Goldsmiths - University of London

This new research centre is situated in Goldsmiths Department of Educational Studies and is dedicated to investigating ways in which language and culture are integral to learning processes, both in early childhood and throughout the life-span. Members of the Centre share a common interest in innovatory research methodologies for work in cross-cultural contexts and particularly with families and communities as well as more formal educational contexts. Current research spans the areas of language, literacy and learning practices in multilingual communities, bilingual learning strategies in mainstream and community schools and cultural practices, identities and discourses in multilingual contexts. The Centre has strong international links with colleagues in the US, Canada, Singapore, Israel, China and New Zealand as well as with a number of EU countries with whom we share both teaching and research programmes.

We welcome research students from home and overseas who wish to undertake postgraduate study at the Centre for Language, Culture and Learning.

The centre currently houses a number of funded research projects and its members are actively engaged in research publications.