
About us

As a team of people who care about language and language learning, our outlook is by its nature international and diverse. We care about our students and colleagues, and realise that each brings their own experience and perspective. We're passionate about allowing you all to develop your own understanding and skills.
Professor Monika S. Schmid, Head of Department
Our facilities

We boast a range of specialist research and teaching facilities, including a premium multilingual conference suite and several labs for dedicated linguistics research.
Our spaces are available for both researchers and students to use. The conference suite is also available for commercial hire.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
As well as holding an Athena Swan Bronze award, we run many initiatives to ensure that we're a welcoming and open community. These include, but aren't limited to:
- a working group dedicated to neurodiversity and providing support where necessary
- sessions to help students adjust to academic life and culture
- opportunities for students to have their say on teaching through nominated student representatives.
We recognise that nurturing language, communication and culture play is integral to better understanding the world and our place within it.
