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EU insists on tuition fees cut as price of Brexit reset “Frustrated” Brussels says issue must be resolved before talks can conclude.

We’ve left. That means things will change. You charge us to trade, we charge you to study 🤷🏾‍♂️ www.politico.eu/article/eu-i...

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From a small seed to a tree. At @itiscotnet.bsky.social we're celebrating our 35th anniversary. We're grateful to our founders and all the volunteers who've chipped in over the years to help this network grow, adapt and stay relevant. May we all continue to thrive for the next 35 years and more!

Gentle reminder to book your spot for our spring workshop before the 4th of March 🎺🥁📯📣

The Department of Languages at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social is facing serious cuts with a proposal to make 11 of its staff redundant, stop offering undergraduate Chinese and German and eliminate intercultural studies courses.

Please sign this petition: heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/02/05/s...

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It's dreich out there, but our spring workshop is coming!
On the 21st of March in Edinburgh, we'll discuss translation in the area of disaster risk reduction looking at languages and indigenous communities in Latin America, with Dr. Teresa Armijos Burneo.
Info: itiscotland.org.uk/events/sprin...

Our planned events for 2026: pub gatherings in Edinburgh (last Thursday of each month); Spring workshop in Edinburgh on 21 March (about indigenous language); Walking Weekend in the Spey Valley on 8-10 May; Autumn workshop in Edinburgh (early October); AGM and Christmas lunch in Glasgow, 12 December.

Brexit has made everything worse, new poll reveals The UK’s disillusioned Gen Z are losing faith in democracy, survey finds

"From the economy to immigration, British voters believe Brexit has made things worse in the UK and left the nation with even less control over its own destiny. The new poll also reveals that European voters would welcome the UK back with open arms if we applied to rejoin the EU."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

No gels, no foams: Catalonia turns to grannies to teach traditional cooking Region famed for molecular gastronomy begins video project to collect and share rustic recipes

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say

UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme

Latest @theguardian.com cartoon

#RachelReeves #KeirStarmer #Brexit #Budget2025 #Labour

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Sofia Corradi, Italy's 'Mamma Erasmus', dies at 91 Erasmus founder Corradi advocated for cultural, social and academic exchanges among European students, on her return to Rome from US in 1969. Sofia Corradi, the Italian professor of educational scienc...

Sofia Corradi, Italy's 'Mamma Erasmus', dies at 91 - Wanted in Rome share.google/WnpKKbly1IlE...

Brexit has had ‘severe and long lasting’ impact on economy, says Reeves, as she confirms budget tax rises – UK politics live Chancellor cites the UK’s exit from EU alongside austerity and Truss’s mini-budget as issues affecting economy Downing Street is under pressure to publish its evidence in the collapsed China spy case after the Crown Prosecution Service denied having blocked its release, Emine Sinmaz reports. Good morning. In a much-praised FT column yesterday, Stephen Bush argued that one problem facing the Conservatives today is that “an essential condition for entry into the upper echelons of [the party] is being willing to at least pretend that you think taking Britain out of the EU was a good idea”. As Bush memorably put it, “this is a never-ending lobotomy for the Tories”. Starmer and Reeves are expected to argue that, if it hadn’t been for Brexit, this type of downgrade would not have been needed, and to cite official figures suggesting that if Britain had not left the European Union the economy would be about £120bn bigger by 2035 than current forecasts suggest it will be. The message is simple: [Nigel] Farage is ultimately to blame as the man who delivered Brexit with “easy sloganeering” then walked away from the aftermath rather than putting in the hard yards. Or, to put it another way: Farage, not us, is responsible for putting up your taxes. Austerity, Brexit, and the ongoing impact of Liz Truss’s mini-budget, all of those things have weighed heavily on the UK economy. Already, people thought that the UK economy would be 4% smaller because of Brexit. Now, of course, we are undoing some of that damage by the deal that we did with the EU earlier this year … but there is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting and that’s why we are trying to do trade deals around the world, US, India, but most importantly with the EU. Continue reading...

Brexit has had ‘severe and long lasting’ impact on economy, says Reeves, as she confirms budget tax rises – UK politics live

Brexit ‘being ignored’ as cause of UK universities’ problems Loss of EU students made recruitment more commercial and universities more insular, argues new book

Brexit ‘being ignored’ as cause of UK universities’ problems www.timeshighereducation.com/news/brexit-...

Portrait poster announcing that early-bird registration for IPCITI 2025 is open until 24 October. On the right side of the bottom half of the poster, there is a QR code to register. MODALITY MUTABILITY MOBILITY: Currents of Change in Translation and Interpreting. Confirmed Keynote: Dr Pauline Henry-Tierney (Newcastle University)Contact: IPCITI@warwick.ac.uk

Registration for #IPCITI2025, the 18th International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting, is now OPEN!! 🎉🎉🎉

🗓️ Register before 24 October to get our special early-bird fee.

🧠 We have a packed two-day programme with plenty of opportunities to network and decompress.

