A Global Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
We are working together and learning in a global environment.
Our global community
In the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, we are an international community, made up of staff and students from a wide range of countries around the world. We value inclusive, inter- and cross-cultural outlooks. We foster collective citizenship based on global awareness and egalitarian respect for difference.
This approach is essential to building and growing global connections with partners and individuals, and making a positive difference through our:
- education offer
- impact and research
- advancement of knowledge
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Learning in a global environment
Our scholarship – in teaching, learning, research, and engagement – has global reach and focus. We champion the value of humanities and social sciences for a richer understanding of the world. Our work contributes to the positive transformation of life and responds to global challenges.
As an academic community, we want to reflect on our place and role in the world, and what we can do with our scholarship in pursuit of fair futures.
We commit to tackling inequalities. We want to play our part in achieving deep structural change to education. Our community, from teaching staff and researchers to students, and professional services colleagues, are motivated to make positive changes. We are actively decolonising and diversifying our curriculum. We view our disciplines as globally engaged.
British School at Rome – a global cultural partner
In March 2022, The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences signed a partnership agreement with the British School at Rome. This formalised the longstanding relationship between the two organisations.
Fellowship schemes for research, career development and networking will be available to staff and students at both institutions. These schemes are also open to independent scholars and heritage, museum, library and archive professionals.
New collaborative projects are also on the horizon. Opportunities will leverage the research strengths of both partners and their mutual networks. This includes other British International Research Institutes organisations, such as:
We have extensive collaborations with both organisations.
International Coalition of Sites of Conscience – a global social justice partner
The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) promotes global human rights and social justice. It is a non-governmental, membership organisation. ICSC brings together over 350 historic sites, museums, and memory initiatives in 65 countries around the world.
The partnership spans the whole of Newcastle University. It is led by the Centre for Heritage, based in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Our shared values are the basis of the partnership. We work to advance social and environmental justice globally. We understand that we can do more together than we can alone.
We collaborate on methodologies for ethical, non-extractive work with communities. We are developing many projects on:
- historic inequalities
- marginalised communities
- climate change
- cultural memory practices
Opportunities gained from the partnership include:
- student internships
- collaborative projects
- broader access to other global networks involved in social and environmental justice
- sharing best practice on methods
Find out more about the ICSC’s partnership with Newcastle University.
Festival of Languages
Newcastle University plays a key role in the annual Express Yourself North East Festival of Languages. This is in partnership with International Newcastle.
The annual event was first established in 2021. It is a celebration of diverse languages, cultures and communities in the North East and our connections with the world.
Here is information about the various events included in the 2022 festival programme.
The Big 3 projects for all North East schools
The participatory projects celebrated diverse cultures and languages. These included:
- the Festival Song, Mother Tongue Other Tongue poetry project
- the Languages Open Doors poster competition
Live online and in-person events for schools and communities
These events included language taster sessions, demonstrations, webinars and celebration events. Participants were able to explore different languages and cultures.
The Language Resource Centre offered a range of popular language tasters for schools and sixth forms during March:
- Learn Chinese Through Culture - a demonstration of the ENACT web app
- online and in-person Linguacuisine workshop - learning languages, cultures and cuisines while cooking (French and Spanish)
- Portuguese Family Quiz
- a workshop on Linguistics for Modern Foreign Languages (for schools and pupils)
Pre-recorded interactive activities and workshops for schools and communities
Dr Stephanie Holton, from the School of History, Classics & Archaeology, led Ancient Stories in Stone. This is a collection of videos and resources about the Latin language and Roman Heritage. The resources were developed in partnership with Classics for All.