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The University of Nottingham is suspending its modern language courses with immediate effect, but this is not the first nor will it be the last university to reduce or end its language courses (Nottingham is also suspending a range of other subjects).
With the continued reduction in language teaching across the education sector its hardly a surprise, but as a society if we think AI & Google Translate are a satisfactory alternatives we will likely be disappointed, to say the least.
#education
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