Language matters

The supply of and demand for UK born and educated academic researchers with skills in languages other than English

Ruth Levitt, Barbara Janta, Alaa Shehabi, Daniel Jones, Elizabeth Valentini

ResearchPublished Jun 26, 2009

This report discussed concerns that the future of the UK's world class research base might be threatened by the decline in modern language learning and calls for a series of measures by Universities and Government bodies to address this danger.

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  • Availability: Web-Only
  • Year: 2009
  • Pages: 94
  • Document Number: TR-657-BA

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Levitt, Ruth, Barbara Janta, Alaa Shehabi, Daniel Jones, and Elizabeth Valentini, Language matters: The supply of and demand for UK born and educated academic researchers with skills in languages other than English. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2009. https://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR657.html.
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