Our students & alumni

BA in International Relations and French and Spanish (2014): Jess spent her Year Abroad in the francophone Caribbean, including some months volunteering on the island of Saint Martin - read the local press report.

Summer 2014: Our students writing in The Guardian

BA in Art History and French (2013): Went on to pass “Master de littérature française et francophone” at the Université Paris VIII with an exceptional Distinction, 19/20 (95%), the highest mark the jury in question has ever awarded. The title of her mémoire was : « L'impossible réconciliation des identités ou la transcendance des binarismes : l'écriture migrante des femmes migrantes franco-vietnamiennes, Kim Lefèvre et Linda Lê ».

BA in French and Spanish (2012): Spent six months working as a research assistant for an endangered languages research project and as a computational linguist in Brazil - then offered a full scholarship for an MA in Linguistics at SOAS, University of London.

BA in French (2011): Awarded a full studentship for three years of a PhD, following a full-fee scholarship for the MA in French and Francophone Studies at UCL. Earlier set up a translation and interpreting agency wIth another Sussex graduate in French. 'Our passion for language stems from our time at Sussex. As graduates in French, we have used this passion and skills learnt to establish LanguageNow, a professional language solutions company. We offer translation, interpreting, proofreading, certification, typesetting and a range of other services and are hoping to expand in to language learning. Sussex taught us the value of global cultures and this plays an intrinsic role in how we operate as a company. In addition, the strong focus on translation and interpreting practice and methods during our final year has provided us with an invaluable grounding in the field. We would like to thank the language department at Sussex for the quality of teaching that has inspired us to form this company and we are proudly affiliated with the University.'

BA in Art History and Spanish (2010): Publisher's Assistant for an arts-based publisher 'liaising daily with the Foreign Language department which demands use of my Spanish language. I love the job and am very happy that it makes use of both my Sussex majors.'

BA in French and Spanish (2010): Translation Co-ordinator at one of the biggest translation companies in England. 'I am using my Spanish and French language skills and I am the direct contact between the corporate clients, the translators and the lawyers. I have to constantly use my languages to read through the patent documents ... Languages at Sussex gave me a great insight into the appropriate skills needed to work in the translation industry.'

BA in Anthropology and Italian (2005): External Relations Officer at UNAIDS in Geneva.

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