National Associations / Full members

There are at present 13 national associations

According to CercleS statutes (article 3.1), Full Members are non-profit institutions, associations and other bodies, which represent Language Centres in Higher Education in individual European countries, language communities, or transnational associations.
There are at present 13 national associations.

ACLES

Asociación de Centros de Lenguas en la Enseñanza Superior
Country: Spain
President’s Name: Dña. Juana Sanmartín Vélez

Contact Person: ACLES Secretariat – Ms. Concha Alferez
acles@upvnet.upv.es

Postal Address
Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Idiomas
Avda. Teniente Flomesta, 5 – 30003 – Murcia, Spain
presidencia@acles.es
http://www.acles.es/

AICLU

Associazione Italiana Centri Linguistici Universitari
Country: Italy
President’s Name : Prof.ssa Carmen Argondizzo

Contact Person: AICLU Secretariat – Ms. Enrica Rossi
info@aiclu.it

Postal Address
Università della Calabria
Centro Linguistico di Ateneo
Campus di Arcavacata
(87036) Rende, Italy

carmen.argondizzo@unical.it
http://www.aiclu.org

AKS

Arbeitskreis der Sprachenzentren, Sprachlehrinstitute und Fremdspracheninstitute
Country: Germany
President’s Name: Dr. Maike Engelhardt

Contact Person: AKS Secretariat
aks@rub.de

Postal Address
Fakultät III – Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Ammerländer Heerstraße 114-118, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
maike.engelhardt@uni-oldenburg.de
http://www.aks-web.de

AULC

Association of University Language Centres
Countries: United Kingdom & Ireland
President’s Name: Mr. Mark Critchley

Contact Person: AULC Secretariat
contact@aulc.org

Postal Address
University Language Centre
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester,
Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
mark.critchley@durham.ac.uk
http://www.aulc.org

CASALC CZ

Česká a slovenská asociace jazykových center

Country: Czech Republic
President’s Name: Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D.

Contact Person: CASALC CZ Secretariat – PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. 
marta.holasova@cjv.muni.cz

Postal Address
Masaryk University Language Centre
Komenskeho namesti 2, 60200 Brno, Czech Republic
https://www.cjv.muni.cz/cs/

CASALC SK

Česko-Slovenská asociácia učiteľov cudzích jazykov na vysokých školách

Country: Slovak Republic
President’s Name: Dr. Peter Gergel

Contact Person: Dr. Peter Gergel
gergel@fedu.uniba.sk

Postal Address
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education,
Račianska 59, 813 34 Bratislava, Slovakia
gergel@fedu.uniba.sk
http://www.casajcsk.sk

FINELC

The Network of Finnish University Language Centres
Country: Finland
President’s Name: Dr. Emmi Huttunen

Contact Person: Dr. Emmi Huttunen
emmi.huttunen@uniarts.fi

Postal Address
Open Campus, P.O. Box 10, FI-00097, UNIARTS, Finland
emmi.huttunen@uniarts.fi
http://finelc.languages.fi

NUT

Dutch-Belgian Association of Language Teaching in Higher Education
Countries: Netherlands & Belgium
President’s Name : Dr. Katja Hunfeld

Contact Person: Dr. Katja Hunfeld
k.hunfeld@utwente.nl

Postal Address
University of Twente Language Centre
Vrijhof Building, Room 507, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, Netherlands
k.hunfeld@utwente.nl
http://www.nut-talen.eu

RANACLES

Rassemblement National des Centres de Langues de l’Enseignement Supérieur
Country: France
President’s Name: Mr. Tom Grainger

Contact Person: RANACLES Secretariat – Frédéric Teillon
secretariat@ranacles.org, frederic.teillon@univ-reims.fr

Postal Address
Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, Maison des Langues, Campus Moulin de la Housse, Chemin des Rouliers, Bâtiment 5ter, BP 1039, 51687 Reims cedex 2 France

tom.grainger@univ-amu.fr
https://www.ranacles.org

ReCLes.pt

Portuguese Network Association of Language Centers in Higher Education
Country: Portugal
President’s Name : Dr. Manuel Fernando Moreira da Silva 

Contact Person: ReCLes.pt Secretariat – Ms. Ana Gonçalves
ana.goncalves@eshte.pt

Postal Address
Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto / IPP Gabinete de Apoio à Inovação em Educação
Rua Jaime Lopes Amorim, s/n 
4465-004 S. Mamede de Infesta, Portugal 
mdasilva@iscap.ipp.pt 
http://www.recles.pt/

SERMO

The Association of Academic Foreign Language Centres
Country: Poland
President’s Name: Mgr. Lucyna Skwarko

Contact Person: SERMO Secretariat – Elżbieta Sławińska
sermo@sermo.org.pl

Postal Address
Warsaw University of Technology, Foreign Language Centre​​,
Main Building, room 417, plac Politechniki 1, 00-661 Warsaw, Poland
prezes@sermo.org.pl
http://www.sermo.org.pl

SSH-CHES-CSUS

Verband der Sprachenzentren an Schweizer Hochschulen (SSH)
Association des Centres de langues des Hautes écoles suisses (CHES)
Associazione dei centri linguistici delle scuole universitarie svizzere (CSUS)

Country: Switzerland
Co-president’s Name : Ms. Elisabeth Paliot
Co-president’s Name: Dr. Sara Cotelli Kureth

Contact Person: SSH-CHES-CSUS Secretariat
info@ssh-ches.ch

Postal Address
Universität Bern, Sprachenzentrum
Hochschulstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern – Switzerland
info@ssh-ches.ch
http://www.ssh-ches.ch/

VUS

Verband Universitärer Sprachenzentren und Institutionen
Country: Austria
President’s Name: Dr. Katrin Mayr

Contact Person: Dr. Katrin Mayr
Katrin.Mayr@uibk.ac.at

Postal Address
University of Innsbruck Language Centre,
Innrain 52f, Bruno-Sander-Haus, 1st floor
6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Katrin.Mayr@uibk.ac.at
https://www.uibk.ac.at/sprachenzentrum/ueber_uns/index.html.en