AULC annual conference 2015

AULC Annual Conference is happening at the University of Cambridge this year.

Twitter hash #AULC2015

Jocelyn Wyburd, director of the language centre, told us that it was the conference with the highest number of delegates (120).

Professor Sir Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge

Speaks of the "added value" offered to university students. We are helping them establishing a position in the new globalized world.
Tells us about his experience of working in Africa in cancer research. There were no words in the languages. He had to engage with staff there. Importance of African languages (and happy to know I develop this in my library at Oxford, "the other place")
Look at a culture in its own context and its own language: invaluable. Language is key.
"Language matters. You matter"