Leading UK universities are looking at merging their language courses to prevent department closures due to a sharp fall in the number of young people studying the subjects.
The N8 consortium of research-led universities in the north of England, which includes Durham, Lancaster, Manchester and Newcastle, has held discussions over closer collaboration to share resources and best practice amid funding concerns caused by a decline in language students.
Professor Nigel Harkness, deputy vice-chancellor at Newcastle University, told the Financial Times that the eight institutions had begun “initial scoping” of their modern languages offerings, highlighting the absence of a national body overseeing subject provision across UK universities.
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