We are proud to have a worldwide community of 15,000 graduates in literatures, languages and cultures. Be inspired by their stories, and find out what our Alumni team and Careers Service can do for you. News listing Search Publication date Date from Date to Meet our Graduates: Cristina Sandu (Comparative Literature) 19 June, 2023English and Scottish Literature European Languages and Cultures Meet our graduates Postgraduate Having graduated in 2015, Cristina is now a prize-winning writer and translator. Meet our graduates: Lynn Houmdi (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies) 22 May, 2023Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Meet our graduates Postgraduate Twenty years after her first degree, Lynn completed an award-winning MSc and now drives forward… Meet our graduates: Harry Richards (Spanish and History) 24 March, 2023European Languages and Cultures Meet our graduates Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Undergraduate Harry is a filmmaker whose short film SANTI was selected for the BFI Future Film Festival 2022. Festive festschrifts – graduates edit books in honour of PhD mentors 08 December, 2022European Languages and Cultures Meet our graduates Scandinavian Studies We sit down with Scandinavian Studies graduates Christian Cooijmans and Ian Giles, editors of two… Meet our graduates: Becky Waterton (German and Scandinavian Studies) 07 December, 2022European Languages and Cultures German Meet our graduates Scandinavian Studies Undergraduate Deputy Editor of The Local in Sweden, Becky graduated with an MA (Hons) in German and Scandinavian… 1 2 3 4 What can I do with... languages? Employers love Intercultural Competence.Studying one or more languages demonstrates that you're:a good communicatora resilient problem solversomeone open to other cultures and new ideasIncreasing migration in response to changing global dynamics means that, wherever you are based in the world, the ability to understand and communicate in one or more languages, in addition to English, will make you stand out. Image Find out which careers need language skills This article was published on 2025-05-02