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Meet our graduates: Laurie Motherwell

11 May, 2023

An award-winning playwright and screenwriter, Laurie studied with us between 2010 and 2015,…

Head and shoulders photo of Laurie Motherwell against a black background

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…

In memoriam: Paul Dundas

17 April, 2023

Julian Ward reflects on the passing of our friend and colleague Paul Dundas, Sanskrit expert and…

Photo of a statue of Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara of Jainism

Thriving in Scotland’s culture - Professor of Gaelic honoured for contribution to Public Life

11 April, 2023

Wilson McLeod talks about his Saltire Society honour, one of six Fletcher of Saltoun Awards given…

Photo of Wilson McLeod in his office

Meet our graduates: Damian Platt MBE (Italian and Spanish)

10 April, 2023European Languages and Cultures Italian Meet our graduates Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Undergraduate

We talk to the author of “Nothing by Accident: Brazil on the Edge” about how studying languages at…

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…

Photo of Hector Shaw

Àidh, Robot - researchers develop first ASR system for Scottish Gaelic

10 April, 2023Celtic and Scottish Studies Research

Will Lamb outlines what Automatic Speech Recognition means for the future of Scotland’s Gaelic…

Photo of a robot reading a book

What’s it like to be a virtual language ambassador?

10 April, 2023

Recent French and Spanish MA (Hons) graduate, Anna, talks us through her final year experience.

Anna graduated in 2021 with an MA Hons degree in French and Spanish

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…

Tim Tim performing at Summerhall in Edinburgh

Breathing new life into fascinating archival footage of Scotland's lifeboats on our wild seas

10 April, 2023

Shona Thomson tells us how the making of her FOCAL Award-shortlisted film is being used on our Film…

Shona Thomson (middle) with 'Launch!...' soundtrack composers (l-r) Jenny Sturgeon, Jason Singh, Arun Ghosh and John Ellis. Image © Eoin Carey Photography.