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News and features from our community in European languages and cultures.

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Languages in the community - welcoming Ukrainian families to Edinburgh

24 June, 2022

In an updated article, we hear from the award-winning Ekaterina Popova and her students about…

Meet our graduates: Rosie Hedger

08 March, 2022

Winner of an English PEN Translates Award, Rosie is a Scandinavian Studies graduate who specialises…

Out of the classroom, into the cinema

18 November, 2021

We talk to students Lucy, Nina, Ella and Harriet about their involvement in the eighth Edinburgh…

In memoriam: Ian Revie

12 November, 2021

A tribute to the first Head of the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, an expert in…

Shaping the Sustainable European University

02 November, 2021

Students of Spanish, Rachel Weller and Gabriel Vargas, talk to us about their involvement in the…

My summer school experience: Katie Cameron

01 October, 2021

We hear from a Year 3 French and German student about attending an online summer school on the…

RSE medal win is first for a Modern Linguist

28 September, 2021

Professor John Renwick reflects on winning the RSE Sir Walter Scott Medal for his work on Voltaire…

Conversation to career starter - the German interview

14 September, 2021

Graduates Sarah Partington and Rosie Shackleton talk about a German classroom interview project…

Year Abroad stories: Rosie Shackleton

14 September, 2021

German and History MA Hons graduate Rosie tells us about Wanderbücher for a post-Brexit Europe.

Meet our Graduates: Cristina Sandu

30 August, 2021

Having graduated with an MSc in Comparative Literature in 2015, Cristina is now a prize-winning…