HelenJ
@jhelen.bsky.social
German tutor. Expertise in GDR studies. Lancaster University UK based. Sewing and the outdoors in my spare time.
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Dear British students – Please learn German! It's a beautiful, rich & useful language & you can compete to make the longest compound noun. Mine is "'Weltpolitikfähigkeitverlustvermeidungsstrategie'".
47 letters (& yes, it does make sense).
#shoutoutforgerman @wblau.bsky.social
47 letters (& yes, it does make sense).
#shoutoutforgerman @wblau.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Dear British students – Please learn German! It's a beautiful, rich & useful language & you can compete to make the longest compound noun. Mine is "'Weltpolitikfähigkeitverlustvermeidungsstrategie'".
47 letters (& yes, it does make sense).
#shoutoutforgerman @wblau.bsky.social
47 letters (& yes, it does make sense).
#shoutoutforgerman @wblau.bsky.social
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Modern Languages are struggling to survive in schools and universities. Cardiff University is cutting them altogether. It's inward looking and culture destroying. I studied French at Cardiff. We were taught the Symbolist poets by a wonderful lecturer, Dr Hywel Jenkins.
February 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Modern Languages are struggling to survive in schools and universities. Cardiff University is cutting them altogether. It's inward looking and culture destroying. I studied French at Cardiff. We were taught the Symbolist poets by a wonderful lecturer, Dr Hywel Jenkins.
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"For Cardiff University final-year languages student Darcie James, 23, the headlines hit close to home after her university last month announced plans to cut 400 jobs and close some courses."
'My university course made me who I am - now it's being cut'
Universities are cutting jobs to make financial savings, with students and staff bearing the brunt.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"For Cardiff University final-year languages student Darcie James, 23, the headlines hit close to home after her university last month announced plans to cut 400 jobs and close some courses."
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Institute of Translation and Interpreting raises serious concerns over University of Cardiff plans to close modern languages and translation courses, and warns of the serious economic, cultural and educational risks of such a move
www.iti.org.uk/resource/iti...
www.iti.org.uk/resource/iti...
ITI raises serious concerns over proposed course closures
Economic, cultural and educational risks of proposed closure of the School of Modern Languages at the University of Cardiff.
www.iti.org.uk
February 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Institute of Translation and Interpreting raises serious concerns over University of Cardiff plans to close modern languages and translation courses, and warns of the serious economic, cultural and educational risks of such a move
www.iti.org.uk/resource/iti...
www.iti.org.uk/resource/iti...