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From the climbing walls in Edinburgh to the columns of leading publications like New York Times and The Guardian, graduate Natalie shares how language learning has opened doors to unexpected opportunities.

Languages student Ione Gildroy talks to Italian teacher Marco Palone about his prize-winning science fiction.

Edinburgh hosts a range of festivals during the summer months, including the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the Book Fringe. Find out what staff, students and alumni are getting up to at both these festivals in 2024.

Edinburgh hosts a range of festivals during the summer months, including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the International Festival. Find out what staff, students and alumni are getting up to at both these festivals in 2024.

Edinburgh hosts a range of festivals during the summer months, including the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Find out what staff, students and alumni are getting up to at the festival in 2024.

Abi (Scandinavian Studies and Spanish), Martha (Scandinavian Studies and Social Policy) and Nicole (Chinese and Spanish), three students in their final year, visit Social Bite, an Edinburgh-based charity dedicated to ending homelessness.

We sit down with Jesús Nares Jaramillo, André Hughes and Maisie Smith, three members of this year's From Arthur’s Seat team, to find out more about their time in Edinburgh and what they've learned by being part of the annual creative writing project.

Shortlisted for the prestigious Nebula Awards and Hugo Awards, winning the Ignyte Award for Best Speculative Poetry and landing a two-book deal, cross-genre writer Ai Jiang reflects on the past few whirlwind years since graduating with an MSc in Creative Writing in 2022.

Starting his critic career in The Student during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, MSc Film Studies graduate James Hanton traces his journey from Social Anthropology to Film in this blog post, and shares insights and advice for students eager to try their hand at reviewing live shows.

In this blog post, Spanish MA (Hons) student Anu Abicht tells us about how she discovered a passion for teaching yoga during her Year Abroad in Almería, Spain.