Signatories

Here is a list of the associations, organisations, groups and individuals who agree with our Founding Statement and have indicated their commitment to bringing language education into closer alignment with contemporary needs and openings.

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Subject associations:

Association for Low Countries Studies (ALCS)

Association for Language Learning (ALL)

British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)

British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP)

National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC)

National Association for the Teaching of English & Community Languages to Adults (NATECLA, Island of Ireland, Wales, Scotland & England)

National Centre for Learning Welsh

Northern Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NATESOL)

National Association of Language Advisers (NALA)

Research & Practice in Adult Literacies (RaPAL)

UK Association for Language Testing & Assessment (UKALTA)

Organisations, departments, schools and groups:

The Bell Foundation

Centre for Applied Linguistics, UCL

Centre for Language, Culture and Learning, Goldsmiths, University of London

Centre for Language Discourse & Communication, King’s College London

English for Action (EFA London)

Jacari

Migrant English Support Hub (MESH, Yorkshire & Humber)

Westminster Forum for Language and Linguistics, University of Westminster

International Centre for Intercultural Studies (ICIS), UCL Institute of Education

World of Languages & Languages of the World (WoLLoW)

Department of Languages & Applied Linguistics, Open University

Ambarabà Community Language School

Stephen Spender Trust

The Queen’s College Translation Exchange

International House London

Individuals:

Dr Petros Karatsareas, University of Westminster

Dr Ben Beaumont, Trinity College London

Dr Ian Cushing, Manchester Metropolitan University

Prof Yaron Matras, Founder, Multilingual Manchester & Manchester City of Languages

Dr Eszter Tarsoly, UCL School of Slavonic & Eastern European Studies

Dr Jelena Calic, UCL School of Slavonic & Eastern European Studies

Dr Conrad Heyns, Goldsmiths

Dr Rob Peutrell

Dr Declan Flanagan

Dr John Sutter, Learning Unlimited

Prof Charles Forsdick, University of Cambridge

Prof Yongcan Liu, University of Cambridge

Dr Emma Brooks, UCL Institute of Education

Dr Damian Fitzpatrick, University of the Arts, London

Prof Julia Snell, University of Leeds

Dr Simon Coffey, King’s College London

Dr Christina Richardson, King’s College London

Prof Graham Turner, British Deaf Association

Dr Carmen Silvestri, Institute of Education, University of Reading

Prof Ros Mitchell, University of Southampton

Prof Constant Leung, King’s College London

Dr Melanie Cooke, King’s College London & English for Action

Dr Mike Chick, University of South Wales

Prof Ben Rampton, King’s College London & English for Action

Fiona Ranson, NALDIC

Ramona Gonczol, PROLang & SSEES, UCL

Prof John Gray, UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics

Prof Miguel Pérez-Milans, UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics

Dr Francesca Stella, University of Glasgow

Prof Christina Hedman, Stockholm University

Prof Rachel Gilmour, Queen Mary University of London

Camilla Smith, UCL Institute of Education

Stephanie Oswald, Leicester University

Mark Reid, UCL Institute of Education

Trevor Mutton, University of Oxford

Dr Yvonne Foley, University of Edinburgh

Dr Viktoria Magne, University of West London

Prof Katrin Kohl, University of Oxford

Prof Lynda Taylor, University of Bedfordshire

Neil Sheldon, Teaching Statistics Trust

John Claughton, WoLLoW

Verna Brandford, UCL Institute of Education

Prof Wendy Ayres-Bennett, University of Cambridge

Prof Charles Burdett, School of Advanced Studies, University of London