https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml A collection of reasons why members and associates of the University Council for Modern Languages love the EU. en-us 2016-03-31 11:15:30 UTC 2025-11-01 18:57:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Doubleheart.png profteresamac https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103418459

Erasmus+ schemes allow staff exchanges across EU countries - facilitating exchange of good practice, not least in language teaching and learning in HE

]]> 2016-03-31 11:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103418459 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103481118 It's where I grew up - I can now go backwards and forwards far more easily to live/work/study

]]> 2016-03-31 16:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103481118 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103481320 can't go it alone - particularly if Scotland and Northern Ireland break away - we need to be part of Europe to survive economically and politically]]> 2016-03-31 16:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103481320 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103481733 Do we want the UK to be treated as another US state without any of the rights/privileges, with Trump as President or do we want to be part of a major trading block of our own?]]> 2016-03-31 16:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103481733 profteresamac https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103587255 output of European funding, collaboration to connect students across the world ]]> 2016-04-01 08:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103587255 profteresamac https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103587439 international project for language learning funded by EU]]> 2016-04-01 08:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103587439 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103591182 We can't isolate ourselves from the rest of the EU. What message will this be sending to future generations? We are citizens of the UK, of Europe, and of the World. Europe forms a crucial part of our identity.]]> 2016-04-01 08:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103591182 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103591630 Linguistic anglo-centrism will be detrimental to our society. It will not foster diversity, inclusion, and tolerance. We need to stay in Europe to support, and continue to understand,
 multilingualism and diversity.]]> 2016-04-01 08:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103591630 profteresamac https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103761582 Here's a tweet from a student on Erasmus+]]> 2016-04-03 10:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103761582 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103912867 we can't afford to lose out on this funding source http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2015/may/13/eu-science-funding-the-uk-cannot-afford-to-lose-out-on-this-pot-of-money]]> 2016-04-04 14:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103912867 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103913774 "EU membership helps our universities atrract the brightest and best minds - enhancing the student experience, enhancing research, contributing to the economy and generating jobs" http://www.universitiesforeurope.com/]]> 2016-04-04 14:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103913774 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103916051 Because languages and countries have to stick together!]]> 2016-04-04 14:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/103916051 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/104068567 doubt will be cast over the Erasmus scheme for students and researchers, as well as numerous funding opportunities.  Why on earth would we want to risk inhibiting cultural exchange]]> 2016-04-05 08:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/104068567 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/104458827 It's how I met my husband! Because we could travel so easily, we were able to spend time getting to know each other's country, culture and family]]> 2016-04-06 19:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/104458827 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/104544608 We would never have had the opportunity to learn and grow in an international environment as easily without the EU. Erasmus+ has given us access to the rest of Europe at our fingertips, and to have this privilege taken away from future students would be devastating. Studying abroad would not be as nearly accessible as it is now, without the UK's EU membership, and would diminish any chance of less privileged students to gain the opportunity. We need the EU. #StrongerTogether]]> 2016-04-07 09:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/104544608 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/104549949 Where I was born, where I grow up, where I studied to become the PhD candidate I am now in Cambridge. I feel European, and I don't want to feel an 'Italian abroad'. It took so long for us to get here, so many lives to make us stronger together, to be European citizens. 

]]> 2016-04-07 10:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/104549949 profteresamac https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/104870406 to lose these opportunities would be a huge backwards step for UK young people]]> 2016-04-09 08:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/104870406 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/105051020 If you love Europe then you must support removing the EU, that is an anti-democratic anachronism from the 70s.

]]> 2016-04-11 13:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/105051020 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/105123286 Thanks to the EU I am currently having one of the best years of my life. I'm travelling, learning, and growing as a person. It would be a tragedy if future students were to be deprived of this experience by scepticism, xenophobia, and small mindedness

]]> 2016-04-11 16:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/105123286 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/105379632 Most of you take your freedom for granted. 100 years is a long time in a student's mind. But a century ago ]]> 2016-04-12 17:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/105379632 https://padlet.com/profteresamac/ucml/wish/108723507 We are all connected to Europe in some way. My father and his parents came to this country in 1939 fleeing the Spanish Civil War, and settled here. I am bilingual, have family in both countries, make my living by using English and Spanish, travel between the two to visit relatives. So, on a more personal level, we are all Europeans, and should stay in Europe. 

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