Congratulations to our new scholars!
We are very pleased to announce the Committee have recently awarded four new bursaries. Congratulations to our new scholars on receiving a John Speak Trust Scholarship! Keep checking the website for regular updates on how our new scholars are doing. If you are interested in applying for a scholarship,…
Samuel Franklin, March 2015
Following the start of lectures last month, I have had a relatively calm few weeks, but I did record a rap album.
Congrats to Sian
Congratulations to our new scholar Sian! Sian has spent the first semester of her third year working in Strasbourg, France. She is studying a 4 year undergraduate degree in French, Spanish and European Union Studies. From September 2014 Sian has been working as a Marketing, Communication and Translation Intern…
Good luck wishes Phoebe
Congratulations to our new scholar Phoebe! Phoebe will be travelling to Germany in March 2015 to study German at the University in Jena. In July 2015 Phoebe plans to start work in Germany We will keep you posted on Phoebe’s progress over the coming months! Good luck Phoebe …
快樂中國新年 Happy Chinese New Year
綿羊或山羊的一年 Year of the sheep (ram or goat) Ranking the eighth position of all the animals in Chinese zodiac, Sheep (Ram or Goat) represents solidarity, harmony and calmness. People born in the year of the Sheep are polite, mild mannered, shy, imaginative, determined and have good taste. On the negative…
“I would most definitely recommend the John Speak Trust to others. My time spent abroad using a foreign language allowed me to learn a new language and culture in a different environment both physically and spiritually” In 1959 I was fortunate to receive a six month scholarship from the…
Love Languages Careers panel – 5 March 2015 Manchester University are currently recruiting alumni who use languages in their career to take part in our Love Languages careers panel event. You can find details of our previous events here. If you are interested in getting involved fill in this short survey…
Jo Dawson – Case Study, France (1992)
Looking back, I can probably say that the 3 month scholarship from the John Speak Trust was one of the key defining points of my life – something for which I am extremely grateful. One of the many memories that I have of my John Speak Scholarship time in France…
Congratulations Mark Green!
Many congratulations to Mark Green (John Speak Trust Committee Chair) on being awarded the Order of Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany Well done Mark, keep up the good work!
Les vacances noëls ont terminés et je suis rentrée en France le 5 janvier, après avoir passé un trop bon noël avec ma famille et mes amis. J’ai fait beaucoup des choses différentes pendant les vacances; j’ai fait du shopping avec ma sœur, je suis sortie avec toute ma…
