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Back on stage with Boys

14 March, 2022

The English Literature Play returns with graduate Ella Hickson’s riotous look at student life and…

Boys director reading 900 x 400

Meet our graduates: Rosie Hedger (Scandinavian Studies)

07 March, 2022European Languages and Cultures Meet our graduates Scandinavian Studies Undergraduate

Winner of an English PEN Translates Award, Rosie specialises in translating Norwegian literature…

In memoriam: Ian Revie

12 November, 2021

A tribute to the first Head of the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.

In memoriam: Ian Revie

Shaping the Sustainable European University

01 November, 2021

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

Meet our graduates: Dima Alzayat (Creative Writing)

19 October, 2021English and Scottish Literature Meet our graduates Postgraduate

Dima was shortlisted for the 2021 James Tait Black Awards and Dylan Thomas Prize.

RSE medal win is first for a Modern Linguist

01 October, 2021European Languages and Cultures French and Francophone Studies Research

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

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…

Photo of a student on La Grange Roue de Montreal

Year Abroad stories: Rosie Shackleton

15 September, 2021

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

Rosie at work in the Fritz-Hüser-Institut

Conversation to career starter - the German interview

13 September, 2021

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

Photo of Sarah Partington

How can we best respond to the ethical demands of Gender-Based Violence translation?

25 August, 2021Research Translation Studies

Dr Charlotte Bosseaux talks to us about her new, AHRC-funded, practice-based research project.

A Panel event at a conference