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Senior Lecturer in French & Quality Coordinator at Sheffield Hallam University

Joined July 2012
Reminder of the first TANDEM of the year, this wednesday 1-2pm. Where you can socialise, practice your languages and meet new people!!! Find the relevant zoom links for the language you want to practice on your emails or DM us for questions. 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇸
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Happy Monday Everyone💗- from now we will be uploading content regularly on all of our social media so look out for updates on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Please follow and like our pages📚 Hope everyone is well!
EasyJet, RyanAir, BA & Wizz Air have received £1.8 billion in govt loans with no commitment to reduce emissions or keep workers on the payroll. @RishiSunak if we’re going to #BuildBackBetter you can’t let the airlines carry on business-as-usual #GreenRecovery
Thank you @PaulKayeEUlangs for sharing your expertise. Joyeux Noel et bonne continuation @FrenchAtHallam @SpanishAtHallam @GermanAtHallam @italian_hallam
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“Languages are the grounding work for everything that I do” The new #LanguageTrendsWales shows that GCSE & A-Level pupils are rejecting international languages, choosing other subjects instead. We asked people in Wales what value multilingualism has brought to their careers👇
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Here's the word of the day in 8 different languages: votar (ES, CAT, PT), voter, stimmen, votare, 投票, 投票する @sheffhallamuni @SBSHallam @SpanishAtHallam @FrenchAtHallam @italian_hallam @GermanAtHallam
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Patricia and her 15 year old son Kyle had to cope with a 430 mile round-trip for treatment after his shock eye cancer diagnosis this summer. They’re backing our call for a Young Cancer Patient Travel Fund. Sign your support now: bit.ly/2OHkwWU
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After three years in her Japanese class @morleycollege it was time this week to say さよなら to 先生 Hisano san and my classmates, with our usual end-of-term drinks. I still feel like a beginner, but it’s been fun getting to that point. Challenge now is to keep up self-study.
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The Language Assistants team are hiring! This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join the @BCScotland Edinburgh office, utilise their language skills and support the delivery of our international bilateral education programme! 🌍 jobs.britishcouncil.org/Logi…
Why do @sheffhallamuni staff need to strike? 🚫 Most lecturers working 50+ hours a week 🚫 Pay value down 20% in 10 years 🚫 Significant pay gap for women and BAME staff 🚫 500+ staff on precarious zero-hour contracts 🚫 56% increase in referrals to counselling @UCUHallam
‘She’s probably done more for the profession than any other person’: @CIOLinguists CEO Ann Carlisle on the winner of this year’s David Crystal @davcr Trophy, Renée Van Hoof-Haferkamp, founder of @EU_Commission interpreting service @EUInterpreters and still working at 91.
Yesterday I helped a French creative pitch an ad to a major US corporation. #translation #IMadeADifference
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All of the content from the main room at the Translating Europe Forum last week is available online - there is some great stuff so look at the programme and pick your CPD! ec.europa.eu/info/events/201… ec.europa.eu/info/events/201…
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Skilled workers can find employment in Germany with a helping hand from "Make it in Germany"

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Replying to @mfllondon
@mfllondon @TF_Ambassadors Bolder Academy is hiring! We are looking for an excellent MFL teacher to join our team 😊 bolderacademy.org/wp-content….
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