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Poor research cited for low language take-up

Professor Hilary Footitt (Languages and European Studies) suggests the decline in the popularity of languages being studied at university could be blamed on the context of a national languages strategy that has made languages optional, rather than on the failure of universities to develop language research. Professor Hilary Footitt (Languages and European Studies) suggests the decline in the popularity of languages being studied at university could be blamed on the context of a national languages strategy that has made languages optional, rather than on the failure of universities to develop language research.