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Megan Bowler

@meganlbowler.bsky.social
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Oxford Classics DPhil and Lecturer, mostly overthinking Ancient Greek comedy and early ideas about etymology | Languages education policy and outreach | she/αὐτή/ea

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Higher Education Policy Institute @hepi-news.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New Post: New HEPI Policy Note: ‘Language GCSEs in English schools: a postcode lottery?’ www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/09/17/n...
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New HEPI Policy Note: 'Language GCSEs in English schools: a postcode lottery?' - HEPI
Where a pupil goes to school can have a profound impact on whether they get the opportunity to study a language. New HEPI analysis reveals stark geographical and socio-economic inequalities in…
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Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Please do sign up to join in our online conversation event on 21st November, 12 noon, about the recent report on language education in the UK from the @hepi-news.bsky.social by @meganlbowler.bsky.social, sponsored by #Duolingo Thanks to @ilcs.bsky.social for hosting ilcs.sas.ac.uk/research-pol...
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Thinking Strategically Seminar Series
Bringing together researchers to discuss issues of major concern and to ensure joined-up action for the future development of the study of languages and cultures.
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Sophia Smith Galer @sophiasgaler.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
The Guardian asked me to write about multilingualism in the UK. You don’t need to ask me twice! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Time for a reality check: Britain cannot be a big player on the world stage unless we speak more languages | Sophia Smith Galer
For all the talk of addressing the problem, things have got worse. Which is criminal when there is so much we could do, says journalist Sophia Smith Galer
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Higher Education Policy Institute @hepi-news.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
New Post: New report shows a catastrophic decline in formal language learning www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/n...
Hands in air and speech bulb saying 'hello' in different languages
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Megan Bowler @meganlbowler.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
A reminder of the ‘Greek Comedy and Education’ conference, starting tomorrow! (Timings are BST).
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Megan Bowler @meganlbowler.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Popped into the art gallery before the SCS (from Cy Twombly’s Fifty Days at Iliam)
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