Languages make all la différence

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A French academic's discussion visit to Sussex was so successful that she'll be back again soon, but this time at the front of a lecture hall.

Political scientist Dr Anne-Marie Motard is the academic co-ordinator at one of the University's partner institutions for study abroad, the Institut d'Etudes Politique (IEP) in Bordeaux.

During her stay, Dr Motard met with staff in the French subject group, EURO and the International and Study Abroad Office to discuss developments in student exchanges and teaching exchanges.

As a result of the visit, Dr Motard and Dr Sue Collard (EURO), whose research on contemporary French politics mirrors her Continental counterpart's interest in the British Labour party, are planning a future teaching exchange.

The exchange will be financed from the SOCRATES-ERASMUS action on teaching mobility. Teaching faculty who like the sound of a sojourn on the Continent can contact Emily Sinclair (email e.sinclair@sussex.ac.uk), European Programmes Officer, for further information on the funding of teaching mobility.

Dr Motard is pictured talking to Tony Blair (in French)
at a Unison reception during the recent Labour Party conference in Brighton.
Photograph: Andrew Wiard.