Kathleen Heugh, Professor of Language Education and Multilingualism, is a socio-applied linguist who specialises in language policy and planning, bilingual and multilingual education, and English Medium Instruction (EMI). She uses multilingual pedagogies including translanguaging and transknowledging in her teaching of applied, educational and socio- lingusitics . Kathleen works with several large transnational organisations (including various agencies of the UN, the EU and the African Union; transnational bodies such as the British Council, and international policy think tanks) located in Africa; Central, South and East Asia; Europe; and North America. Currently she focuses on policy and its implementation in bilingual and... Read more
About me
Kathleen Heugh, Professor of Language Education and Multilingualism, is a socio-applied linguist who specialises in language policy and planning, bilingual and multilingual education, and English Medium Instruction (EMI). She uses multilingual pedagogies including translanguaging and transknowledging in her teaching of applied, educational and socio- lingusitics . Kathleen works with several large transnational organisations (including various agencies of the UN, the EU and the African Union; transnational bodies such as the British Council, and international policy think tanks) located in Africa; Central, South and East Asia; Europe; and North America. Currently she focuses on policy and its implementation in bilingual and multilingual education for displaced, migrant and refugee students within mainstream systems.
Kathleen has specialist expertise in system-wide and multi-country evaluation studies on languages and literacy in education in sub-Saharan Africa for international governments and development agencies (including UNESCO and UNDP). She was a Ministerial advisor on language policy for the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996) and was subsequently appointed to two statutory bodies established through the Constitution. As a founding member of the Pan South African Language Board, Kathleen initiated and led the first Sociolinguistic Survey of South Africa (2000). She also led the design, development and administration of the first system-wide multilingual assessment of students in the world (2006). Her theoretical and field research in multilingual education in more than 30 countries informs UNESCO and UNICEF language education policy recommendations for countries in Africa and the Asia-Pacific, and for minority communities worldwide for the UN Human Rights Council. She focuses on the relationship between the languages of learning and school retention, particularly for marginalised, migrant and displaced communities; and also on the relationship between faith and literacies in education in urban, rural and remote settings. She is one of a few linguists with extensive fieldwork experience in conflict and post-conflict settings of sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in fragile border regions between countries.
Kathleen holds several honorary positions, including with the University of the Western Cape and the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa, and the National Multilingual Education Resource Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. She has been a distinguished Visiting Professor at Rhodes University and the University of South Africa; Visiting Professor at the Universities of Ghent and Geneva, and Visiting Scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and the Universities of Antwerp and Louvain in Belguim. With Christopher Stroud (Western Cape and Stockholm) and Piet van Avermaet (Ghent), she is the Bloomsbury Series Editor of Multilingualisms and Diversities in Education. Together with Christopher Stroud, she is the co-founder of the Southern Multilingualisms and Diversities Consortium which contributed to initiating a new area of theoretical debate and research in 'southern sociolinguistics'. She serves on the editorial boards of ten international journals and book series, has over 140 peer reviewed publications and has authored 20 reports for government, international and transnational agencies
Kathleen has designed and taught at Masters’ Degree and Post-graduate Diploma levels in language policy and planning, and bilingual and multilingual education at the Universities of Cape Town and Antwerp. She received a BA (Hons) from Rhodes University; MPhil (Language Education, cum laude) University of Cape Town; and PhD (Bilingualism) Stockholm University. She supervises PhD students interested in bi-/multilingualism, decolonial and southern linguistics. She considers that it is necessary at this time to turn attention to how research in multilingualism and knowledge systems of post-colonial societies can contribute to the transformationation of education and academia in times of global anxiety and human displacement.
About me
Extraordinary Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of the Western Cape, South Africa,Honorary Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa,External Partner (Southern Hemisphere), Sustainable Development in a Diverse World [SUS.DIV, a European Union Network of Excellence]http://www.susdiv.org/,International Advisor to the National Multilingual Education Resource Centre(NMRC), Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhihttp://www.nmrc-jnu.org/,Ambassador, Minority Research Network, Erasmus School of Law,Erasmus University, Rotterdam http://www.frg.eur.nl/pub/sectie_staats_en_bestuursrecht/minorityresearchnetwork/,AILA Research Network: Language Policy,Consortium on Training in Language Documentation and Conservation,Literacy Expert, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
About me
Doctor of Philosophy (Bilingualism) Stockholm University
Master of Philosophy University of Cape Town
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Rhodes University
Bachelor or Arts Rhodes University
University of South Australia, 2008 to the present
The Human and Social Sciences Council of South Africa, 2005-2007
The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in Suth Africa, University of Cape Town, 1993-2005
The National Language Project, Cape Town, 1988-1993
Multilingualism and diversity in education
Languages and literacy
Teaching and learning English in multilingual contexts
Language policy and planning
Language assessment in multilingual settings
The economics of language
De-coloniality, southern theory and southern epistemologies
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Chinese Bilingual Quality Assurance Framework Extension 1, SA Dept of Education & Children's Services, 27/06/2023 - 30/06/2024
Chinese Bilingual School, SA Dept for Education and Children's Services, 01/08/2016 - 30/06/2020
Delivery of Languages Professional Learning Program (LPLP): Key Idea 3 &4, SA Dept for Education and Children's Services, 16/04/2019 - 16/04/2020
Using multilingual approaches – publication and workshop, The British Council, 22/01/2019 - 31/08/2019
Improving Educational Outcomes for Students from Refugee backgrounds in the South Australian Certificate of Education: a case study of two Catholic secondary schools, Catholic Education Office, 01/09/2016 - 30/04/2018
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2023 |
4
21
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2021 |
3
2
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2019 |
Open access
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2010 |
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2024 |
1
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2024 |
1
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2022 |
4
2
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2022 |
4
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2022 |
Open access
2
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2021 |
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2021 |
Open access
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2021 |
35
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2020 |
Open access
7
2
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2019 |
Open access
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2019 |
Open access
4
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2018 |
6
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2017 |
Open access
14
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2017 |
Open access
38
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2017 |
Open access
21
|
2016 |
Open access
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2016 |
Open access
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2015 |
8
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2014 |
2
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2014 |
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2014 |
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2014 |
14
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2013 |
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2013 |
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2013 |
5
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2012 |
16
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2012 |
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2012 |
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2012 |
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2012 |
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2011 |
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2011 |
Open access
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2011 |
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2011 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2009 |
6
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2023 |
Open access
2
2
1
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2023 |
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2023 |
2
1
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2022 |
Open access
31
28
8
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2022 |
12
6
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2022 |
Open access
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2021 |
Open access
13
12
7
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2019 |
Open access
42
28
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2019 |
Open access
10
6
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2017 |
Open access
38
25
80
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2016 |
Open access
15
12
5
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2015 |
Open access
70
57
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2014 |
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2014 |
19
10
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2013 |
9
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2013 |
Open access
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2013 |
48
33
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2013 |
Open access
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2013 |
6
4
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2013 |
Open access
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2012 |
Open access
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2011 |
14
8
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2010 |
16
7
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2010 |
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2010 |
Heugh, KA 2010, 'SA slipping between language policy and management', vol. 28, pp. 18-19. |
2009 |
24
22
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2009 |
37
37
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2023 |
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2021 |
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2014 |
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2014 |
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2020 |
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2020 |
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2018 |
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2017 |
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2017 |
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2016 |
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2016 |
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2014 |
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2013 |
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Research
Multilingualism and diversity in education
Languages and literacy
Teaching and learning English in multilingual contexts
Language policy and planning
Language assessment in multilingual settings
The economics of language
De-coloniality, southern theory and southern epistemologies
UN General Assembly, 12th Session of the Minority Forum, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, 2019
