LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

Review of Modern Languages in Higher Education - Invitation to Heads of HE Modern Languages departments

A review has been commissioned by HEFCE to investigate the health of modern foreign languages provision in English higher education (HE).

AHRC Review of research in modern languages

Pedagogic research: Issues in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
This article outlines issues about the status and nature of pedagogic research in the present intellectual and evaluative environment of Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies.

Research Assessment in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is a form of peer review on the basis of which the UK Government allocates nearly £1 billion a year of funding, This article traces the origins, history, mechanisms, shortcomings, successes and possible future of the RAE.