AHRC Review of research in modern languages
During 2006 the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, in partnership with the University Council for Modern Languages, undertook a review of research in modern languages which was commissioned by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The review was completed in September 2006.
Timescale
September, 2006
Key contact(s):
Dr. Eleanor Quince
School of Humanities
University of Southampton
emq@soton.ac.uk
Tel: 023 8059 2246
Funded by:
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Project partners:
Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
University Council for Modern Languages
Project aims:
To gain a systematic understanding of the intellectual health of modern languages in the UK through the provision of a detailed picture of research patterns and developments.
Project team:
The review was led by Prof. Michael Kelly (LLAS Subject Centre Director), with a project team including
- Prof. Roger Woods (Nottingham, Chair of UCML)
- Prof. Anny Brooksbank-Jones (Sheffield)
- Prof. Dana Arnold (Southampton )
- Liz Hudswell (LLAS Subject Centre Manager)
- Becky Allan (LLAS research assistant)
- Dr. Eleanor Quince (research assistant)
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Outcomes: the review
The aim of the review was to gain a systematic understanding of the intellectual health of modern languages in the UK through the provision of a detailed picture of research patterns and developments. The resulting map of the intellectual landscape is intended to be a valuable resource for the research community as well as the AHRC and other stakeholders within and beyond the HE sector. Overall, the review concludes that research in Modern Languages is in remarkably good health. This is in contrast to the recent decline in secondary school language learning and undergraduate degrees in languages. On the contrary, the number of researchers has remained constant and the quality of their research is strikingly high.
The review was completed in September 2006 and the final report submitted to the AHRC. The Review is available on the AHRC website at the following links:
Links:
UCML
University Council of Modern Languages (UCML)
www.ucml.org.uk
The University Council of Modern Languages is the overarching national organisation which represents the interests of modern languages, linguistics and cultural and area studies in higher education throughout the United Kingdom, and works with corresponding bodies in other countries. Its membership includes more than 100 schools and departments of modern languages in universities and colleges of higher education throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, together with professional and scholarly associations in the field of modern languages, and public and private educational organisations concerned with study, teaching and research into modern languages, linguistics and cultural and area studies.
AHRC
Arts and Humanities Research Council: Research Reviews
www.ahrc.ac.uk/apply/research/sfi/ahrcsi/research_reviews.asp