UNESCO and UNICEF, Language policy recommendations for displaced, migrant and refugee communities in the Asia-Pacific, 2019-2020
British Council South Asia, 2019
Visiting Professor, Universities of Ghent and Geneva, 2019
Salzburg Global Seminar, 2017, 2019
Office of the High Commissioner for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 2017
Ministry of Education, Kazakhstan, 2015, 2016
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Rhodes University, South Africa, 2015
King Baudouin Foundation and Migration Policy Instiute, Washington DC, 2015
Africa Educational Trust and Comic Relief, UK, 2014 and 2016-2017
Extraordinary Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Honorary Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
International Advisor, National Multilingual Education Resource Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, http://www.nmrc-jnu.org/
External Partner (Southern Hemisphere), Sustainable Development in a Diverse World (SUS.DIV.org), Research Network of Excellence, Council of Europe Framework Programme 6. (2005-2010)
Literacy Expert, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (2005-2008; 2011, 2015)
Member of the First Pan South African Language Board (1996-2001)
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Addis Ababa University | ETHIOPIA |
Adelaide Institute of Business and Technology | AUSTRALIA |
Beijing Normal University | CHINA |
Daito Bunka University | JAPAN |
Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland | IRELAND |
Federal University of Southern Bahia | BRAZIL |
Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa) | SOUTH AFRICA |
Literacy and Adult Basic Education (LABE) | UGANDA |
Macquarie University | AUSTRALIA |
Makerere University | UGANDA |
Maynooth University | IRELAND |
Mekelle University | ETHIOPIA |
Michigan State University | UNITED STATES |
Roskilde University | DENMARK |
Stockholm University | SWEDEN |
The Open University of Tanzania | TANZANIA |
Tribhuvan University | NEPAL |
Ulster University | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Auckland | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Geneva | SWITZERLAND |
University of Lower Silesia | POLAND |
University of Ontario | CANADA |
University of Ottawa | CANADA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of the Basque Country | SPAIN |
University of the Western Cape | SOUTH AFRICA |
Yaounde University | CAMEROON |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Editorial Board MemberLanguage, Culture and Curriculum, Routledge |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberLanguage Policy, Springer |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Multilingualism |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberCurrent Issues in Language Planning, Routledge |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberCurrent Issues in Language Planning, Routledge |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberLanguage Policy, Springer |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberLanguage, Culture and Curriculum, Routledge |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Multilingualism |
2017 |
AmbassadorMinority Research Network, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam |
2016 |
Co-founder and co-convenorSouthern Multilingualism and Diversities Consortium |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberLanguage, Culture and Curriculum, Routledge |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberLanguage Policy, Springer |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Multilingualism, Routledge |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberCurrent Issues in Language Planning, Routledge |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberMultilingual Matters, Springer |
2016 |
Extraordinary Associate Professor, LinguisticsUniversity of the Western Cape, South Africa |
2016 |
Honorary Research FellowHuman Sciences Research Council of South Africa |
2016 |
MemberAmerican Association of Applied Linguistics |
2016 |
MemberAILA Research Network: Language Policy |
2016 |
MemberConsortium on Training in Language Documentation and Conservation |
2016 |
Co-founder and co-convenorSouthern Multilingualism and Diversities Consortium |
2015 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Multilingualism, Routledge |
2015 |
Editorial Board MemberCurrent Issues in Language Planning, Routledge |
2015 |
Editorial Board MemberMultilingual Matters, Springer |
2015 |
Editorial Board MemberLanguage Policy, Springer |
2015 |
Editorial Board MemberLanguage, Culture and Curriculum, Routledge |
2015 |
Extraordinary Associate Professor, LinguisticsUniversity of the Western Cape, South Africa |
2015 |
Honorary Research FellowHuman Sciences Research Council of South Africa |
2015 |
Co-founder and co-convenorSouthern Multilingualism and Diversities Consortium |
2014 |
Distinguished Visiting ProfessorRhodes University |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberLanguage, Culture and Curriculum, Routledge |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberLanguage Policy, Springer |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberCurrent Issues in Language Planning, Routledge |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Multilingualism, Routledge |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberMultilingual Matters, Springer |
2014 |
Honorary Research FellowHuman Sciences Research Council of South Africa |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberLanguage Policy, Springer |
2013 |
Editorial Board MemberMultilingual Matters, Springer |
2013 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Multilingualism, Routledge |
2013 |
Honorary Research FellowHuman Sciences Research Council of South Africa |
2013 |
Editorial Board MemberLanguage Policy, Springer |
2012 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Multilingualism, Routledge |
2012 |
Editorial Board MemberMultilingual Matters, Springer |
2012 |
Honorary Research FellowHuman Sciences Research Council of South Africa |
2012 |
Editorial Board MemberLinguistic Diversity and Language Rights, Book Series, Multilingual Matters |
2011 |
Editorial Board MemberLanguage Policy, Springer |
2011 |
Editorial Board MemberMultilingual Matters, Springer |
2011 |
Honorary Research FellowHuman Sciences Research Council of South Africa |
2011 |
Multilingualism, bilingual and multilingual education
Linguistic diversity
Teaching English as an International Language of Wider Communication
Global Englishes and literatures
Language policy and planning
De-coloniality and southern theory
English Medium Instruction (EMI)
Translanguaging and Transknowledging
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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109406 - Using home languages in mainstream linguistically diverse primary classrooms in Australia | Current |
110000A - Southern Multilingualisms, Knowledges, and Decolonising Education | Current |
110000B - Southern Multilingualisms, Knowledges, and Decolonising Education | Current |
110000B - Southern Multilingualisms, Knowledges, and Decolonising Education | Current |
120856 - Southern Multilingualisms, Knowledges, and Decolonising Education | Current |
An investigation of teachers¿ responses to First Nations dance curriculum in the teaching of dance | Current |
An investigation of the potential of machine translation and post-editing to advance students' learning of Chinese and English languages in higher education | Completed |
Anangu literacy practices unsettle northern models of literacy | Completed |
Hearing and heeding `the other side': (Re)-centring the southern multilingualisms and lived realities of South Sudanese women in Australia | Completed |
Multilingualism as the medium: learning and life in an Australian secondary school | Completed |
The provision of English language training in IT outsourcing companies in China | Completed |
Towards effective Chinese-English bilingual teaching and learning conditions in Australia | Completed |