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Latest news from the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC).

• Faculty of Humanities festive video 2025
  Watch this year's video highlighting many of our key achievements from 2025. (18 Dec 2025)
• A festive message from the Faculty Executive
  As we approach the end of another busy and productive year, read a short Christmas message from the Faculty Executive. (18 Dec 2025)
• Student experience projects celebrated at Faculty showcase
  Colleagues and students came together to mark a year of impactful projects focused on enhancing the student experience. (17 Dec 2025)
• AMBS student receives President’s Distinguished Achievement Award
  Master’s student Haripriya Shanmugam has been awarded a Distinguished Achievement Award for 2025 in the Postgraduate Student of the Year category. (17 Dec 2025)
• Faculty of Humanities Canvas update
  An update on publishing courses for Semester 2 and upcoming training sessions. (17 Dec 2025)
• Introducing the 2025/26 Canvas Excellence Student Awards!
  The Humanities eLearning team are inviting students to nominate Canvas courses that have gone the extra mile this year. (15 Dec 2025)
• Career development programme available for global majority early career researchers
  Applications are now open for a six-month fully funded career development programme for colleagues from Global Majority backgrounds. (12 Dec 2025)
• Call for chapters: Dangerous Writings
  Colleagues are invited to submit chapters for an edited collection of Dangerous Writings. (12 Dec 2025)
• Inspiring global careers in international politics
  Students gathered for a recent event on careers in international politics organised by the Politics Department in SoSS. (12 Dec 2025)
• Problems with SEAtS – technical issues now resolved
  There have been a few problems with SEAtS over the last few weeks which may have affected you. We’re pleased to tell you that these issues have now been resolved and after testing SEAtS has been working as expected. (04 Dec 2025)
• Take part in the Experimental Archaeology Club's upcoming workshops
  Join the Experimental Archaeology Club in exploring the practical side of learning about the past. (04 Dec 2025)
• Message from the Vice-President and Dean
  This week, Fiona reports on the Board’s visit to the Faculty, highlights a few of the many events which demonstrate our strengths and ambitions, and celebrates SoSS’s Athena Swan Silver Award. (28 Nov 2025)
• Service excellence in action: Accelerating the application process in LEAP
  Automating the Languages Experience for All Programme (LEAP) application process has helped make it easier and quicker for students, staff, alumni and members of the public to embark on their language learning journey. Stephen Brown, from the Curriculum and Programmes team in SALC, explains more. (28 Nov 2025)
• Launching the new Humanities Teaching Academy SharePoint site
  A new Humanities Teaching Academy site has been created, bringing together resources and guidance covering teaching and learning. (28 Nov 2025)
• Colleagues champion biodiversity at Humanities Garden planting workshop
  Staff members came together for a planting session to help bring the new Humanities Garden to life. (28 Nov 2025)
• Apply for University of Washington seed fund
  The University of Washington research seed fund opens for applications on Monday, 1 December. (27 Nov 2025)
• HCRI anthropologist recognised with feminist scholarship award for work on Kashmir
  Congratulations to Dr Omer Aijazi, who has won the Gloria Anzaldúa Book Prize for his monograph. (27 Nov 2025)
• AMBS researcher releases open collection of financial AI models
  Congratulations to Dr Eghbal Rahimikia, who has released a large open collection of financial AI models built using billions of data points and backed by UK government investment in AI infrastructure. (26 Nov 2025)
• Career development training opportunity for disabled PGRs/ECRs
  As part of the 'Realising Disability Inclusion for ECRs/PGRs’, specialised training is being offered to improve career development for disabled PGRs/ECRs. (25 Nov 2025)
• Celebrate colleague success at Business Engagement and Knowledge Exchange event
  Join the Faculty Business Engagement team to celebrate colleague success and network with your peers. (24 Nov 2025)