It had a UK-wide remit to support teachers of languages, linguistics and area studies in UK higher education.
LLAS activities were supported and informed by a number of advisory committees, made up of academics representing languages, linguistics and area studies disciplines.
The Director of LLAS was Michael Kelly OBE, who is also Emeritus Professor of French at Southampton University.
[1] The centre continued many of its activities as an enterprise unit at the University of Southampton until Summer 2016 when it finally closed down.
'Links' was led by LLAS in partnership with the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust(SSAT) and the Association for Language Learning (ALL).
The magazine contained news, feature articles and book reviews and was distributed free to UK subscribers in print form.