Vicky Gough is schools advisor and lead for modern foreign languages in the UK at the British Council. She has been working on a range of school partnership programs and international education programs for more than 20 years and regularly speaks on International education and on languages in UK schools. She commissions research into issues relating to languages in the UK, acts as a convener for language educators and interest groups, and works with other UK government departments to raise the profile of the teaching and learning of languages in the UK.