o postWelcome to the blog for our inter-institutional undergraduate photography competition ! The competition runs until the end of November and is organised by the Department of Modern Languages at Liverpool University and the Division of Literature and Languages here at Stirling.

As students and teachers of languages and cultures, we’re used to critical and physical distance from the places and languages we study. But we’re not used to being distanced from each other as we learn and teach. The importance of connecting in this space between us has inspired this photography competition. The hope is that students who are studying apart will be share this new language learning experience visually.

For the competition, we would like Stirling students to post an image to our blog that captures, with originality and visual impact, the experience of studying languages and culture during the pandemic. You can add a caption if you like (max. 15 words). Liverpool students will do the same in their institution. At the end of the month, staff here in Stirling will make a selection of the best photographs submitted by their students and ask Liverpool to choose an overall winner. Liverpool will do the same. There will be prizes of books and book vouchers for the winners (some runner-up prizes will also be available).

To post your photo,  log in using your university account, click on ‘new’ on the top menu bar, and create a new post to submit. Any problems, email: aedin.loingsigh@stir.ac.uk

For more important information on submission rules

Submission Rules

(Any queries and Stirling students can email aedin.loingsigh@stir.ac.uk)

• The competition runs from Thursday 5 November 2020 until Sunday 30 November 2020. We cannot accept late entries.
• Stirling Students should post their photograph to this competition blog (you may add a caption of 15 words max if you wish).
• The photograph must have been taken since teaching began in Autumn 2020.
• We may share your photograph with selected third parties and on the Division’s website and social media (eg Divisional and staff Twitter accounts/French at Stirling Blog). Wherever possible, we will credit your work.
• Inappropriate photographs will not be accepted.
• Do not submit photographs of people under the age of 16.
• For reasons of privacy, do not submit photos of identifiable persons (including yourself) without written evidence of their consent.
• By entering this competition, you are deemed to accept these competition rules and the terms and conditions