We at AUPHF+ are opening a new round of small grants! Five awards up to £500 are available.

Apply now and share widely:
www.auphf.ac.uk/news-events

Are you a post-primary teacher in Ireland? Would you like to build on your skills to teach French too?

We are delighted to have been awarded Department of Education funding to make this possible from this September!

More info:
www.tcd.ie/French/cours...

The Forum is organised with the support of @auphf.bsky.social , the @frenchstudies.bsky.social and the Association of French Teachers in Further and Higher Education in the UK (FLEUR).

Thanks to the speakers too @profnatedwards.bsky.social Chloé Laborde, Francis Peppett Vincent Latour @irishashyt.bsky.social Julie Laisne Bradley Stephens Segolene Armour ...more to be confirmed soon!

Organised by @fhmjh.bsky.social Stéphanie Demont, Louisiane Mailly @charlottefaucher.bsky.social and the Higher Education, Research and Innovation Department of the French Embassy in the United Kingdom @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social and their team Anne-Lise Gallay and Florence Ferran.

The sessions aim to foster exchanges between secondary and higher education teachers. We will touch on French as a Professional asset; creativity in teaching and assessment; teaching translation; #AI; mobility and exchange between the UK and France...

The School of Modern Languages and the department of French at University of Bristol is pleased to be hosting the Third Regional Forum on the Future of French and Francophone Studies
⌛ Friday 27 June 2025
🎟️ Free and open to all; book a ticket:

www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...

Stephen Forcer shares this open letter as AUPHF+ President to express our grave concern regarding the proposed cuts to Modern Languages at Cardiff University and to other subjects:
secure.toolkitfiles.co.uk/clients/3412...

Please share with your students!

The School of Modern Languages and Cultures @languagesdurham.bsky.social and the Centre for Foreign Language Study at @durham-university.bsky.social are delighted to launch their third creative writing contest in French on the theme of “La justice”.

New report from @britishacademy.bsky.social on language skills & capabilities in the UK research base

Multilingual capabilities are integral to research excellence, impact and integrity

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

I am so delighted to announce that we are #hiring! A two year full-time teaching and research post in French 🇫🇷 Come and join our big and beautiful School of Languages, Cultures and Societies in leafy Leeds! Please post to your networks. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... @lcsleeds.bsky.social

'Making Languages Research Accessible to Policymakers'

Barbara Burns talks to Olivia (Liv) Glaze, MHRA Languages and Policy Postdoc Researcher, and her mentors Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Charles Forsdick, about the project linked to the 'Languages and Policy' report.

👉 www.mhra.org.uk/news/2025/04...

📖 Join acclaimed author Clara Dupont-Monod in conversation with translator Ben Faccini as they discuss And the Stones Cry Out (Hachette UK) —shortlisted for the Academie Goncourt and winner of the Prix Femina.

📅 5 March - 19.00 at the French Institute
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...

Learn more about why modern language degrees at Cardiff University should be saved at www.savecardifflanguages.org

#Languages #SaveCardiffLanguages #CardiffUniversity #Japanese #JapaneseStudies #French #German #Italian #Portuguese #Chinese #Spanish #Translation #TranslationStudies

#CPD opportunity for #MFL teachers of French. Please spread the word!
Join us for the UK French Forum, on 27 June 2025, organised with the French embassy. We are currently looking for speakers and will open registrations soon. #savethedate
#langchat
#multilingual
#languagelearning
#mflbluesky

Gentle reminder of the open CFP for the annual @sfps.bsky.social conference, on Fanon at 100, happening in the Senate House 5-6th December. It is particularly special to be welcoming my UCC colleague @maybenansi.bsky.social as one of our keynotes. We can’t wait to read your abstracts!

Add us, please :)

What does AUPHF+ do❓
🌟Membership
🌟Partnerships
🌟Consulting re needs & strategy,
🌟Promotion of French and francophone studies
🌟Funding & Training
For more, see:
Www.Auphf.ac.uk

📢 Changes in the AUPHF+ committee📢
Welcome to:
President Prof Stephen Forcer
Deputy Prof Bradley Stephens
Treasurer Dr Rebecca Dixon
🌟
Many thanks to Martin Hurcombe, Marion Schmid & Margaret Topping for their excellent work in these roles!