Annual Event of the AUPHF+ at the University of Glasgow Friday 19 June

2026 Annual Event • Friday 19 June • Senate Room, Gilbert Scott Building, University of Glasgow • Registration is free and includes refreshments and lunch

9.00-9.30 Arrival and Refreshments

9.30-9.45 ‘The Association at 80. Welcome and Introduction’

Professor Stephen Forcer, University of Glasgow, AUPHF+ President

9.45-10.45 Working With Schools: Languages Breakfast and Youth Application of Language

With Erin Cruickshank, Undergraduate at St Andrews University

10.45-11.00 Break

11.00-12.00 Presentations and Round Table: French Graduates, Entrepreneurs & Advocates

Stacey Dingwall, Head of Policy and External Affairs (Scotland), Federation of Small Businesses

Lauren Durward, Alumni Engagement Coordinator, University of Glasgow

Olive Halsall, founder of Private Joke

12.00-1.00 Lunch

1.00-2.00 Keynote

‘Personnel Histories: Tracing Our Past, Reflecting on Our Future’

Professor Martin Hurcombe, University of Bristol, and former AUPHF+ President: ‘French and Francophone studies have become increasingly self-reflective and forward-looking, with many discussions focusing on the decolonization and decentring of teaching and research. Here, though, I want to look back at our history and more particularly the story of one of my predecessors. This story starts with a portrait wedged behind a photocopier in Bristol and takes us to postwar New York via the trenches of the First World War and Algiers. It’s the story of the discipline’s origins in the UK and its relationship to the geo-political upheavals of the early twentieth century. But it is also a possible point of reference for orientating ourselves in the present as these tectonic plates shift once again.’

2.00-2.15 Break

2.15-3.15 Learning and Teaching in French and Francophone Studies

Student Assessments, from Creative Design to Legal Requirements. With Dr Greg Kerr, Convenor of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Glasgow

3.15-3.30 Break

3.30-4.30 National Strategies for Languages

Professor Fiona Barclay, Chair, University Council For Languages Scotland

Professor Emma Cayley, Chair, University Council For Languages, UK

Professor Charles Forsdick, Lead Fellow for Languages, British Academy

Closing Remarks

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