AUPHF (Association of University Professors of French & Heads of Departments of French in Universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland)
To all Professors of French & Heads of Department of French or their representatives
What is happening to French Studies?
- falling recruitment of undergraduates; threat to departments?
- drop of A level uptake; what will AS level bring?
- post-Nuffield development of other languages: the outlook for French
- rebanding into Band C; will departments feel the benefit?
- is RAE good for us?
- Inter-HEI collaboration: a way forward?
AUPHF will run two events in 2002
1) A Workshop for French Heads & Heads of Secondary Language Colleges (February)
2) A Post-RAE mise au point: Where are we now and where are we going? (May)
How can you get the most out of AHRB?
- Research Grant Scheme: how to maximise your success
- Research Leave Scheme: criteria and definitions
- Resource Enhancement Scheme, Research Centres, Innovation Scheme
- Profile of Panel 5 and inter-panel matters
- The future of the AHRB
Put your questions at the AGM to Dr Michael Jubb, Director of Programmes & Prof Naomi Segal, Convenor of Panel 5 (Modern Languages & Linguistics)
The AUPHF Annual General Meeting 2001
is being held on Saturday 17 March 11 am to 3 pm
in room 2.01, the Cruciform Building, UCL, Gower Street
opposite the UCL main entrance
Tubes: Warren Street, Euston Square, Russell Square
Lunch provided at a charge of £10
PRESIDENT: Professor Naomi Segal, The University of Reading
Department of French Studies, FoLSS, Whiteknights PO Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA
tel: 0118 931 8128/8121
fax: 0118 931 8122
email: n.d.segal@reading.ac.uk
HON. SECRETARY: Professor Alexandra Hughes, University of Birmingham
Department of French Studies, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT
tel: 0121 414 5967
fax 0121 414 5966
email: a.hughes@bham.ac.uk
HON. TREASURER: Professor Bill Marshall, University of Glasgow
Department of French, Modern Languages Building, 16 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QL
tel: 0141 330 4590
fax: 0141 330 4234
email: b.marshall@french.arts.gla.ac.uk