CercleS

As the national association representing the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, AULC is member association of CercleS – the confederation of language centres in higher education in Europe (see www.cercles.org).

Institutional Members and Institutional Associate Members of AULC can choose to also be members of CercleS, through payment of a £90 supplementary annual membership fee.  At present 40 AULC members are also members of CercleS. Comprised of 14 national associations representing 15 countries, and with a number of individual Associate members, CercleS  has a membership of over 370 higher education institutions.  CercleS operates in a similar manner to AULC, with a core Executive Committee, and a Coordinating Committee made up of the respective presidents of the national associations.

CercleS organises a bi-annual conference, and publishes the journal Language Learning in Higher Education (LLHE), with two issues per year.  Member institutions of CercleS have free access to this journal, preferential access to the conference, the opportunity to participate in a variety of Focus Groups, workshops and webinars, and access to the members area of the CercleS website. . There is a monthly newsletter, so we encourage colleagues to create a CercleS account to receive it. If you would like your institution to join Cercles please contact us here.