The Association of University Language Communities in the UK & Ireland (AULC) is writing in support of the modern languages programme at the University of Leicester for a number of reasons, including: I urge you to reconsider the closure of your modern languages programme. This flies in the face of evidence from and about what […]
Thomas Chaurin has been actively engaged on the AULC Executive Committee since May 2019, as Representative of Scottish members and Assistant treasurer. He contributed to the data collection and analysis for the annual survey in 2021-22 and 2022-23; He supported Mark Critchley, former Chair, and Thomas Smith, former Treasurer, with the annual invoicing campaigns; and
The AULC is pleased to announce our new Treasurer. Read More »
Dr Susanna Nocchi, Technological University Dublin As someone who has been actively involved in language education policy, research, and advocacy in Ireland for over two decades, I am committed to advancing the goals of the AULC, supporting collaboration between member institutions, and representing Irish perspectives at a national and European level. Over the years, I
The AULC welcomes our newly appointed Vice-Chair (Ireland) Read More »
Nominations now open for the role of Vice-Chair (Ireland) Following on from the approval of the new Constitution by the membership, the AULC executive committee now invites self-nominations for the role of Vice-Chair (Ireland) via this link. Please note that only colleagues from an Irish AULC member institution are eligible to self-nominate. If more than one self-nomination is received, an election will be called,
Nominations now closed for the role of Vice-Chair (Ireland) Read More »
26th Annual AULC Conference: Liverpool 2025 Multilingualism, Multiliteracies, Digital Technologies, and Accessibility in Language Teaching
Cardiff’s closure of modern languages will tongue-tie its humanities!
Cardiff’s closure of modern languages will tongue-tie its humanities Read More »
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/languages-cultures-and-film/news/stories/title,1501671,en.php
Call for Papers. AULC Annual Conference 2025: Multilingualism, Multiliteracies, DigitalTechnologies, and Accessibility in Language Teaching: L2, FL, HL ALC CFP LIVERPOOL.V2Download Conference Dates: 7th and 8th AprilLocation: University of LiverpoolSubmission Deadline: 15th February 2025Notification of acceptance: 28th February 2025. Download the full information using the ‘download button’.
The latest AULC Survey of Institution-wide Language Provision in Universities in the UK (2022-23) is available here.
AULC Survey of Institution-wide Language Provision in Universities in the UK (2022-23) Read More »
News CercleS – the European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education – is pleased to invite you to the XVIII CercleS International Conference 2024, “Multilingualism & the Anglosphere” between 12-14 September 2024. The event will be hosted by AULC at Durham University. As our communities have emerged from the pandemic, the previous two CercleS conferences in Brno
XVIII CercleS Conference 2024, 12 to 14 September, Durham University Read More »
The University of Exeter’s will host the 25th Association of University Language Communities’ (AULC) Annual Conference, on 25th and 26th April. The conference title is New Directions for University-Wide Language Programmes: Challenges and Solutions in Innovation, Inclusivity and Community Building.
AULC conference 2024, 25-26 April, University of Exeter Read More »
The 24th Association of University Language Communities (AULC) annual conference will be hosted by the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Open Learning on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th April 2023.
AULC conference 2023, 27-28 April, the University of Edinburgh Read More »
The British Association for the Teaching Spanish in Higher Education (ELEUK) conference is taking place 16th – 17th June, in person, at The University of Warwick.
ENCUENTRO ELEUK 2022 – 16th & 17th June at The University of Warwick Read More »
The AULC has written a letter to the University of the Arts to protest the proposed closure of modern languages at UAL
The School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Leeds invites you to a CELT event entitled ‘Pedagogies of the Colloquial Register in Language Teaching & Learning’ which will take place on Teams on Wednesday the 9th of February at 14:05 – 15:55.
The 23rd Association of University Language Communities’ (AULC) annual conference will take place online Monday 25th – Wednesday 27th April 2022 and will be hosted by the University of Nottingham. The conference title is Envisage the Future: Reshaping Language Teaching and Learning.
We are pleased to announce a joint winter webinar, hosted by AULC and One Voice for Languages, will take place on Tuesday, 7 December 2021. at 8pm.
Joint winter webinar | What’s so special about language teaching? Read More »
Registration is now open for the University of Liverpool’s on-campus event Global Voices: an exploration and celebration of language, which takes place on Saturday 6th November, 9.30 – 16.00.
The 22nd Association of University Language Communities’ (AULC) annual conference will take place over 3 days (Mon 29th – Wed 31st March 2021).
AULC Annual Conference 2021 | Leeds University (online) | 29th – 31st March Read More »
The Annual General Meeting of the AULC will take place on the second day of the annual AULC Conference. All member institutions are invited to attend.
Annual General Meeting announcement: 30/03/2021, 12:00 Read More »
The University of Chester has joined AULC as our newest member institution, following the introduction of an institution wide language programme at the University.
University of Chester joins AULC as a new member institution Read More »
AULC is delighted to confirm that Aoife Ní Ghloinn, Director of The Centre for Irish Language Research, Teaching and Testing at the University of Maynooth, has been elected as the new Irish members representative.
Language learning vital to pandemic recovery, the British Academy and partners urge
British Academy announces new national languages strategy Read More »
