An increase in secondary school pupils learning Arabic, Mandarin, French or Spanish could boost the UK economy by billions of pounds over 30 years, according to new research. The study warns that the ...

The UK is a melting pot of languages, with citizens and residents from across the globe residing in the country. However, popular European languages like German or French are not among the most ...

The UK’s place as a destination market for English language courses has been in flux for a while – to say the least. Since the country left the European Union, Ireland and Malta have especially ...

When Keir Starmer said: “If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English”, it laid bare an assumption – that English is the only language that counts in the UK. This view not only overlooks ...

A new Higher Education Policy Institute report has lambasted the UK’s current approach to learning foreign languages, revealing that just 32% of 16-to-30-year olds in the UK feel confident reading and ...

The decline of languages education in England is a familiar and depressing story. Take-up of French at GCSE is down from 25% in 2009-10 to 18% in 2024-25. German has halved in the same period from 10% ...