Fransiska Louwagie
@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social
French and Francophone Studies, Jewish literature, memory studies, Holocaust, Rwanda, multilingualism - University of Aberdeen
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‘The recommendation to abandon the English Baccalaureate at GCSE would eliminate one of the few remaining safeguards for language provision in England’s schools and risk narrowing education for the next generation.’
Our response to the curriculum review
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-uks...
Our response to the curriculum review
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-uks...
The UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences, The British Academy responds to the final report of the curriculum and assessment review
The final report of the Curriculum and Assessment review, released today, raises important questions about how we maintain a balanced and effective education system that works for all. The UK’s nation...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
‘The recommendation to abandon the English Baccalaureate at GCSE would eliminate one of the few remaining safeguards for language provision in England’s schools and risk narrowing education for the next generation.’
Our response to the curriculum review
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-uks...
Our response to the curriculum review
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-uks...
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Off to see @lenniesaurus.bsky.social at @waywordabdn.bsky.social today, followed by @damianbarr.bsky.social . A fine way to spend a Sunday.
October 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Off to see @lenniesaurus.bsky.social at @waywordabdn.bsky.social today, followed by @damianbarr.bsky.social . A fine way to spend a Sunday.
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How can we design community engagement that’s ethical & culturally sensitive? 🌍
Join our Discipline+ Catalyst hybrid workshop for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers...
📅 Mon 13 Oct
📍Online & in-person (Aberdeen)
Details & register: tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social
Join our Discipline+ Catalyst hybrid workshop for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers...
📅 Mon 13 Oct
📍Online & in-person (Aberdeen)
Details & register: tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social
Community Engagement and Intercultural Sensitivity: Ethics, Design and Practice
Mon 13 Oct, 11:00 - 16:30 [BST]: Community engagement is an increasingly important aspect of academic practice, offering insightful pathways to both the impactful dissemination and collaborative creat...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
How can we design community engagement that’s ethical & culturally sensitive? 🌍
Join our Discipline+ Catalyst hybrid workshop for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers...
📅 Mon 13 Oct
📍Online & in-person (Aberdeen)
Details & register: tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social
Join our Discipline+ Catalyst hybrid workshop for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers...
📅 Mon 13 Oct
📍Online & in-person (Aberdeen)
Details & register: tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social
Looking forward!
🗨️ Come to celebrate the European Day of Languages at @ifecosse.bsky.social! There will be a Talk with Drs Fransiska Louwagie and Clémence O’Connor about Aberlangs, a project supporting multilingualism in Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire
25 Sep at @ifecosse.bsky.social
🎟️ www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend...
25 Sep at @ifecosse.bsky.social
🎟️ www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend...
September 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Looking forward!
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This Sunday, 11–4 in Aberdeen, Discovery Day is back 🚀. A full day of free family fun awaits – explore Ice Age adventures, see rockets launch, enjoy light shows, and meet a Marie Curie living statue.
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September 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This Sunday, 11–4 in Aberdeen, Discovery Day is back 🚀. A full day of free family fun awaits – explore Ice Age adventures, see rockets launch, enjoy light shows, and meet a Marie Curie living statue.
👉 www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
👉 www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
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What can you do with languages? Open doors to new worlds.
Broker peace or strike deals. Bring stories, science and sport to every corner of the globe. See history through fresh eyes. Turn strangers into friends. Connect, persuade, inspire. The better question? What can’t you do with languages?
Broker peace or strike deals. Bring stories, science and sport to every corner of the globe. See history through fresh eyes. Turn strangers into friends. Connect, persuade, inspire. The better question? What can’t you do with languages?
September 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
What can you do with languages? Open doors to new worlds.
Broker peace or strike deals. Bring stories, science and sport to every corner of the globe. See history through fresh eyes. Turn strangers into friends. Connect, persuade, inspire. The better question? What can’t you do with languages?
Broker peace or strike deals. Bring stories, science and sport to every corner of the globe. See history through fresh eyes. Turn strangers into friends. Connect, persuade, inspire. The better question? What can’t you do with languages?
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Get ready for an exciting September with Explorathon 2025! 🚀
www.explorathon.co.uk/news/2025-ne...
#MakingResearchReal
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social | @uofglasgow.bsky.social | @dundee.ac.uk | @insuhi.bsky.social
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#MakingResearchReal
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social | @uofglasgow.bsky.social | @dundee.ac.uk | @insuhi.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Get ready for an exciting September with Explorathon 2025! 🚀
www.explorathon.co.uk/news/2025-ne...
