Welcome to the first newsletter of our Erasmus+ project Mobile Virtual Learning for Indigenous Languages (IndyLan). The 26-month project (2019-2021) is led by Heriot-Watt University and the Coordinator is Dr Katerina Strani from the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies. IndyLan includes 5 partners from 4 countries (UK, Finland, Norway and Spain) and aims to […]
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The INCS in LINCS 2019-2020
LINCS stands for Languages and INterCultural Studies and our core purpose is to create multilingual, multicultural, global citizens. To achieve this, the “INCS” in LINCS also specialises in Cultural Studies such as living cultural heritage, intercultural dialogue, migrant identities and intercultural communication. Our Cultural Studies section manages the cultural studies courses and programmes we deliver. Courses include Global Heritage, Cross-Cultural perspectives on […]
InterTrainE project – October 2019 newsletter
One year on, and our team grew by two members! Kate Sailer from CLP gave a birth to a boy in May 2019 and Kalli Rodopoulou from EELI also gave birth to a boy in July 2019. Congratulations to both! For the rest of us, it’s business as usual. The 3rd InterTrainE partners’ meeting took […]
Language exchanges made simple
LINCS is glad to announce that this academic year (2019-20), a Language Tandem app will be running after the huge success and very positive feedback received last year. This app is intended to get Heriot-Watt students (and staff, if they so wish) in touch so that they can practice their languages. Language Tandem App – what is […]
LINCS teaching mobility at Hanoi University (HANU)
By Ramon Inglada Between August 18-25, Ramon Inglada, Assistant Professor in Spanish and Translation Technologies in LINCS, had the priviledge of carrying out a teaching mobility in Vietnam, at Hanoi University (HANU), under the framework of the Marco Polo international cooperation programme between Asian and European universities. During his stay in Vietnam, Ramon, who is […]
Intercultural Research Centre Symposium 2019
By Katerina Strani and Chiara Cocco After the successful event in 2016, it was time to hold another Intercultural Research Centre (IRC) Symposium this year, themed “Scotland at a Crossroads – Heritage past and futures”. This was the IRC’s flagship research event, in which we investigated the challenges faced by Scotland in the light of recent political […]
DESIGNS Project : Wrapping up
By Audrey Cameron & Jemina Napier May 2019 In this blogpost, Jemina Napier and Audrey Cameron provide an update on the work that has been done on the DESIGNS project (promoting access in employment for deaf sign language users in Europe) since our last blog/vlog in October 2018. The project is coming to an end […]
InterTrainE Newsletter: May 2019
Welcome to the second newsletter of our Erasmus+ project Intercultural Training for Educators (InterTrainE). The 26-month project (2018-2020) is led by Heriot-Watt University and the Coordinator is Dr Katerina Strani from the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies. InterTrainE includes 7 partners from 4 countries (UK, Finland, Italy and Greece) and aims to develop an […]
Reporting from SIEF 2019
by Alastair Mackie, LINCS/IRC PhD student A group of colleagues from the IRC participated in the biannual conference of SIEF, the International Society of Ethnology and Folklore, in Santiago de Compostela, in April 2019. The theme of the conference was “Track Changes: Reflecting on a Transforming World”. The conference had a very welcoming atmosphere, despite […]
LINCS welcomed once again the pupils from Larbert High’s School of Languages
By Fanny Chouc As part of this long-standing cooperation, S1 to S4 pupils visit campus several times a year and get a chance to consolidate their French and Spanish, but also to broaden their knowledge and understanding of languages and cultures. This scheme was initially set up as a collaborative project to work towards the […]