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Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #4

19 Oct 2016

In the fourth of a new series of comment pieces written by linguists at Cambridge, Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Professor of French Philology and Linguistics...

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Who wants to talk?

Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #3

13 Oct 2016

In the third of a new series of comment pieces written by linguists at Cambridge, Jocelyn Wyburd, Director of the University’s Language Centre and...

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Who wants to talk?

Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #2

07 Oct 2016

In the second of a new series of comment pieces written by linguists at Cambridge, Dr Heather Inwood , Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Chinese...

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Who wants to talk?

Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain

26 Sep 2016

In the first of a new series of comment pieces written by linguists at Cambridge, Sarah Colvin, Schröder Professor of German and Head of the...

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Opinion: Translation: a bridge between languages that can foster cultural equality

09 Jun 2016

Marcus Tomalin (Department of Engineering) discusses the role of translation in social inequality and social justice.

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Opinion: How the British military became a champion for language learning

06 Jun 2016

Wendy Ayres-Bennett (Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics) discusses the impact of the military's new language policy.

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Urgent action needed to close UK languages gap

24 May 2016

The UK Government needs to urgently adopt a new, comprehensive languages strategy if it is to keep pace with its international competitors and reduce...

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