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Charity football match – over £800 raised!

Image courtesy of Johnny Vineall On Sunday 3rd December, staff and students from Modern Languages and Linguistics took part in a charity football match in aid of Bitola Children’s Home in Macedonia. There is a full report on the Wessex Scene website and the JustGiving page is still open. The match was devised by George Moran, a current Modern Languages and Linguistics student at the University who lived at Bitola until the age of 3. Continue reading →

PGRAS Charity Book & Cake Sale

Every year the Post-graduate Research Archaeology Symposium (23rd-24th May) has a second-hand book sale and cake sale to raise money for charity. In the last three years, we have commemorated loved ones by raising a total of £750 for Glencoe Mountain Rescue, the Mexican Association for the Fight Against Cancer, and Action on Addiction. This year, the collection is (fortunately!) not as personal as it has been in previous years. Continue reading →