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2023
22
February
2023
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15:19
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A new video podcast exploring multilingualism and linguistic diversity across the globe has launched, as part of Manchester City of Literature’s International Mother Language Day 2023 celebrations.The podcast is hosted by Lecturer in Linguistics at T...
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17
January
2023
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13:48
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Creative Manchester is delighted to participate in UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2023, in partnership with Manchester City of Literature.This year will be the 7th International Mother Language Day observed in Manchester, a celebrati...
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2022
30
November
2022
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14:18
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‘Supporting Manchester’s language communities: Language endangerment and maintenance’ included a cross-disciplinary panel and marked the official launch of the Linguistic Diversity Collective. The event was well attended by University staff, students...
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20
September
2022
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10:00
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The Linguistic Diversity Collective and Creative Manchester present a free event taking place on 19 October at 5.30pm in the University of Manchester’s Alliance Manchester Business School penthouse event space.‘Supporting Manchester’s language commun...
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29
June
2022
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17:05
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The UK’s regional final of the 21st international Chinese language competition took place in London last Monday, 27th June 2022. After two years of online broadcasts, Mandarin learners from universities across the UK took turns to impress the judges ...
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24
June
2022
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12:43
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The Department of Linguistics and English Language are hosting a special conference next week: a joint event combining the 29th annual meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA) and the ninth edition of the TripleA workshop for...
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20
May
2022
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15:33
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A new initiative in the Department of Linguistics and English Language has recently launched. The Linguistic Diversity Collective (LDC) comprises several academics in the department and aims to research and champion linguistic diversity locally and g...
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26
January
2022
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14:21
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UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism.2022 is the fifth year that Manchester has celebrated Internation...
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2021
07
July
2021
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14:10
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Thomas returns to The University of Manchester, where he spent five years as Professor of Musicology and Head of the Division of Art History, Drama and Music. He has also held posts at Bangor University, the University of Frankfurt and the University...
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26
January
2021
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15:30
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Multi-disciplinary researchers at The University of Manchester have helped develop a powerful physics-based tool to map the pace of language development and human innovation over thousands of years – even stretching into pre-history before records we...
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14
January
2021
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16:13
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Due to popular demand, the deadline for entries for The University of Manchester Making a Difference Awards has been extended.The new closing date is midnight on 24 January 2021. It is hoped the extension will help anyone struggling to meet the deadl...
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2020
08
December
2020
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11:50
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The University of Manchester’s School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC) will be hosting a celebration to mark the strength and resilience of its students in a virtual event.The celebration will take place at 3pm on Wednesday 16 December 2020, an...
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29
October
2020
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16:29
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An Emeritus Professor from The University of Manchester has won the prestigious Yasnaya Polyana Literary Prize 2020 for her outstanding work in the foreign fiction category, the Russian translation of her novel, James Miranda Barry.
Patricia Dunck...
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17
July
2020
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10:43
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The virtual celebration for the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures will take place at 3pm on Tuesday 28 July and will be available to view on the SALC YouTube channel. The celebrations will stay online following the event, therefore any students ...
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17
February
2020
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14:47
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The University of Manchester has been ranked first place for university language centres in the UK by EL Gazette.
The University came ahead of the universities of Liverpool, Edge Hill (Brighton), King’s College London and Leicester on the list on ...
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2019
09
December
2019
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10:35
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A new study reveals Italian-speaking children pick up some language rules faster than English-speakers.
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16
October
2019
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15:31
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Fifteen British and Chinese diplomats and civil servants have met in Manchester to discuss UK-China cultural and educational exchanges, trade and investment relations, and the global context and future of UK-China relations.
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31
July
2019
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10:49
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A new scholarship has been set up to support students from lower income households to do a degree in modern languages at the University of Manchester.
The RWS Brode Scholarship Programme has been set up by RWS, one of the world’s leading language ...
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2018
26
October
2018
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12:15
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At the cutting edge of modern science, DNA sequencing promises to transform many aspects of human life. It’s already playing a significant role in law enforcement, as well as medical and historical research. But there’s a growing inequality in its im...
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15
October
2018
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13:30
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Experts from The University of Manchester have called for better language provisions to help non-English speakers into the workplace, after their research found that language proficiency is the most common barrier to employment for newcomers to the c...
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20
August
2018
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12:05
Europe/London
Congratulations to the University Language Centre’s Dr John Morley who has won the Digital Innovation category at the UMIP Innovation awards 2018.
Dr Morley’s popular online phraseology resource tool, the Academic Phrasebank, was created originall...
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14
August
2018
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10:10
Europe/London
Apparently, I am BAME. This places me as a contender for The Guardian’s BAME awards or the Jhalak prize, both aimed at BAME writers like myself. Ah, BAME – this acronym, which means black, asian and minority ethnic, joins many other appellations offe...
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18
May
2018
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13:55
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Students and citizens in Saint Petersburg will now have access to a Russian version of LinguaSnapp - The University of Manchester’s mobile app for documenting language landscapes.
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29
January
2018
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09:48
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A forensic linguist from The University of Manchester who analysed letters supposedly signed by Jack the Ripper has concluded that two of the most famous examples were written by the same person.
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19
January
2018
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10:55
Europe/London
The way we talk can reveal a lot about us and our origins – in terms of region, class and ethnicity. The UK has a wide variety of accents but not all are created equal – with some accents deemed to be more socially acceptable than others.
Maybe it...
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18
January
2018
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14:17
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Dr Sheena Kalayil, Senior English Language Tutor at the University Language Centre recently won a Writers Guild Award for best first novel, for The Bureau of Second Chances.
The novel, which is based on a widower returning to his native India, was...
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10
January
2018
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09:51
Europe/London
Whether you’re speaking in your native tongue, or in another language, being understood and believed is fundamental to good communication. After all, a fact is a fact in any language, and a statement that is objectively true should just be considered...
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2017
12
December
2017
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10:03
Europe/London
The first-ever in-depth investigation into RT - the international news network formerly known as Russia Today - has been launched by researchers at The University of Manchester and the Open University....
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03
October
2017
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10:24
Europe/London
Girls in Manchester are more likely than boys to have ‘unique’ names, and the names given to children are likely to reflect parents’ home languages and cultures, according to a new study carried out by The University of Manchester.
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18
September
2017
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09:36
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Research by The University of Manchester has found that leaving the European Union may reduce levels of support for the teaching of English as an additional language, due to the withdrawal of EU funding.
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