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Air miles be damned. I say the best way to find out about the joy and complexity of our world is through novels | Pushpinder Khaneka As I read 200 books from different regions, I gained a clarity news reports seldom give, says journalist and author Pushpinder Khaneka

'Restricting your reading to novels from Europe and North America is like going to an all-you-can-eat Mexican buffet and just eating tortillas. Why do that?' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Decoding Cultures: The Need for Professional Review and Labels in Translation. According to the U.S.

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Fewer pupils in less affluent English schools taking languages, survey finds Less than half taking foreign languages GCSEs compared with 69% in most prosperous state schools

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

AI could account for nearly half of data centre power usage ‘by end of year’ Artificial intelligence systems forecast to require almost as much energy by end of decade as Japan uses today Artificial intelligence systems could approach accounting for half of data centre power consumption by the end of this year, according to new analysis. The estimates by Alex de Vries-Gao, the founder of the Digiconomist tech sustainability website, came as the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast that AI would require almost as much energy by the end of this decade as Japan uses today. Continue reading...

AI could account for nearly half of data centre power usage ‘by end of year’

Summer Workshop 2025 - ITI ScotNet 07/06/2025 @ All Day - ITI Scottish Network invites you to its summer workshop on S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y W I T H AIDA FE R R E R  A G U I L A R , M A R J O L E I N  T H I C [...]

Bookings are still open for our 2025 summer workshop on 6-8 June! 🌞
Join us to discuss sustainability with Marjolein Thickett, Lorraine Ishak and Aida Ferrer in Dumfries.
Tasty food 🥙, a friendly bunch to network with 🙋‍♂️, engaging CPD 👩‍🏫, a joyful ceilidh💃 and a walk. What's not to like? rb.gy/ejlxny

CFP conference in Tarragona, Spain. New Literacies in Translation. Keynotes by Sánchez-Gijón and Moorkens. October 9-10, 2025.
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Voters want Keir Starmer to focus on rebuilding trade ties with EU, poll reveals Open trade with Europe is more important to the UK than a deal with Donald Trump, most Britons believe

The sheer stupidity of it all never ceases to baffle me: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Do you work or foster an interest in translation? Are you based in/near Newcastle upon Tyne?

Join us for our next event, organised by @itinortheast.bsky.social & @newcastleuni.bsky.social

Spanish > English Translation Slam,
Thurs 1st May 2025
Newcastle University

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Summer Workshop 2025 - ITI ScotNet 07/06/2025 @ All Day - ITI Scottish Network invites you to its summer workshop on S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y W I T H AIDA FE R R E R  A G U I L A R , M A R J O L E I N  T H I C [...]

Bookings are open for our 2025 summer workshop! 🌞
Join us on 6-8 June in Dumfries to discuss Sustainability with Marjolein Thickett, Lorraine Ishak and Aida Ferrer.
Tasty food 🥙 🥘, a friendly bunch to network 🙋 🙋‍♂️, engaging CPD 👩‍🏫🧏‍♀️, a joyful ceilidh 💃 🕺 and a walk. What's not to like? rb.gy/ejlxny

Red banners fly over steps at Harvard University. A headline reads: “Harvard Will Make Tuition Free for More Students.” Photo credit: Sophie Park for The New York Times.

Harvard will offer free tuition for students whose families earn $200,000 and below, the university said on Monday, becoming the latest elite school to expand financial aid after the Supreme Court banned the use of racial preferences in college admissions. nyti.ms/3FKOcPz

CTT 2025 The workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology (CTT) aims to attract a broad range of attendees, such as researchers, educators, translators and industry stakeholders, to discuss the applica...

As part of the MT Summit 2025 we are organising the 2nd Workshop on Creative-Text Translation and Technology (to be held 24/06). The deadline for submissions is March 16th. We have excellent keynote speakers! Take a plunge! ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/home

Join our online roundtable "Beyond #Translation: Emerging Careers in the Global #Language #Industry"
6 March, 3-4 GMT

Featuring experts from Amnesty International, Netflix, Rhyme&Reason, and ELIA sharing their insights

Register: updates.warwick.ac.uk/form/eutopia...

#EUTOPIALanguagesWeek #EUTOPIA

ScotNet Newsletter | February 2025 - ITI ScotNet In with the new? I’m writing this in late(ish) January, but it already feels like 2025 is moving quickly,not least because the weather has shifted from a heavy frost to mild temperatureswithin the spa...

Our latest newsletter is out! Now available on our website, thanks to our brilliant editor @siobhang.bsky.social and all the members who've contributed to this issue: Lynda Hepburn, Aida Ferrer, @ajctranslate.bsky.social, Helen Robertson, Pauline Côme-Laing

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ITI raises serious concerns over proposed course closures Economic, cultural and educational risks of proposed closure of the School of Modern Languages at the University of Cardiff.

ITI’s letter to Cardiff University expressing our deep concerns at the proposed closure of modern languages and translation courses. Such a move would have serious economic, cultural and educational implications.
#SaveCardiffLanuguages #AgainstModernLanguagesCuts
#GlobalWalesMultilingualWales