or know of a supplementary language school & are happy to be added to the site, contact [email protected] with details of the language, location & age groups. Otherwise circulate this across your networks. @YPFtrust @ALL4language #mfltwitterati #Languages

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

To maximise utility to the various user groups for https://t.co/oQKwk4XIt2 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.

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

Such a towering achievement and wonderful e-book from @EYFOLNE . Teachers, schools, parents: have a look for inspiration! 🤩

[Festival of Languages NE @EYFOLNE]

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: https://t.co/q5UVymhnYm

[The World of Languages and Languages of the World @WoLLoWeducation]

Is being bilingual good for your brain? | BBC Ideas https://t.co/EYalRn04jq
@BetterBilingual
@EALACADEMY @ismla_uk @LangsGateway @BEPvoice

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

@VEverettmfl @MarkCritchley8 Point taken - it's worth noting this good news for MFL A level, although it's only one year. And indeed the article shows serious wider concerns.

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

Some uplifting news for the weekend: languages A levels are bouncing back! 😎

[UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social @UCFLangs]

'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'
https://t.co/mmkK4Iu8p2

[Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social @charlesforsdick]

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

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

Not great news everywhere, but a welcome one year increase in A-level languages registrations this year. Let's hope it is sustained... 🤞

[Guardian Education @GuardianEdu]

Fewer pupils study drama and media at GCSE and A-level https://t.co/kI0y0WFQca

[The Languages Gateway @LangsGateway]

Lovely free resource for A Day of Welcome 2024 ⬇️

[The World of Languages and Languages of the World @WoLLoWeducation]

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

[The British Academy @BritishAcademy_]

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. https://t.co/2NjBEAh9dy