by Olivia Moran My name is Olivia Moran and I’ve just started 4th year at Heriot-Watt. I study in the LINCS department, on the MA (Hons) International Business Management and Languages degree. I spent my third year studying in Madrid, at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICADE, and I can honestly say that it was the […]
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Moving Languages Newsletter – Summer 2017
by Katerina Strani This newsletter is also available in Finnish, Italian and Swedish. Moving Languages is an Erasmus+ international project with partners in 6 EU countries. In this project, we are developing a mobile application for refugees, migrants and other language learners who have just arrived in their new country in Europe and want to learn […]
Moving Languages Project
A mobile phone is proven to be a crucial tool for newly arrived migrants’ and refugees’ wellbeing and integration into their host country. Dr Katerina Strani from LINCS is leading the UK team of the Moving Languages project. Moving Languages is a 27-month Erasmus+ project (2016-1-FI01-KA204-022678) led by Learnmera Oy in Finland. It has six partners […]
DESIGNS: Employment in Deaf signing communities
by Jemina Napier Click here to see post in BSL. On 12th and 13th January 2017, the kick-off meeting for the DESIGNs project (Deaf Employment for Sign Language Users in the EU) took place in Dublin, Ireland. The 30-month project is modeled on the recently completed Justisigns project, which was funded through the European Commission’s […]
De Perdidos, Al Río
by Calum O’Donnell, 4th year student in LINCS Going to Heriot-Watt University was one of the better decisions I’ve made with regards to my academic career. Perhaps the best decision, however, was choosing Interpretation and Translation, a subject that presented the opportunity to experience life abroad. In August 2013 I embarked on a journey that […]