#MakingResearchReal
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social | @uofglasgow.bsky.social | @dundee.ac.uk | @insuhi.bsky.social
www.explorathon.co.uk/news/2025-ne...
#MakingResearchReal
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social | @uofglasgow.bsky.social | @dundee.ac.uk | @insuhi.bsky.social
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Time for a reality check: Britain cannot be a big player on the world stage unless we speak more languages | Sophia Smith Galer
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
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Time for a reality check: Britain cannot be a big player on the world stage unless we speak more languages | Sophia Smith Galer
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‘2023 polling for the @britishacademy.bsky.social found 71 per cent of Britons would support making language study compulsory in schools.’
Pleased to see this FT editorial makes the case for learning foreign languages
on.ft.com/4mP3rrf
Pleased to see this FT editorial makes the case for learning foreign languages
on.ft.com/4mP3rrf
Lost in translation
Even in the language app era there are benefits to learning a foreign tongue
on.ft.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
‘2023 polling for the @britishacademy.bsky.social found 71 per cent of Britons would support making language study compulsory in schools.’
Pleased to see this FT editorial makes the case for learning foreign languages
on.ft.com/4mP3rrf
Pleased to see this FT editorial makes the case for learning foreign languages
on.ft.com/4mP3rrf
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Hi, I'm a translator who works for a United Nations agency. As you know, every country needs trained multilinguals & it's impossible to become fluent in a language via ChatGPT. Or DuoLingo. Or Zoom classes. Fluency in a language requires immersion in its grammar & vocabulary, its history & culture.
August 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Hi, I'm a translator who works for a United Nations agency. As you know, every country needs trained multilinguals & it's impossible to become fluent in a language via ChatGPT. Or DuoLingo. Or Zoom classes. Fluency in a language requires immersion in its grammar & vocabulary, its history & culture.
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Was pleased to represent @ucflangs.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk today in conversation with Matt Frei about the crisis for languages & their importance for global Britain, following the @hepi-news.bsky.social report by Megan Bowler. Listen at c.10.50am: www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/...
Matt Frei on LBC UK - Catch Up | Global Player
Catch up on the last 7 days of shows from Matt Frei on LBC UK
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August 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Was pleased to represent @ucflangs.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk today in conversation with Matt Frei about the crisis for languages & their importance for global Britain, following the @hepi-news.bsky.social report by Megan Bowler. Listen at c.10.50am: www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/...
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Listen below to our @ucflangs.bsky.social Chair
@emmacayley.bsky.social, in conversation with Matt Frei
from LBC News, discussing a recent @hepi-news.bsky.social report on the current crisis in language learning in the UK and the urgent need to address this at policy level 👇🏼
@emmacayley.bsky.social, in conversation with Matt Frei
from LBC News, discussing a recent @hepi-news.bsky.social report on the current crisis in language learning in the UK and the urgent need to address this at policy level 👇🏼
Was pleased to represent @ucflangs.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk today in conversation with Matt Frei about the crisis for languages & their importance for global Britain, following the @hepi-news.bsky.social report by Megan Bowler. Listen at c.10.50am: www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/...
Matt Frei on LBC UK - Catch Up | Global Player
Catch up on the last 7 days of shows from Matt Frei on LBC UK
www.globalplayer.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Listen below to our @ucflangs.bsky.social Chair
@emmacayley.bsky.social, in conversation with Matt Frei
from LBC News, discussing a recent @hepi-news.bsky.social report on the current crisis in language learning in the UK and the urgent need to address this at policy level 👇🏼
@emmacayley.bsky.social, in conversation with Matt Frei
from LBC News, discussing a recent @hepi-news.bsky.social report on the current crisis in language learning in the UK and the urgent need to address this at policy level 👇🏼
We are Tall Ships ready! Come and join us in the Discovery Zone to discover Seaspeak and Aberdeen’s many languages. Find out how Doric is linked to the languages of our North Sea neighbours and explore our exhibit about local multilingualism! #TallShips @aberdeenuni @UoA_LLMVC
July 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We are Tall Ships ready! Come and join us in the Discovery Zone to discover Seaspeak and Aberdeen’s many languages. Find out how Doric is linked to the languages of our North Sea neighbours and explore our exhibit about local multilingualism! #TallShips @aberdeenuni @UoA_LLMVC
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📣Important podcast on the value of speaking other languages 👇
The conversation looks at how the languages we speak influence how we think & affect how we relate to others. It explores how multilingualism can foster social cohesion, support cognitive flexibility, & even boost economic opportunities.
The conversation looks at how the languages we speak influence how we think & affect how we relate to others. It explores how multilingualism can foster social cohesion, support cognitive flexibility, & even boost economic opportunities.
