Talking Languages

Why do languages matter, and how can universities help to make the case for them to governments, schools, parents and pupils?

There is plenty of anecdotal evidence for the benefits of learning languages. Just ask any language speaker and they’ll reel off their…

Languages are in danger.

In late March, Prime Minister Boris Johnson uttered a phrase that made arguably the biggest change to life in the UK since the Second…

Ancient Egyptian was the language of Egypt for many millennia and its different forms are documented in different scripts, most famously…

Speaking German has been a passport to adventure and success for Nan Gibson, Chief Human Resources Officer at Lidl GB. Her language skills…

The British Council teaches English to people all around the world, and is an advocate for the value of language learning in the UK. We…

A primary source of inspiration behind this campaign was Creative Multilingualism, a recent flagship research programme within Humanities…

So far in this series, we have looked at why the study of languages is so important. But what about the way language is used? This affects…