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Meet our graduates: Sam Fern (Intermediality)

29 May, 2026Film and Intermediality Meet our graduates Postgraduate

Sam shares how postgraduate study transformed his writing and editing career.

Black and white image of Sam Fern smiling

It’s a hat-trick! Thomas Merryfield wins main prize at the 21st Japanese Speech Contest

22 May, 2026Asian Studies Life at LLC Undergraduate

We hear from the final year student about topping the Speech Category.

Photo of a student on the left and his mentor at the Japanese Speech Contest

Curating the catwalk

02 April, 2026Film and Intermediality Life at LLC Postgraduate

Film, Curation and Exhibition student Jack on directing a fashion show.

Man in front of a gallery wall

Meet our graduates: Eduard Gafton (Comparative Literature)

16 March, 2026English and Scottish Literature European Languages and Cultures Meet our graduates Postgraduate

From Comparative Literature to YouTube and video games.

Man in costume from video game Starfield

Major Fellowship win for East Asian Studies dissertation

03 March, 2026Asian Studies Postgraduate Research

PhD student Tsz Ho Wong has received 30,000 USD for his financial history thesis.

Photo of Tsz Ho at a lectern giving a presentation

What's it like to present at a major conference?

20 January, 2026Asian Studies Life at LLC Research Undergraduate

Year 4 student Cameron tells us about presenting at the Asia Pacific Conference in Japan.

Cameron Bain and his mentor standing in front of a fountain on a university campus in Japan. There are two towers in the background.

Writing for the Times Literary Supplement - a PhD student’s perspective

17 December, 2025European Languages and Cultures Life at LLC Postgraduate Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies

Inés Arteta talks about challenging our understanding of Latin American literary culture.

Ines standing by a wall holding a notebook

Graduate’s outstanding thesis on succession politics wins 2025 BRAIS Prize

02 December, 2025Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Postgraduate Research

We speak to Dr Leone Pecorini Goodall about his award-winning PhD research.

Head and shoulders portrait of Dr Leone Pecorini Goodall

Professor Rob Dunbar wins the RSE Sir Walter Scott Medal

19 November, 2025Celtic and Scottish Studies Research Teaching

We speak to the medallist and his students about his work promoting and protecting minority…

Rob Dunbar holding the Sir Walter Scott medal

Meet our graduates: Hector Shaw (Scottish Ethnology and English Literature)

28 October, 2025Celtic and Scottish Studies English and Scottish Literature Meet our graduates Undergraduate

Juggling careers in marketing and music using skills from across his degree.

Hector looking at the camera from below. Only his head and shoulders are visible.