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Latest news from the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC).
- Enhance your digital teaching, learning and working experience
We want to hear from you to understand the digital environment supporting your teaching, learning and working and help shape improvements across the University. (19 Jan 2026) - Creative Manchester to recruit academic Skills lead
University’s research platform to recruit an academic lead for Skills, Teaching & Learning and Student Experience – application deadline noon on Monday 26 January 2026 (14 Jan 2026) - Message from the Vice-President and Dean
In her first message of 2026, Fiona encourages us all to ‘Start Well’ by looking after our wellbeing, reports on the next steps for our strategy to 2035, and celebrates the recognition of several colleagues and alumni in the King’s New Year Honour’s list. (12 Jan 2026) - Faculty academics awarded Dean’s commendation for outstanding practice
Three Faculty colleagues on the Humanities New Academics Programme (HNAP) have been commended by Fiona Devine for delivering a high standard of academic practice. (12 Jan 2026) - The impact of therapy on male survivors of sexual assault: A Q&A with David Gadd
Professor David Gadd received funding from the Humanities Strategic Civic Engagement Fund (HSCEF) in 2024 for his collaborative project on evaluating the impact of a pioneering therapeutic intervention for male prisoners who are victims of sexual abuse and assault. (12 Jan 2026) - Reminder to publish Semester 2 courses in Canvas and of Canvas Confidence event
Academic colleagues teaching in Semester 2 are reminded that all courses must be published on Canvas by Monday, 19 January. The Humanities eLearning team is running its latest Canvas Confidence drop-in event on Wednesday 14 January for anyone who has questions about the platform. (12 Jan 2026) - Our graduates making a difference
Discover how this year’s graduates are hoping to make an impact. (12 Jan 2026) - Service excellence in action: capturing attendee data with visitor scanning
By introducing visitor scanning at open days, the Humanities Marketing and Student Recruitment team has enabled attendance data capture and enhanced the application experience for students. Elizabeth McCullough from the team explains more. (12 Jan 2026) - 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)