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PRESS  RELEASE Playwright  Sir Tom Stoppard will present Petition No. 1395 (for targeted funding for lesser  taught languages and cultures) to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 20th  September at 2 pm.http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/petitions/docs/PE1395.htm Sir Tom  will be available to talk to the media on 20th September from 1pm in front of  the Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh. The  petition seeks ring-fenced funding for strategically important, yet vulnerable  modern languages and cultures, such as Russian, Czech and Polish, at Scottish  universities. The  petition was signed by more than 3,000 people and received considerable  international support. Targeted  funding formerly existed in Scotland under the Strategically Important and  Vulnerable Languages Initiative. Such funding still exists in England (see  editor’s notes).

  Greetings, and welcome to our bulletin full of information on exciting Russian events!   This issue contains a round-up of Russian or connected to Russia events in Scotland and throughout the rest of the UK in the month of September, as well as the latest Russian-related news stories and job vacancies. Renovated RCS Haven Duke Street centre is opening its doors for everyone interested in Russian Language, Literature and Culture. We are going to run our language and cultural classes and other services for members, such as our book/DVD lending library.

Russian School in the Haven centre starts their new academic year on the 27th of August 2011.   The following classes run at the school:   - preschool education using early child bilingualism development methods, enabling speaking and writing in both English and Russian at the same standard; - russian Language and Literature

  Greetings, and a very warm welcome to the RCS Haven E-Bulletin!   This newsletter contains a round-up of Russian events in Scotland and throughout the rest of the UK in the month of August, as well as the latest Russian-related news stories and job vacancies. Please note that the RCS Haven Duke Street centre is now closed for its summer break, meaning that during August our language and cultural classes and other services for members, such as our book/DVD lending library, will not be running.

 Greetings, and a very warm welcome to the RCS Haven E-Bulletin! This newsletter contains a round-up of Russian events in Scotland and throughout the rest of the UK in the month of July, as well as the latest Russian-related news stories and job vacancies.

 Over the last few months we have kept you updated on the campaign to save the Slavonic Studies department at the University of Glasgow, which has been threatened with closure. We are dismayed to report that when the University Court met on Wednesday 22nd June they approved the proposal to shut down the MA (Joint Hons) Slavonic Studies degree programme, with effect from 2012. Rather than close the whole department, however, they opted to preserve the teaching of Slavonic languages (Russian, Polish and Czech) at the University, but only in a severely reduced form. This means that it will no longer be possible to obtain a degree in ‘Slavonic Studies’ anywhere in Scotland, and a valuable global centre for the study of Russian and Eastern European literature, history and culture will be lost. It is as yet unclear what the impact these changes will have on current staff and students in the department, but they have vowed to continue to fight the cuts. A new petition to the Scottish Government to increase funding for lesser-taught languages has been set up by department staff, and you can sign it here:

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On behalf of all members and guests of RCS Haven we would like to express our gratitude to the staff of Santander’s Glasgow office for repainting our premises. Further details are below, in the official press-release of the bank: SANTANDER TEAM BRIGHTENS UP RCS HAVEN WITH REDECORATION DAY Last week, ten Santander employees put on their painting overalls as part of Santander’s ‘Community Days’ initiative. On 11 May, the staff from Santander’s Glasgow office spent a day repainting the RCS Haven, including the main hall, office and bathrooms. “We are delighted to be able to provide practical support to such a worthwhile project as the local RCS Haven by giving it a bit of a face lift.

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We would like to invite you to 'Operation Exhibition' an upcoming exhibition of contemporary photography from Eastern Europe. The show explores the impact of the shared history of these countries to determine to what extent their shared experiences have had a long term influence.                              The exhibition will be held in the Studio 41 space in Glasgow and will run for 5 days from the 22nd to the 27th of April. The opening reception will be held on April 22nd at 17:00.