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Read more at: Investment in languages education could return double for UK economy
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Investment in languages education could return double for UK economy

An increase in secondary school pupils learning Arabic, Mandarin, French or Spanish could boost the UK economy by billions of pounds over 30 years, according to new research. The study warns that the ongoing decline in language learning in UK schools is undermining the country's ability to compete internationally. A new...

Read more at: "Ukraine needs solidarity not 'Crimnesia'"

"Ukraine needs solidarity not 'Crimnesia'"

Dr Rory Finnin, the associate professor of Ukrainian Studies at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, explains why we mustn't forget what happened in Crimea and why it is linked inextricably to current events in Ukraine. "“Understanding the crisis today means remembering the dramatic events of 2014...

Read more at: What will happen in Ukraine? Op-ed from Dr Rory Finnin
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What will happen in Ukraine? Op-ed from Dr Rory Finnin

Dr Rory Finnin is University Associate Professor of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Cambridge and launched the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies programme here at MMLL. He has written an opinion piece which has been published by Politico. Read How the West Gets Ukraine Wrong - and Helps Putin As a Result . Find out more...

Read more at: Winners of Year Abroad photo competition announced

Winners of Year Abroad photo competition announced

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics held a photography competition for students who had been on their Year Abroad during the 2020-21 academic year. View the winning photos.

Read more at: Professor Anna Elsner wins European Research Council Starting Grant
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Professor Anna Elsner wins European Research Council Starting Grant

Assistant Professor Anna Magdalena Elsner of French Literature and Culture at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, has been awarded the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. Professor Anna Elsner is a former MPhil and PhD (2011) student at the University...

Read more at: Dr Sara Delmedico (PhD in Italian 2019) awarded IRC Maurice J Bric Medal of Excellence
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Dr Sara Delmedico (PhD in Italian 2019) awarded IRC Maurice J Bric Medal of Excellence

The Italian Section is delighted to congratulate Dr Sara Delmedico, one of our former PhDs, for being awarded the IRC Maurice J Bric Medal of Excellence , as the top-ranked Postdoctoral Fellow of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences under the Council’s 2021 Government of Ireland funding programme. Her postdoctoral project...

Read more at: Dr Ivan Vulić wins Microsoft-BCS/BCS-IRSG Karen Spärck Jones Award

Dr Ivan Vulić wins Microsoft-BCS/BCS-IRSG Karen Spärck Jones Award

We are happy to share the exciting news that Dr Ivan Vulić ( Language Technology Laboratory , Theoretical and Applied Linguistics) has won the prestigious Microsoft-BCS/BCS-IRSG Karen Spärck Jones Award . Karen Spärck Jones FBA was a highly accomplished computer scientist in the University of Cambridge. From 2008, the...

Read more at: ESRC DTP Knowledge Exchange PhD studentship

ESRC DTP Knowledge Exchange PhD studentship

The University of Cambridge ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership [DTP], in collaboration with Oxford Wave Research , is offering a PhD studentship for admission in October 2022 in the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Section , University of Cambridge. The three-year doctoral programme will be co-supervised by Dr Kirsty...

Read more at: Simon Gaunt FBA (1959-2021)

Simon Gaunt FBA (1959-2021)

It is with great sadness that the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics learned that Simon Gaunt died on 4 December 2021. Simon was a University Lecturer in French from 1989 until his departure for the Professorship and Head of Department of French at King’s College London in 1998. He continued to work...

Read more at: Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize Awarded to Spanish & Portuguese Alumni

Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize Awarded to Spanish & Portuguese Alumni

We would like to send our warmest congratulations to Anna Kathryn Kendrick , who has been awarded the prestigious MLA’s Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize for her book Humanizing Childhood in Early Twentieth-Century Spain (Legenda, 2020) . The prize is awarded annually to an outstanding book published in English or Spanish in...

 

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