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Dissemination

Publications

Higham, G. (2025). International migration and the Welsh language: exploring an interdisciplinary framework for linguistic integration. In R. Jones & C. Edwards (eds.) A Welcoming Nation? Intersectional Approaches to Migration and Diversity in Wales (pp. 31–56). Cardiff: University of Wales Press.

Lewis, H., Higham, G. & Oakes, L. (2025). Keir Starmer says migrants should learn English to integrate. Is he being fair? The Conversation, 9 June.

Chick, M., Higham, G. & Cox, S. (2025). Starmer says migrants should speak English – but all of the UK’s languages are important for integration. The Conversation, 20 May.

Cox, S., Chick, M., Higham, G., Engman, M., Smith-Christmas, C., Warnecke, S., Brash, B., Platzgummer, V., Cooke, M. & Simpson, J. (2025). Wise in 5: Language Education for Refugees and Migrants in the UK and Ireland. Milton Keynes: PolicyWISE, The Open University.

Higham, G. (2025). Developing personal integration projects through a Welsh language provision for adult migrants in Wales. In J. Simpson & S. Pöyhönen (eds.) Minority Language Learning for Adult Migrants in Europe (pp. 115-141). Abingdon: Routledge.

Presentations

Oakes, L. (2025). Normative language policy: a new framework for assessing linguistic justice in research and practice. Keynote lecture presented at the annual conference of the European Federation of National Institutions for Language (EFNIL), Vienna, Austria (22-24 October 2025).

Peled, Y. (2025). An ethical theory of language fatigue. Perceiving Voice and Speaker International Conference, Inland Norway University, Lillehammer, Norway (22 August 2025).

Peled, Y. (2025). Panelist: English, majority languages and minority languages in an era of global mobility – A meeting of the Linguistic Justice Society, Stockholm, Sweden (24 April 2025).

Peled, Y. (2025). The vocabulary of majority language rights. The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany (9 April 2025).

Peled, Y. (2025). The vocabulary of majority language rights. Spring Seminar Series, the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Limerick, Ireland (26 March 2025).

Higham, G. (2025) ‘Cymraeg belongs to us all’: From legislation and policy to education and the community. Masterclass: Zooming in and out of the Language Policy-Making Processes in Scotland and Wales, Bilingualism Matters International Symposium. Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (26 March 2025).

Higham, G. (2025). Ehangu mynediad i’r Gymraeg i deuluoedd mudol [Improving access to the Welsh language for migrant families]. RhAG: Rhieni Dros Addysg Gymraeg (Parents for Welsh Medium Education) Annual Conference, Aberystwyth, Wales (23 January 2025).

Media appearances

Higham, G. in BBC Cymru (2024). Y Gymraeg yn rhoi teimlad o berthyn i geiswyr lloches [Welsh gives asylum seekers a sense of belonging]. (4 December 2024).

Lewis H. (2024). Interviewed by Kate Crockett, Dros Frecwast, BBC Radio Cymru (14 August  2024).

Lewis, H. in Golwg360 (2024). Sut mae integreiddio newydd-ddyfodiaid yn ieithyddol? [How to integrate newcomers linguistically?] (13 August 2024)