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21 October 2020

SLC student Morgan McArthur wins global youth award “Top Talents Under 25”

Morgan McArthur, final year languages student (French, Russian, Spanish), recently became one of the first ever British winners of the global youth award “Top Talents Under 25” after being named as one of 5 winners in the Education sector.

Photo of Austrian landscape near Salzburg — This is a photo I took during one of my many walks near where I live.

20 May 2020

Why I stayed abroad

I’d been working as an English language teaching assistant in Austria for approximately four weeks when the government closed schools and implemented a general lockdown at the beginning of March. That is when I decided to stay in Salzburg.

18 May 2020

Good vibes in Sheffield: Iguanas Ranas

At Sheffield we want to activate the full range of our students’ talents: in addition to enhancing knowledge and developing critical thinking and analytical skills, we tap into our students’ creative potential.

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