LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

LLAS has over ten years’ experience delivering professional development for educators in languages and related studies at primary, secondary and university level. Our workshops and conferences provide development opportunities for teaching staff, researchers, support staff and managers. We offer events that focus on discipline-specific topics and approaches that may not be incorporated into generic staff development courses. We have an ongoing events programme, and can also work with your department or organisation to deliver bespoke professional development or workshops.

Initially as a Subject Centre funded by the Higher Education Academy and now as an independent group, LLAS works in partnership with the education sector to deliver inspiring events from small workshops to international conferences. In the last twelve years, we have delivered over 400 events to the school and higher education sectors involving representatives from government organisations, national associations, academic institutions as well as national and international businesses. As your event management partner, we can provide an efficient and professional service tailored to the education sector.

LLAS has a track record in leading and managing major education projects at UK and international levels. We work with funders to develop projects that have a lasting impact on practice in our subject areas. We have delivered projects at primary, secondary and higher education levels for funders including the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Department for Education (DfE), the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and the European Commission. As a project partner LLAS can provide subject expertise as well as support in bid development and project management.

The LLAS team is made up of experienced researchers and academic developers who have carried out a variety of research and evaluation projects focused on education in our subject areas. LLAS staff have published academic articles, book chapters, reviews, reports and learning resources based on their research, and have experience with quantitative and qualitative research methods. LLAS has a reputation for efficiency, diligence and ability to deliver high quality outputs for funders.