LINCS and IRC graduate Dr Emma Hill has won the prestigious 2017 MacFarlane Prize for the most outstanding contribution to the research of the University. Emma (pictured here with her supervisors, Prof. Máiréad Nic Craith and Dr Katerina Strani), is the first ever recipient of the prize from any department in the School of Social Sciences. […]
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Heriot-Watt BSL team wins Guardian University Award !
Impact is notoriously difficult to quantify in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. How can researchers really *prove* that their work has led to a change in policy, social attitudes or people’s lives in general? And how can this change be measured and evaluated? In the case of the LINCS BSL team, this is pretty […]
LifeinLINCS in Top 25 Language Professional blogs!
The results from the bab.la competition are out and LifeinLINCS is at the Top 25 Language Professional Blogs (out of 1,000 nominees and 100 language resources!) and Top 100 Language Lovers Blog ! These accomplishments will soon feature as “badges” in our pages. We would like to thank our readers as well as staff and students in LINCS […]