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RSS feedBallot papers will shortly be sent to one named contact in each member institution and each member association during the week beginning 23 January.They are being asked to consult their constituencies before voting. For information on who will be sent the ballot paper in your HEI/association, please see the list below. The deadline for the return of ballot papers to the UCML administration c/o LLAS at Southampton is 17th February.
Following recent elections to the Steering Group and Executive Committee of UCML, and the election of the existing Hon Secretary to one of the Vice Chair positions, UCML is issuing a call for nominations to the Hon Secretary position.
09 December 2011:
Elections have been held for 2 Vice Chairs on the Steering Group and for 4 Executive Committee representatives and the results are published below.
Congratulations to all those successfully elected. But we would also like to thank all candidates warmly for their willingness to stand and to be involved with the important work UCML is doing on behalf of the sector. Thank you to everyone.
We shall be seeking nominations for the position of Hon Secretary on the Steering Group shortly.
With generous support from the British Academy, UCML is working on a project to demonstrate the value of the year abroad to UK graduates and to potential funding bodies. Working with ThirdYearAbroad.com,we are seeking to gather short reports from graduates – whether language specialists or not – on the importance that the year abroad has had for them, in terms of their skill set, their careers and their lives.
Ballot papers will be sent to one named contact in each member institution and each member association on Monday 14th November. They are being asked to consult their constituencies before voting. For information on who will be sent the ballot paper in your HEI/association, please see the list below. The deadline for the return of ballot papers to the UCML administration c/o LLAS at Southampton is 8th December.
07 Nov 2011: Following our recent call for nominations to the Steering Group and Executive Committee, UCML is proud to announce that it received a total of 20 nominations for vacancies in 9 constituencies! This demonstrates the depth of commitment and energy being shown by colleagues across the sector.
5th October 2011:
UCML has prepared and submitted its response to the latest HEFCE consultation on REF draft panel criteria and working methods. It was submitted by the Chair, Professor Jim Coleman, and prepared with considerable input from Dr Daniela La Penna (Executive Committee member) who has led UCML's REF working party and consulted widely with UCML's associate member subject associations.
10 October 2011: We are currently seeking nominations for vacancies on the UCML Steering Group and Executive Committee
The materials are now available on this site.
The 2011 survey, conducted by John Canning of LLAS on behalf of UCML, builds on the report conducted in 2010 and is available to download.
The Higher Education Academy has announced the winners of this year's prestigious National Teaching Fellowships. They include 2 linguists, one of whom is a member of the UCML Executive Committee
www.heacademy.ac.uk/news/detail/2011/ntfs_awards
This is your opportunity to inform the AHRC of your experience in International collaboration and feed into the on-going development of the AHRC's international activities.
1 April 2011: All UCML members are invited to comment on plans to change the UCML constitution. The new constitution will be adopted at the next plenary meeting and AGM.
UCML is lobbying about the issue of fees for study and work abroad in the context of the new fees being charged to undergraduates from 2012 entry.
A survey of non-specialist language learners in UK higher education 2010.
Peter Wilby of the New Statesman on the Danish TV thriller 'The Killing'
There are a number of consultations open, to which the wider public are invited to respond. UCML members are urged to respond to these to demonstrate engagement, whether as HE languages professionals, employers, parents, governors etc. Note the deadlines listed below.
University of Bristol, Friday 17th December, 1.30 to 4.30
University of Leeds, Friday 5th November, 1.30 to 4.30
Announcement 29th Nov 2010: the ballot papers have been counted and Prof Jim Coleman has been elected Chair of UCML.
Throughout 2010 Germany, Austria and Switzerland are running a major campaign to encourage young Britons to learn German. Under the motto Think German, the aim is to underline the value of German language skills through a number of high-profile events in
2010.
Supporters of the Diploma in Languages and International Communication have responded in a joint letter to comments made by Mike Tomlinson in the Times Educational Supplement, suggesting that Phase 4 Diplomas, of which this Diploma is one, would not offer enough subject knowledge for universities and that students were committed to A Levels.
The AHRC has now issued its call for bids under the scheme proposed a few months ago.
We are currently seeking a representatives for vacancies on the UCML executive for French Studies and Slavonic & East European Studies.
In 2009 a review was commissioned by HEFCE to investigate the health of modern foreign languages provision in higher education.
Congratulations to Pam Moores, Chair of UCML, who has been awarded the OBE for services to languages in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
The British Academy has recently commissioned a report from a team of external researchers at RAND Europe in response to concerns that UK-born and -educated researchers lack essential foreign language skills, which limits their ability to engage with research topics requiring advanced knowledge of languages other than English.
