NEWS: Mrs Clinton at QUB

The US Secretary of State and former First Lady has visited Belfast as part of her tour of Europe. She began her visit by addressing MLAs at Stormont in which she urged them to complete the devolution of policing and justice. “As a true friend, my hope is that you will achieve what you set out to do … to complete the process of devolution.” Following her visit to Stormont Mrs Clinton made her fifth visit to Queen’s University where she met with influential business leaders from the USA and local companies in a discussion chaired by Invest NI.

BY PETER COULTER

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FEATURE: The End of German Studies – Who Cares?

Comment by Barbara Boyle – postgraduate student (MA in Translation)

German students at Queen’s University Belfast are a dying breed.  A first final lesson came at the end of the 2nd semester in June this year, when administrators announced that the German Studies department was no longer financially viable.  After being questioned on this decision Queen’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Gregson was quick to point out that, seemingly, there is not enough interest for this language at degree level among Northern Ireland’s A’ level students.

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