Language Matters: The Supply of and Demand for UK Born and Educated Academic Researchers with Skills in Languages Other Than English. Technical Report

Autor/inn/en	Levitt, Ruth; Janta, Barbara; Shehabi, Ala'a; Jones, Daniel; Valentini, Elizabeth
Institution	RAND Europe
Titel	Language Matters: The Supply of and Demand for UK Born and Educated Academic Researchers with Skills in Languages Other Than English. Technical Report
Quelle	(2009), (94 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Supply and Demand; Social Sciences; Language Skills; Researchers; Humanities; Second Languages; Foreign Countries; Second Language Learning; Educational Trends; Educational Policy; Research Tools; Higher Education; Evidence; College Faculty; Case Studies; Personnel Needs; Doctoral Programs; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bedarfsplanung; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Researcher; Forscher; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Second language; Zweitsprache; Ausland; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Bildungsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Forschungsmittel; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Evidenz; Fakultät; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Personnel requirement; Personalbedarf; Doktorandenprogramm; Großbritannien
Abstract	This report discusses 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. It investigates evidence for the role of language skills in academic research in the humanities and social sciences in UK universities. The study generated a number of findings about the relationship between skills in languages other than English and postgraduate research in the humanities and social sciences in the UK. Findings are summarized in tabular format, including strength of supporting evidence, and approximate fit of evidenced findings to the organisations who have responsibilities for/or interests in those issues. The authors advocate further investigation in relation to: (1) evidence on demand for researchers with language skills; and (2) evidence about the causes and consequences of any mismatches between supply and demand. Three appendices are included: (1) Methodology; (2) Persons and organisations consulted; and (3) Languages needed for PhD research. (Contains 63 footnotes, 13 figures, and 16 tables.) [This report was prepared for the British Academy.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10