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Northumbria Being Human 2022

We are excited to announce that Northumbria University’s programme of events for this year’s Being Human Festival has now gone live.

Being Human is the national festival of the humanities, and this year Northumbria is one of only five institutions that have been awarded Research Hub status. This means that, working alongside community partners and with Tyne and Wear Archives & Museums, Northumbria researchers will deliver an exciting programme of free events that celebrate two iconic treasures of the North East: The Lindisfarne Gospels and Hadrian’s Wall.  

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A Place for Linguistics in the UK Languages Curriculum?

We’re very much looking forward to our next English Language and Linguistics seminar at 12noon on Wednesday 11th of May 2022. The speaker is Professor Michelle Sheehan from Newcastle University and she will be sharing findings from the Linguistics in Modern Foreign Languages project: https://linguisticsinmfl.co.uk

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