News

Keep up to date with all the happenings in Dutch Studies.
student in Brussels' main square with Belgian flag in the background
4 March 2021

2021 Year Abroad: How Brussels found me

While Covid tests our patience and while a post Brexit world does not make it easier to study or work in Europe, we still cannot stop the positive energy from flowing. Here is June Dawson, reporting from Brussels.
colourful circles with text in Dutch
9 February 2021

Nu jij: Animated language

We are proud to present our new language Youtube channel! We offer animated grammar explanations as well as speaking exercises. All developed by staff and students at Sheffield.
Student Rober Heaney on a bridge in Amsterdam
Robert Heaney (BA French and Dutch)
19 January 2021

Robert Heaney: My respect for Frisian

Multilingualism is a central topic in the world of language policy. Robert Heaney (BA French and Dutch) picked Dr Kristine Horner's module on this topic and discovered Frysk, one of the official languages of the Netherlands.

Student smiling
11 December 2020

My first semester studying a new language

I’m Lottie Armett and I’m in First Year, studying Beginners’ Dutch and Post A-Level German. Here is my story of picking up a new language. In my case: Dutch.
A girl in a school setting among bugs: picture form the picture book the students tackled
22 December 2020

Exhilarating languages: Creative translation in schools

Hard work, little gain: language learning is not always associated with joy, creativity and fun. With these targeted workshops our students want to show how exhilarating learning languages can be.
Final year student of Dutch asks questions via a laptop on which guest authors Niña Weijers is visible
25 November 2020

Dutch Writer in Residence: Niña Weijers

It was a genuine pleasure to welcome Niña Weijers as our Taalunie online Writer in Residence Autumn 2020. Weijers is one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Dutch literature and we organised two events to mark her visit.
Lydia cope takes selfie with facemask
9 November 2020

Music, theatre and bikes!

Lydia Cope (BAMLC German and Dutch) is currently on her Third Year Abroad in Antwerp. She reports on doing a work placement abroad in times of Corona.

Series of bookcovers of the Strangers Press Chapbook series Verzet
30 October 2020

Off the Shelf Festival introduces New Dutch Writers

Sheffield’s Off the Shelf Festival of Words featured a literary evening with two Dutch authors and two literary translators, including Sheffield alumnus Alice Tetley-Paul. Nicole Oshisanwo (4th year Dual Degree History and Modern Languages) reports.
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2 September 2020

Summer course online: it works!

What does a summer course in corona times look like? For the first time in its 65-year existence, the Dutch Language Union Summer Course moved all activities online. Georgie von Schweinitz (BA Spanish, German,  Dutch) looks back at her experience.
Elinor Sheridan in Nijmegen
25 August 2020

Elinor Sheridan on her Third Year Abroad in the Netherlands

Elinor Sheridan studies Dutch alongside her French. She looks back on her Year Aboard in the Netherlands: "I am incredibly grateful to have had that unforgettable opportunity to find a space for myself in Nijmegen."
Students and staff with member of Anglo Netherlands society

Anglo-Netherlands Annual Prize 2020

The winners of the ANS Annual Award 2020 are Hanna Aalen, Ana Krech, Robert Pearce and Marta Siwakowska for their splendid podcast on 'Stimmy of het oerwoud in de stad', a children’s book by Daan Remmerts de Vries and Philip Hopman.

23 July 2020
Author reads from his book

Looking ahead: Taking translation into schools

We've come to the end of a turbulent academic year: high time for new plans and initiatives. Dutch Studies is pleased to announce that we will be taking our long-term involvement with translation further in 2020-2021.

9 July 2020
Marta Siwakowska

New in Dutch: Marta Siwakowska

Second Year student Marta Siwakowska (Dutch, German, Italian) was invited to write a guest column for 'Onze Taal', a popular magazine in the Netherlands and Flanders.

6 June 2020
Student wins first prize in international writing competition

Literary prize for an extraordinary winner: Catherine Newell

Joseph Conrad, Vladimir Nabokov and now Catherine Newell. After less than two years of studying Dutch, Catherine's entry was crowned winner in the international writing competition Write Now! Worldwide.

19 May 2020
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Our First Year modules

Add Dutch to your degree programme: learn an accessible European language and get acquainted with the history, art and contemporary cultures of the Netherlands and Belgium.

15 May 2020