Life at LLC

Find out what life’s really like in our School from the people who’re living it.

The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) is one of the largest in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.

We are proud to call ourselves a diverse, equal and inclusive community of people of all backgrounds, experiences, ages and abilities from all over the world.

Life at LLC brings together undergraduate students in 16 subject areas with taught postgraduate students, students on research degrees, and staff at all career stages.  

From seminars to film screenings, theatre performances to wellbeing workshops, peer support schemes to reading groups, our fantastic students are involved in so much within the School and as part of the Edinburgh University Students’ Association. Let them tell you about it in their own words...

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Languages in the community - welcoming Ukrainian families to Edinburgh

22 January, 2024European Languages and Cultures Life at LLC Russian Teaching

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

How Latin American feminist theory can help battle toxic masculinity

05 December, 2023European Languages and Cultures Life at LLC Postgraduate Research Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies

Elisabeth Goemans, a PhD candidate in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, tells us…

From Arthur’s Seat – stories from the heart of Edinburgh

14 September, 2023English and Scottish Literature Life at LLC Postgraduate

Every year, our MSc Creative Writing cohort publishes an anthology of new writing. We spoke to this…

The Sparkling World of the Year 24 Group wins the David Laing Prize 2023

20 July, 2023Asian Studies Life at LLC Undergraduate

Francesca Lutje-Wilkes, a final year student of Japanese, has won the University’s book collecting…

And... action! Film students launch new magazine

26 April, 2023Film and Intermediality Life at LLC Postgraduate

Film students Niamh and Yvonne take us behind the scenes of their new student-led magazine, The…

Thinking creatively – from studying to studio

10 April, 2023Celtic and Scottish Studies English and Scottish Literature Life at LLC Undergraduate

We talk to Scottish Ethnology and English Literature student Hector Shaw about combining university…

What it is like having a writing mentor?

10 April, 2023English and Scottish Literature Life at LLC Postgraduate

Creative Writing student Tim Tim Cheng talks about her experience as a mentee of the Roddy Lumsden…

Going digital with traditional songs and tunes

30 November, 2020Celtic and Scottish Studies Life at LLC

We hear from student Sam Shackleton and graduate Scott Gardiner about the joy of performing in the…

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