Prof Ruth Hemus

Researching the avant-Garde, Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Royal Holloway. Views expressed are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect my employer’s.

[School of Advanced Study, University of London @SASNews]

Have question about the @ILCS_SAS's MA Languages and Cultures Across Borders? There's just a week until our informative webinar and live Q&A session.

Register today: https://t.co/kjYipMums4

[The Old Court @OldCourtWin]

Upcoming at TOC

👠 Dragged Through Time 👠

An LGBTQIA+ film created by Local Young People at Notice Productions.

Featuring Sir Ian McKellen. Showing at The Ole Court, 16th January, 7:30pm

[Prof Ruth Hemus @RuthHemus]

@Nay_Landell Lovely news. Sending so many good wishes your way x

[APPG Modern Languages @APPGML]

Read the APPG on Modern Languages response to the Curriculum & Assessment Review ⬇️

[RHULDoctoralSchool @RHULDocSchool]

Festival of Volunteering - Wednesday 1 October
Royal Holloway is hosting the Festival of Volunteering on 1 October on Founder’s Square from 12-3pm! Find out more:
https://t.co/huhTwdCIXy

[Languages, Literatures & Cultures @ Royal Holloway @LLC_RHUL]

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at
@royalholloway invites expressions of interest from potential applicants to the 2026 @LeverhulmeTrust
Early Career Fellowship scheme. Details of the process and deadlines here 👇

https://t.co/APXrfNkqld

[Julie Sanders @ProfJSanders]

And great to have the @RoyalHolloway Languages for All project with Reach Foundation featured in this report as a positive case study for future resilience around language learning in the UK.

[Prof Ruth Hemus @RuthHemus]

@Lyftfloga How wonderful! Huge Congratulations 🙌

[School of Advanced Study, University of London @SASNews]

Fancy a different approach to languages? MA Languages and Cultures Across Borders focuses on the need for comparative understanding of the movement of languages and people over time, in the context of globalisation and post-colonialism. Find out more: https://t.co/USI5V85AKP

[Prof Ruth Hemus @RuthHemus]

@Nay_Landell Oh how wonderful! Lovely to know the latest step in your life’s journey. Huge Congratulations Dr L and soon Mrs E 😍

[Prof Ruth Hemus @RuthHemus]

@RHULMusic Hello @RHULMusic - could you post the dates and booking links for your events, please? So much great stuff!

[Prof Ruth Hemus @RuthHemus]

@Nay_Landell Fabulous, joyful news - huge congratulations!

[UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social @UCFLangs]

On the Lords Debate:
👉Languages are a vulnerable subject of *strategic* importance
👉'Sustainability' (!) requires support, not cuts
👉Urgent need for enhanced concerted action on promoting languages learning across the 4 nations, and across all languages
👉Urgent need for a revised funding model for languages at HE level & international mobility
@LangsGateway @BritishAcademy_ @ILCS_SAS @UniversitiesUK @scottishcilt @NICILT @RoutesCymru @bphillipsonMP @JennyGilruth

[Royal Holloway @RoyalHolloway]

Have you spotted any of these on campus recently?

The work we continue to do on our estate aims to maintain existing wildlife habitats and facilitate plenty more.

Several rare and diverse species have been emerging, captured by our gardening team. #WorldNatureConservationDay

[Prof Ruth Hemus @RuthHemus]

@familyhistorysh Bonnes vacances!

[Adam Ganz @AdamGanz]

It was an unforgettable honour to be Orator for Sir @LennyHenry's honorary Doctorate at last week's graduation ceremony @RoyalHolloway . Thanks for the shout out to my @RhulMediaArts colleagues John Hill and @SueClaytonFilm - to @StoryFutures and to my Barry White voice

[Royal Holloway @RoyalHolloway]

When Sir Lenny took to the mic 🎤

We were delighted to welcome back a very special alumnus last week, awarding Sir @LennyHenry CBE an Honorary Doctorate.

Funny and inspiring as always, watch his full speech here: https://t.co/B8YUzBCroD

@firstsightmedia @StoryFutures

[HelenMyers @HelenMyers]

Thanks to @ASCL_UK @ALL4language @ismla_uk and @BritishAcademy_ for working together make the grading in GCSE languages fairer. #mfltwitterati

[Prof Ruth Hemus @RuthHemus]

Great resource for students of French @LLC_RHUL

[Michael Slavinsky @michaelslav]

Did you know Le Figaro has a whole section dedicated to French expressions, sayings, common errors and linguistic misconceptions? https://t.co/3F2Pbpkbz3 #mfltwitterati #french #LanguageLearning

[KHSModlangs @KHSmodlangs]

#KylianMbappé explains how he worked hard in Spanish at school as h and as determined to play for Real Madrid one day…#DreamBig #WorkHard #RealMadrid #Languagesmatter
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