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November 15, 2019 0

100 Novels That Shaped Our World

With the BBC having recently unveiled its list of 100 Novels That Shaped Our World picked by a panel of [...]

September 26, 2019 0

Is AI the future of language learning?

As we mark the European Day of Languages, Professor Matthew Reynolds from AHRC’s Creative Multilingualism [...]

September 17, 2019 0

Five key moments that shaped the British fashion industry

As London plays host to one of the ‘big four’ fashion weeks, Dr Jade Halbert, Lecturer in Fashion [...]

May 9, 2019 1

“The Two Cultures” 60 years later

In this week's blog, Dr Thomas H Bak from the Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies (MEITS) project looks back on C.P, Snow's "The two cultures" lecture, wondering if "literary" and scientific academic cultures are still as separated as they were sixty years ago. [...]

April 11, 2019 1

Why don’t pupils want to study languages in the UK?

After a BBC report showed drops of up to 50% in the take-up of GCSE language courses since 2013, researchers [...]

November 7, 2018 0

Digital humanities? We’ve been doing it for years.

Ahead of this year's Research in Film Awards, Joanna Callaghan – Senior Lecturer in Filmmaking at the University of Sussex and former Research and Film Awards judge – discusses the importance of Research Filmmaking and she's working to consolidate the field. [...]