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Where are our alumnae now?

• Harriet Cook studied Spanish at Cambridge. Now working in local government in Galicia, North West Spain.

• Izzy Gordon worked for the Liberal Party Spain before starting her Spanish degree at Oxford.

• Rosie Lawrence studied Russian at Oxford. Currently on her year abroad in Perm, a city in the Ural Mountains in Russia

Where are our alumnae now?

• Jenny Granroth was working at a school in Leon, Spain. Now at UCL completing degree.

• Bridget Costedoat studied French and German, now lives in France

• Kate Sargan studied Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge. Now using medieval languages in her current workplace.

Bridget Kendall

• Studied French and Russian at Oxford. • Diplomatic Correspondent for the BBC

Kate McMullen

• I moved to Paris after university. • I could basically walk into whatever job I

wanted there because being bilingual over there is like gold.

• Being bilingual abroad, I cut through the competition.

• I work as a copywriter in an advertising agency, now based in Shanghai, still using my French!

Alex Runciman

• Studied French & Spanish at Edinburgh

• 3 summers spent at Moët & Chandon’s Château in Épernay

• Events Officer at the Institute of Masters of Wine

• Site Events and Wine Communications Co-ordinator at Bodega Numanthia in Toro, Spain.

Ruby Carmichael

• Living and working in Munich as an au-pair.• My German has improved so much by being in

the country and using it everyday

Victoria Ball

• Read Arabic & Spanish with Social Anthropology

• I can speak English, French, Spanish, Arabic, German and Chinese (to varying levels!)

• Studying languages will open doors, whatever profession.

• By learning languages you are doubling, tripling or quadrupling your market.

Charlotte Merton

• I work as a Swedish – English translator based in Sweden

• Academic translation & proof-reading

“Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows” (Paradise Lost book V line 71)

Sarah McCreary

• Studied Russian and Spanish at Cambridge• MA in Translation & Professional Languages

Skills at Bath• Taught English in China• Hasbro internal audit department – using

Russian, Spanish and Russian

Charlotte Collins

• I work as a translator, editor, radio journalist and actress.

• I have worked in France and Germany. I speak French, German, Italian and Hebrew

• Learning languages expands your horizons, not just in your careers but also in life possibilities and interaction with other people and cultures

Hanni Ross

• Based in Bordeaux France.• “Happiness Leader” at Automattic• Engineers the happiness of WordPress.com

used and Automatticians

Rebecca Hildebrandt-Paulin

• Studied Norwegian and German• Now Head of Department at vidaregåande

skule in Bømlo• Teaching English, Communication Culture &

German

Oktoberfest!

• Chloe Francis, Dani Arnold & Katie Knowles all currently in Munich at the Oktoberfest.

• They hooked up with their German exchange partners … – still in touch!

LANGUAGES

THE WORLD IS YOUR CAMPUS