Charles Forsdick
@cforsdick.bsky.social
Drapers Professor of French, MMLL, Cambridge; Professorial Fellow, Murray Edwards College; Lead Fellow Languages, @britishacademy.bsky.social; Hon. Professor Centre for the Study of International Slavery (CSIS). Researches travel, empire, Haiti, comics..
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UK academia’s lack of language skills ‘imperils research integrity’ - Research Professional News
British Academy report calls for more recognition of linguistic ability, including in Research Excellence Framework
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UK academia’s lack of language skills ‘imperils research integrity’
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@katharinemurphy.bsky.social and I are very grateful to @cforsdick.bsky.social for wrapping up our takeover of @the-polyphony.bsky.social and for his generous words about the @readingbodies.bsky.social project 💙
@cforsdick.bsky.social concludes the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover and discusses how this project contributes to rethinking the medical humanities in ways that are simultaneously multilingual, transnational and translational.
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Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities
Charles Forsdick concludes the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses how this project on historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contributes to rethinking the medical …
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October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@katharinemurphy.bsky.social and I are very grateful to @cforsdick.bsky.social for wrapping up our takeover of @the-polyphony.bsky.social and for his generous words about the @readingbodies.bsky.social project 💙
Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities
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Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities
Charles Forsdick concludes the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses how this project on historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contributes to rethinking the medical …
thepolyphony.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities
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« Climates of Migration: Ecology, Literature and Propaganda » par Dominic Thomas
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Newsletter #615 - 22 octobre 2025 | Groupe de recherche Achac
Tribune : « Climates of Migration: Ecology, Literature and Propaganda » par Dominic Thomas
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« Climates of Migration: Ecology, Literature and Propaganda » par Dominic Thomas
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Is it only words?
Neil Mercer argues for more oracy in education
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Neil Mercer argues for more oracy in education
Check out this page: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Is it only words? | BPS
Neil Mercer (University of Cambridge) argues for more oracy in education.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Is it only words?
Neil Mercer argues for more oracy in education
Check out this page: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Neil Mercer argues for more oracy in education
Check out this page: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Looking forward to contributing to this seminar on 'Professional agency & language policy in the context of the Curriculum and Assessment Review' @camedfac.bsky.social on 30th Oct with Norbert Pachler, @wendya-b.bsky.social @zhu-hua.bsky.social @cforsdick.bsky.social and others. In-person & online ⬇️
October 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Looking forward to contributing to this seminar on 'Professional agency & language policy in the context of the Curriculum and Assessment Review' @camedfac.bsky.social on 30th Oct with Norbert Pachler, @wendya-b.bsky.social @zhu-hua.bsky.social @cforsdick.bsky.social and others. In-person & online ⬇️
Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages
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Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages - HEPI
This guest blog was kindly authored by Dr Charlotte Ryland, Director of the Translation Exchange. ‘Languages are not just a skillset, they’re a mindset.’ I still remember where I was when a teacher ...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages
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Rethinking language education: evidence for England’s Curriculum and Assessment Review
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Rethinking language education: evidence for England’s Curriculum and Assessment Review
Language education in school has significant transformational potential in terms of learners’ right to a well-rounded education and the enhancement of their life chances… (read more)
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October 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Rethinking language education: evidence for England’s Curriculum and Assessment Review
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Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’
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Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’
In 2004, language learning ceased to be compulsory at Key Stage 4, aged 14 to 16.
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October 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’
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Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England
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Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England
This Special Collection comprises contributions to the debate on languages across the school curriculum from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. It aims to support the strengthening...
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September 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England
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Of all the languages I know, Persian is the one that speaks directly to me and offers a new way of being
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Out of all the languages I know, Persian is the one that speaks directly to my soul and offers a new way of being | Shadi Khan Saif
I’ve found metaphors that mirror my own journey, phrases that feel like home and poetry that speaks directly to the soul
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August 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Of all the languages I know, Persian is the one that speaks directly to me and offers a new way of being
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Lost in translation - the case for learning modern foreign languages
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Lost in translation
Even in the language app era there are benefits to learning a foreign tongue
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August 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Lost in translation - the case for learning modern foreign languages
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Can universities help re-route languages pathways?
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Hope is in the air
Languages is in the news again. With an exciting plethora of projects and proposals that could take us forward. Here's one that has just qu...
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August 15, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Can universities help re-route languages pathways?
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@nickhillman.bsky.social
@ucflangs.bsky.social
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France acknowledges role in repression of Cameroon independence movements
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France acknowledges role in repression of Cameroon independence movements
Emmanuel Macron writes to Cameroonian president with findings of joint commission on country’s colonial past
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August 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
France acknowledges role in repression of Cameroon independence movements
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“For researchers, the ability to engage with a text in the original language is especially useful in situations where precise nuances—whether technical, legal [or] literary—really matter,” she [Megan Bowler, HEPI report author] said.
Collapse of languages has ‘knock-on effects’ for research
University-wide language provision increasingly important for international research capabilities, says Hepi report author. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
University-wide language provision increasingly important for international research capabilities, says Hepi report author. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
July 31, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“For researchers, the ability to engage with a text in the original language is especially useful in situations where precise nuances—whether technical, legal [or] literary—really matter,” she [Megan Bowler, HEPI report author] said.
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New Post: New report shows a catastrophic decline in formal language learning www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/n...
July 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
New Post: New report shows a catastrophic decline in formal language learning www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/n...
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Read UCFL's reaction to the new HEPI report on languages: university-council-for-languages.org/2025/07/31/n...
The recommendations for HE are particularly welcome, as are those around equality of access and social justice. @emmacayley.bsky.social @cforsdick.bsky.social
The recommendations for HE are particularly welcome, as are those around equality of access and social justice. @emmacayley.bsky.social @cforsdick.bsky.social
New HEPI report calls for urgent action on revitalising language learning
UCFL welcomes the release of a new HEPI report, sponsored by Duolingo, that highlights the urgent need for action to support and improve the uptake of languages at school level and beyond. It empha…
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July 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Read UCFL's reaction to the new HEPI report on languages: university-council-for-languages.org/2025/07/31/n...
The recommendations for HE are particularly welcome, as are those around equality of access and social justice. @emmacayley.bsky.social @cforsdick.bsky.social
The recommendations for HE are particularly welcome, as are those around equality of access and social justice. @emmacayley.bsky.social @cforsdick.bsky.social
The Guardian view on talking in class: the writers speaking up for oracy education are right
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The Guardian view on talking in class: the writers speaking up for oracy education are right | Editorial
Editorial: Verbal communication has always been crucial. But today more than ever, young people must be equipped for jobs that can’t be done by machines
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July 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The Guardian view on talking in class: the writers speaking up for oracy education are right
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How the riches of its graduates tied Edinburgh University to slavery
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How the riches of its graduates tied Edinburgh University to slavery
Alumni such as Robert Halliday Gunning helped the university raise the equivalent of tens of millions of pounds
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July 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
How the riches of its graduates tied Edinburgh University to slavery
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New agreement in Kanaky/New Caledonia that will lead to the creation of a 'State of New Caledonia' www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
Signature d’un accord pour la création d’un « État de la Nouvelle-Calédonie »
Les forces politiques de l’archipel ont signé, samedi 12 juillet au matin, un projet d’accord avec le gouvernement français, marquant leur engagement vers un nouveau statut du territoire. Une solutio…
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July 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
New agreement in Kanaky/New Caledonia that will lead to the creation of a 'State of New Caledonia' www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...