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2024
22
November
2024
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09:39
Europe/London
This year鈥檚 91直播 Literature Festival took place 4-20 October, with an exciting programme of literary events taking place including collaborations with The University of Manchester鈥檚 Creative 91直播 research platform and the Centre for New …
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25
June
2024
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17:09
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12-16 June saw the return of Manchester City of Literature鈥檚 Festival of Libraries, taking place across the whole of Greater 91直播 to celebrate the vital role that libraries play in wellbeing, culture and creativity.Creative 91直播 鈥� the …
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17
May
2024
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13:50
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Taking place in libraries across Greater 91直播 between 12-16 June 2024From 12-16 June 2024, Greater 91直播 will once again celebrate the 91直播 City of Literature Festival of Libraries 鈥� which promises a rich tapestry of vibrant events …
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23
February
2024
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13:57
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UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2024 took place last week on 21 February, with an inspiring programme of local celebrations presented by 91直播 City of Literature and their partners.This year was the 8th International Mother …
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26
January
2024
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14:34
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Creative 91直播 is delighted to present a number of events celebrating UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2024, in partnership with 91直播 City of Literature.This year will be the 8th International Mother Language Day observed …
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2023
16
June
2023
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12:59
Europe/London
7-11 June saw the return of Manchester UNESCO City of Literature鈥檚 Festival of Libraries, taking place across the whole of Greater 91直播 to celebrate the role that libraries play in wellbeing, culture, creativity and more.Creative 91直播 鈥� …
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09
May
2023
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14:11
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7-11 June 2023 sees the return of Manchester UNESCO City of Literature鈥檚 Festival of Libraries.Following the success of the past two years of celebrations, the 2023 festival showcases a vibrant programme of events in libraries across all ten …
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14
April
2023
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15:01
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A language-themed trail around 91直播 Museum took place on 12 April and saw over 340 people take part.Families were invited to collect their 鈥楲ooking for Languages鈥� trail sheets from members of the Linguistic Diversity Collective, find the …
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27
March
2023
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09:00
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New research by an expert at The University of Manchester has found that a major aspect of the traditional 鈥楳anc鈥� accent is still going strong in northern parts of the city, but is disappearing from people鈥檚 speech elsewhere.
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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鈥檚 International Mother Language Day 2023 celebrations.The podcast is hosted by Lecturer in Linguistics at …
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17
January
2023
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13:48
Europe/London
Creative 91直播 is delighted to participate in UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2023, in partnership with 91直播 City of Literature.This year will be the 7th International Mother Language Day observed in 91直播, a …
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2022
30
November
2022
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14:18
Europe/London
鈥楽upporting 91直播鈥檚 language communities: Language endangerment and maintenance鈥� included a cross-disciplinary panel and marked the official launch of the Linguistic Diversity Collective. The event was well attended by University staff, …
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20
September
2022
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10:00
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The Linguistic Diversity Collective and Creative 91直播 present a free event taking place on 19 October at 5.30pm in the University of Manchester鈥檚 Alliance 91直播 Business School penthouse event space.鈥楽upporting 91直播鈥檚 language …
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29
June
2022
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15:42
Europe/London
15-19 June 2022 saw the return of 91直播 UNESCO City of Literature鈥檚 Festival of Libraries. Following the success of last year鈥檚 inaugural celebration, the 2022 festival showcased a vibrant and varied programme of 80 events in …
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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 …
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13
June
2022
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14:52
Europe/London
The University of Manchester Community Festival (25 June 2022) is a rare opportunity for the entire organisation to share, celebrate and have fun with each other and the general public, and the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures is …
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10
May
2022
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15:16
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This cross-platform event between the Digital Futures, Creative & Heritage and Data Science & AI themes and the Creative 91直播 platform will highlight and map out expertise, strengths and possible …
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04
May
2022
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12:12
Europe/London
Following the success of last year鈥檚 inaugural celebration, the 2022 festival showcases a vibrant programme of 80 events in libraries across all ten boroughs of Greater 91直播.Creative 91直播 鈥� the University鈥檚 creativity-championing …
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26
January
2022
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14:21
Europe/London
UNESCO鈥檚 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 91直播 has celebrated …
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2021
07
July
2021
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14:10
Europe/London
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 …
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2019
23
January
2019
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11:59
Europe/London
A short film highlighting the outreach and public engagement work of the Multilingual 91直播 (MLM) research unit at The University of Manchester has been launched.
Being Part of the City: Multilingual 91直播 was edited by Matylda …
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2018
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 …
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20
April
2018
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14:12
Europe/London
The University of Manchester is now the top-ranked University Language Centre for English language courses in the UK, according to the EL Gazette’s current Centres of Excellence rankings.
Following the British Council inspection in November …
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18
January
2018
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14:17
Europe/London
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, …
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