Megan Bowler

Thinking Strategically Seminar Series Bringing together researchers to discuss issues of major concern and to ensure joined-up action for the future development of the study of languages and cultures.

Please do sign up to join in our online conversation event on 21st November, 12 noon, about the recent report on language education in the UK from the @hepi-news.bsky.social by @meganlbowler.bsky.social, sponsored by #Duolingo Thanks to @ilcs.bsky.social
for hosting ilcs.sas.ac.uk/research-pol...

Time for a reality check: Britain cannot be a big player on the world stage unless we speak more languages | Sophia Smith Galer For all the talk of addressing the problem, things have got worse. Which is criminal when there is so much we could do, says journalist Sophia Smith Galer

The Guardian asked me to write about multilingualism in the UK. You don’t need to ask me twice! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hands in air and speech bulb saying 'hello' in different languages

New Post: New report shows a catastrophic decline in formal language learning www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/n...

A reminder of the ‘Greek Comedy and Education’ conference, starting tomorrow! (Timings are BST).

Popped into the art gallery before the SCS (from Cy Twombly’s Fifty Days at Iliam)