In the latest episode of the @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk's podcast series, Crossing Channels, Benjamin Pitt & I discuss the value of speaking other languages: pod.fo/e/2fb7e1. @benpitt.bsky.social explains how language & culture shape the way people think & the value of cultural/linguistic diversity
Crossing Channels: What is the value of speaking other languages?
In this episode, Richard Westcott is joined by Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Benjamin Pitt to explore a big, everyday question: what is the value of speaking other languages? The conversation looks at ho...
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July 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
📣Important podcast on the value of speaking other languages 👇
The conversation looks at how the languages we speak influence how we think & affect how we relate to others. It explores how multilingualism can foster social cohesion, support cognitive flexibility, & even boost economic opportunities.
The conversation looks at how the languages we speak influence how we think & affect how we relate to others. It explores how multilingualism can foster social cohesion, support cognitive flexibility, & even boost economic opportunities.
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A great afternoon in Westminster thanks to the APPG ML. We presented our collective response to the Curriculum & Assessment Review: university-council-for-languages.org/2025/06/23/c... Was pleased to be there to represent @ucflangs.bsky.social with @wendya-b.bsky.social & @marcecazzoli.bsky.social
Response to the Interim Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR).
In the interim report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review of March 2025 , the subject ‘Languages’ was classified as requiring Category 1 intervention, i.e., a subject currently deem…
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July 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A great afternoon in Westminster thanks to the APPG ML. We presented our collective response to the Curriculum & Assessment Review: university-council-for-languages.org/2025/06/23/c... Was pleased to be there to represent @ucflangs.bsky.social with @wendya-b.bsky.social & @marcecazzoli.bsky.social
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A wonderful day of collegiality and sharing good practice for the @ucflangs.bsky.social Summer Plenary in the splendid surroundings of the @ilcs.bsky.social Spreading the good news about languages & optimism for our collective future. Thanks to our speakers and to all who made the effort to attend 💐
July 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A wonderful day of collegiality and sharing good practice for the @ucflangs.bsky.social Summer Plenary in the splendid surroundings of the @ilcs.bsky.social Spreading the good news about languages & optimism for our collective future. Thanks to our speakers and to all who made the effort to attend 💐
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Our @ucflangs.bsky.social Summer Plenary today has a range of crucially important panels on current developments in languages provision in HE.
First up: David Clarke (Cardiff University) & Derek Hird (Lancaster University) on Modern Languages in a Global Humanities Landscape.
First up: David Clarke (Cardiff University) & Derek Hird (Lancaster University) on Modern Languages in a Global Humanities Landscape.
July 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Our @ucflangs.bsky.social Summer Plenary today has a range of crucially important panels on current developments in languages provision in HE.
First up: David Clarke (Cardiff University) & Derek Hird (Lancaster University) on Modern Languages in a Global Humanities Landscape.
First up: David Clarke (Cardiff University) & Derek Hird (Lancaster University) on Modern Languages in a Global Humanities Landscape.
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With my amazing colleagues (@nadiakiwan.bsky.social
@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social @babsbleon.bsky.social ky.social & others not on @bsky.app), I'm greatly looking fwd to Sept start of our MLitt in European & Latin American Literatures & Cultures @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social! youtu.be/DhW2z-ZIRio?...
@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social @babsbleon.bsky.social ky.social & others not on @bsky.app), I'm greatly looking fwd to Sept start of our MLitt in European & Latin American Literatures & Cultures @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social! youtu.be/DhW2z-ZIRio?...
June 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
With my amazing colleagues (@nadiakiwan.bsky.social
@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social @babsbleon.bsky.social ky.social & others not on @bsky.app), I'm greatly looking fwd to Sept start of our MLitt in European & Latin American Literatures & Cultures @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social! youtu.be/DhW2z-ZIRio?...
@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social @babsbleon.bsky.social ky.social & others not on @bsky.app), I'm greatly looking fwd to Sept start of our MLitt in European & Latin American Literatures & Cultures @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social! youtu.be/DhW2z-ZIRio?...
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Schools shd have been working to improve language teaching, not opting out bcos kids found it 'too hard'. I was able to do French, Latin, Ancient Greek & some Italian in state schools 40-odd yrs ago. Sadly, language learning is increasingly the preserve of privileged minority in private schools.
June 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Schools shd have been working to improve language teaching, not opting out bcos kids found it 'too hard'. I was able to do French, Latin, Ancient Greek & some Italian in state schools 40-odd yrs ago. Sadly, language learning is increasingly the preserve of privileged minority in private schools.
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Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt
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👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt
👉Share the petition with family/friends/networks.
👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
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Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
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May 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt
👉Share the petition with family/friends/networks.
👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt
👉Share the petition with family/friends/networks.
👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
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🎓 Thinking of a PhD in the Arts & Humanities?
We’ve got five fully-funded PhD opportunities open now — but they’re closing fast! ⏳
🔗 Full details & how to apply: www.sgsah.ac.uk/prospective/...
📅 Many deadlines in 1 week – don’t miss out!
#PhDOpportunity #SGSAH #FundedPhD #PhDAlert
We’ve got five fully-funded PhD opportunities open now — but they’re closing fast! ⏳
🔗 Full details & how to apply: www.sgsah.ac.uk/prospective/...
📅 Many deadlines in 1 week – don’t miss out!
#PhDOpportunity #SGSAH #FundedPhD #PhDAlert
May 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🎓 Thinking of a PhD in the Arts & Humanities?
We’ve got five fully-funded PhD opportunities open now — but they’re closing fast! ⏳
🔗 Full details & how to apply: www.sgsah.ac.uk/prospective/...
📅 Many deadlines in 1 week – don’t miss out!
#PhDOpportunity #SGSAH #FundedPhD #PhDAlert
We’ve got five fully-funded PhD opportunities open now — but they’re closing fast! ⏳
🔗 Full details & how to apply: www.sgsah.ac.uk/prospective/...
📅 Many deadlines in 1 week – don’t miss out!
#PhDOpportunity #SGSAH #FundedPhD #PhDAlert
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Say hello to our new SGSAH Blogger, Emma!
Her first post is now live—take a look👇
sgsahblog.com/2025/05/07/i...
@erdorfman.bsky.social #SGSAH #PhDLife
Her first post is now live—take a look👇
sgsahblog.com/2025/05/07/i...
@erdorfman.bsky.social #SGSAH #PhDLife
Introducing Emma Dorfman, SGSAH’s New Resident Blogger
This week, new resident blogger Emma Dorfman introduces herself as an interdisciplinary researcher and self-proclaimed theatre nerd who is no stranger to putting down new roots time and time again&…
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May 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Say hello to our new SGSAH Blogger, Emma!
Her first post is now live—take a look👇
sgsahblog.com/2025/05/07/i...
@erdorfman.bsky.social #SGSAH #PhDLife
Her first post is now live—take a look👇
sgsahblog.com/2025/05/07/i...
@erdorfman.bsky.social #SGSAH #PhDLife
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Grad Program: Online PgCert Heritage and Memory Studies (University of Aberdeen)
Registration open; this online qualification combines two core modules and can be started in either Sept or Jan (it is also possible to sign up for standalone modules). #MaterialCulture on.abdn.ac.uk/degrees/heri...
Registration open; this online qualification combines two core modules and can be started in either Sept or Jan (it is also possible to sign up for standalone modules). #MaterialCulture on.abdn.ac.uk/degrees/heri...
Heritage and Memory Studies - Online PgCert
Earn a postgraduate qualification in Heritage and Memory Studies, 100% online. Learn flexibly, with online courses that fit around full-time work.
on.abdn.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Grad Program: Online PgCert Heritage and Memory Studies (University of Aberdeen)
Registration open; this online qualification combines two core modules and can be started in either Sept or Jan (it is also possible to sign up for standalone modules). #MaterialCulture on.abdn.ac.uk/degrees/heri...
Registration open; this online qualification combines two core modules and can be started in either Sept or Jan (it is also possible to sign up for standalone modules). #MaterialCulture on.abdn.ac.uk/degrees/heri...
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📚 Theorising Space, Place and Belonging
📍Aberdeen Uni or Online 💻
📅 19th May, 11am-3pm
Workshop for PGRs working on #urbanenvironments, experiences of space & place, #EuropeanHistory & culture, and related fields.
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@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social @herrehrig.bsky.social
📍Aberdeen Uni or Online 💻
📅 19th May, 11am-3pm
Workshop for PGRs working on #urbanenvironments, experiences of space & place, #EuropeanHistory & culture, and related fields.
➡️ tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social @herrehrig.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
📚 Theorising Space, Place and Belonging
📍Aberdeen Uni or Online 💻
📅 19th May, 11am-3pm
Workshop for PGRs working on #urbanenvironments, experiences of space & place, #EuropeanHistory & culture, and related fields.
➡️ tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social @herrehrig.bsky.social
📍Aberdeen Uni or Online 💻
📅 19th May, 11am-3pm
Workshop for PGRs working on #urbanenvironments, experiences of space & place, #EuropeanHistory & culture, and related fields.
➡️ tockify.com/sgsah/detail...
@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social @herrehrig.bsky.social