Dr Leanne Henderson
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Lecturer in Education Studies @QUBSSESW. Languages, assessment, children's rights & YP's trajectories and transitions. 🏳️🌈🇪🇺 Personal views, rt≠endorsement
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined January 2016
📚 Our Languages in UK Education collection continues—with a new series of opinion articles. In this opening piece, @johnworne calls for a shift in how we value language skills in the UK. 🧵👇 https://t.co/KFMJnVENdP
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Dave Sayers @DaveJSayers and Leanne Henderson @LeanneHend are the new co-convenors of BAAL Language Policy SIG. Congrats on your new role!
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URGENT!! PLEASE CIRCULATE AS WIDELY AS YOU CAN
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The postface by @WendyBennett21 & @charlesforsdick in the Languages in UK Education special collection highlights key themes shaping the future of language education in the UK. What are the main takeaways? 🧵👇 https://t.co/CRM1ePKWSY
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Our first #LanguageTrendsScotland report launches @ifecosse today. Education experts & language champions will explore the future for modern languages in Scotland. Read the report now: 🔗 https://t.co/rpRF9E3LCb
#ScotlandLovesLanguages
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The last two policy papers in our series are now out. First, one on policy concerning the Welsh language by @DaveJSayers @charlesforsdick @LSPjournal
🌍 How can Wales promote the Welsh language without unintended consequences like inequality and social division? @DaveJSayers proposes a "Doughnut Language Policy" to balance linguistic vitality with broader social wellbeing. 🧵👇 https://t.co/2z1YAFaJfE
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And then one on how deaf education in the UK could be transformed. But there is more to come! Watch out for a postface by myself and @charlesforsdick and then some follow-up opinion pieces @LSPjournal @LeanneHend @em_humps
How can we transform deaf education in the UK? A new policy paper by Rob Wilks & Rachel O’Neill proposes integrating British Sign Language (BSL) using lessons from Welsh & Gaelic-medium education. 🧵👇 https://t.co/Sgf2BL02WA
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🏆 We are about to begin the International School Award ceremony here in Westminster. Let's #CelebrateISA25 and all the inspiring educators who are making a positive impact in their schools through their dedication to international education.
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How can we transform deaf education in the UK? A new policy paper by Rob Wilks & Rachel O’Neill proposes integrating British Sign Language (BSL) using lessons from Welsh & Gaelic-medium education. 🧵👇 https://t.co/Sgf2BL02WA
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🌍 How can Wales promote the Welsh language without unintended consequences like inequality and social division? @DaveJSayers proposes a "Doughnut Language Policy" to balance linguistic vitality with broader social wellbeing. 🧵👇 https://t.co/2z1YAFaJfE
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🎄 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from us at Languages, Society & Policy Journal! 🌟 We look forward to receiving your Policy Papers, Dialogues, or Opinion Articles in 2025. More details about submission guidelines, are available on our website: https://t.co/fBMpP907gG 🎆
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Check out @EYFOLNE 's 2025 Festival programme - *all* UK schools and community schools can participate in a hoste of online events, with in-person events open to all in the NE of England: https://t.co/cfCu9nApv1 Why not make contact and participate, wherever you are based.
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⬇️ Important series of new papers for #LanguagePolicyUK being published in @LSPjournal Worth checking their website regularly (and bookmark this for your Christmas reading!) https://t.co/nGjQLh3WFn
It's Tuesday! and @charlesforsdick and I are delighted to present two more new papers in our @LSPjournal collection on Languages education in the UK. The first is by Emma Marsden and Rachel Hawkes looking at lessons from MFL GCSE reforms in England.
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Thrilled to announce a new @Researchirel project! It will bring together researchers (sociolinguists, minority language scholars, computational linguists) to tackle dis/misinformation from a multilingual perspective @FuJoMedia @AdaptCentre @DCU_Research @brendanspillane
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And the second by Cecilia Gialdini & Nataša Pantić considers how EAL services to support inclusion of migrant students can be improved @LSPjournal @charlesforsdick We hope you are finding plenty of interest in the collection!
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It's Tuesday! and @charlesforsdick and I are delighted to present two more new papers in our @LSPjournal collection on Languages education in the UK. The first is by Emma Marsden and Rachel Hawkes looking at lessons from MFL GCSE reforms in England.
📚 How can GCSE reforms make language learning more effective, accessible, and relevant? A new policy paper by Marsden & Hawkes explores the 2026 changes to French, German, and Spanish GCSEs. https://t.co/v6WvaI0Otn
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🌍 How can schools better include migrant students? A new paper by @CeciliaGialdini & Nataša Pantić @EdinburghUni rethinks EAL services in Scotland, calling for teacher collaboration and embracing diversity as the norm. https://t.co/KYD4klJaBQ🧵👇
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📚 How can GCSE reforms make language learning more effective, accessible, and relevant? A new policy paper by Marsden & Hawkes explores the 2026 changes to French, German, and Spanish GCSEs. https://t.co/v6WvaI0Otn
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Hugely important APPG ML meeting this week on Languages Teacher Recruitment with views from @ALL4language, teacher trainers and young trainee/early career teachers. So many obstacles in the way of effective recruitment - only 43% of target reached this year! 1/3
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Apply for our our Research Fellow Register before Thursday 19 December to get involved in some of our upcoming funded research projects. For salary and further details visit: https://t.co/466OG8tses
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