An approach to education that is based in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is being translated from English into four languages at the same time. LCT (short for ‘Legitimation Code Theory’) is a framework for understanding and changing education that examines the forms taken by knowledge, such as its changing complexity. LCT is now the basis of research and classroom practice in at least 44 countries around the world, including over 150 PhDs. The heart of this multidisc

The newest thing in China right now is Legitimation Code Theory. The two FASS Directors of the LCT Centre for Knowledge, Director Professor Karl Maton of SSPS and Deputy Director Professor James R Martin of SLAM, have made LCT the must-know theory in China. ​ Professor Karl Maton, Director of the LCT Centre for Knowledge-Building and Department of Sociology, has just finished a 10-day tour of China. He gave two keynote speeches, an LCT workshop, a talk, a public lecture, and