It aims to promote teaching and research in French Studies within higher education.
[1] The society has a quarterly journal published on its behalf called French Studies (Oxford University Press), as well as a bulletin for shorter pieces and news called The French Studies Bulletin.
Each year, the society awards the R. Gapper Book Prize, the R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize, and the R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize for the best scholarship produced by scholars at higher education institutions in the UK or Ireland.
The society promotes and defends languages learning and the humanities in general within the national educational agendas of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and also internationally.
It has lobbied and published statements concerning open-access publishing,[2] A-level exam content,[3] and the future of modern language learning in schools and universities in the UK and Ireland.