Language matters
This report, launched on 3 June 2009, discussed concerns that the future of the UK’s world class research base might be threatened by the decline in modern language learning and calls for a series of measures by Universities and Government bodies to address this danger.
The following documents are available:
- British Academy position paper
HTML | PDF - Full text of the report commissioned from RAND Europe (Language Matters: The supply of and demand for UK born and educated academic researchers with skills in languages other than English)
PDF - Press release
For the origins of this report, see
- Response to the announcement of the Dearing Review of Language Policy, 21 November 2006
HTML | PDF - Submission to the Dearing Review of Language Policy, 2 February 2007
HTML | PDF (106kb | 8pp) - Article by Professor Marian Hobson FBA in British Academy Review (2007)