Programme

16th October 2024 - 9:00 - 12:30 - Anglicization of higher education: the presence of English and diversity of its uses
Plenary speaker: Tony Liddicoat (Warwick University)
Round Table:  
* Cédric Brudermann (Sorbonne Université)
* Joaquín Cruz Trapero (Universidad de Jaén) 
* Ursula Lanvers (University of York)
* Anna Kristina Hultgren (Open University)
* Martine Derivry-Plard (Université de Bordeaux)

 
16th October 2024 – 14:00 - 17:00 - Plurilingual and intercultural perspectives in higher education  
Plenary speaker: Laurent Gajo and Patchareerat Yanaprasart (Université de Genève)
Round table:  
* Encarnación Almazán Ruiz (Universidad de Jaén) 
* Andri Papakyriakou (University of Nicosia)
* Rasa Pocevičienė (Siauliai Valstybiné Kolegija)
* Oliver St John (Örebro Universitet) 
* Sofia Stratilaki (Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle and Université du Luxembourg) 

 
17th October 2024 – 9:00 - 12:00 - Sharing ideas and experiences for plurilingual and intercultural integration at university
Plenary speaker: Angelica Galante, (McGill University)
Round table / experience sharing:  
* Jonas Ålander (Örebro Universitet)
* Véronique Castellotti, Léa Courtaud and Ulrike Krampl (Université de Tours)
* Mariana Fonseca Favre (Université de Genève)
* María Luisa Pérez Cañado (Universidad de Jaén)
* Avra Xepapadakou (University of Nicosia) & Eleni Papalexiou (University of the Peloponnese) 


17th October 2024 – 14:00 - 16:00 - Sharing experiences between European university alliances
Exchanges with representatives of European institutions and other European university alliances working on the issues of the anglicisation of higher education and plurilingual and intercultural perspectives in higher education.
* Freiderikos Valetopoulos (Université de Poitiers) : EC2U – European Campus of City-Universities work on multilingualism and cultural diversity
* Alice Fiorentino (Université Savoie Mont Blanc) : UNITA, intercomprehension and romance languages
* Hanane Boutenbat (Université Paris 8) : ERUA and plurilingualism
closing session of the afternoon (European Commission - to be confirmed)


18th October 2024 – 9:00 - 12:00 - Collaborative drafting of a common University Language Policy Charter  
Based on discussions conducted during the first three phases of the symposium, the last phase will be devoted to drafting the Charter. The broad outlines will be set out during a collaborative, multilingual drafting session: working groups will be set up, including representatives from each partner university. Each group will determine the points that seem most important to highlight in the Charter, in relation to the accreditation certificate.