The Advisory Committee for Languages sits within the Academy’s formal governance structure and reports to the Research and Higher Education Policy Committee. It meets to discuss languages policy work of the British Academy and provide advice and direction to the Higher Education and Research Policy team. The Committee also provides a forum for communicating the Academy’s work on languages, and for sharing information.
Chair: Professor Charles Forsdick FBA, Lead Fellow for Languages at the British Academy.
The secretary for this committee is Marta Kowalewska, Senior Policy Advisor (HE & Research) at the British Academy.
Membership
Professor Charles Forsdick FBA, University of Cambridge (Chair)
Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett, University of Cambridge
Professor Janice Carruthers, Queen’s University Belfast
Professor Claire Gorrara, Cardiff University
Vicky Gough, British Council
Professor Neil Kenny FBA, University of Oxford
Professor René Koglbauer, Association for Language Learning / Newcastle University
Professor Aditi Lahiri CBE FBA, University of Oxford
Fhiona Mackay, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages (SCILT)
Suzanne O’Farrell, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)
Professor Wen-chin Ouyang FBA, SOAS University of London
Lisa Panford, St Mary’s University
Dr Christopher Stone, University of Wolverhampton
Leilah Tott, Department for Education
Professor Li Wei FBA, Institute of Education, UCL
Katherine Warren, Arts and Humanities Research Council
John Worne, Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL)