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Dear AGS members, I have been asked to bring the consultation letter below to your attention. Please do note that responses are needed *before* the end of the month as the relevant meeting happens at the end of the month. If you would prefer to respond as part of an AGS response (you can also send your response direct to Sarah Allan, as below) you are welcome to send it to me, and the AGS committee and I will compile an AGS response based on the views I receive (should I receive any). All very best Sarah ----------------------------- To the subject associations for modern languages January 2015 Dear Sir/Madam REVIEW OF THE INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH The School of Advanced Study conducts a rolling programme of review of its member Institutes which is designed to assess the effectiveness with which the Institute articulates clear strategies for the development of its RPF (research promotion and facilitation) activity, research and entrepreneurship, engagement, planning, teaching and education provision, resource management and administration. The views of the subject communities served by the Institute are an important part of the information provided to the review panel. The review panel is are made up of professional and academic members external to the institutes. We are currently undertaking a review of the Institute of Modern Languages Research (formerly Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies) with Professor Charles Forsdick from the University of Liverpool as Chair. I am writing to you as the leader of a subject association that has an interest in the activities of the Institute. We would be interested in your views on how you perceive the work and objectives of the Institute in relation to the following questions: 1. Is the Institute sufficiently engaged with the subject community? 2. Has the Institute defined a sufficiently distinctive role for itself in its wider subject community? 3. Are all appropriate stakeholders identified? Does the institute contribute to the forging of a more coherent identity among these stakeholders? 4. Are the channels of communication open for letting your views be known? 5. Do you feel that the Institute engages with the trends and latest developments in the field? 6. Do you feel that IMLR impacts positively on the subject community? If not what more can be done? 7. Is the Institute well enough networked with the organisations where it can make most impact? 8. Is the public engagement element sufficiently well developed? If not what more can be done? The review panel will be meeting at the end of January and would be grateful to receive your comments for its consideration. Please send your responses via email to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or by post to Sarah Allan, Executive Assistant to the Dean and Chief Executive, School of Advanced Study, Room 215, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU. I do hope you feel able to contribute to the review. Yours faithfully SARAH ALLAN Executive Assistant to the Dean & Chief Executive Professor Sarah Colvin Schröder Professor of German Jesus College Cambridge CB5 8BL Tel: 01223 764 881