As part of the Erasmus staff exchange programme, the Department of Digital Humanities had the honour of welcoming Dr Michaela Hroteková and Simona Bajakova from Comenius University in Bratislava.

Scottish Universities Press, a newly established open access publisher, has published Digital Editing and Publishing in the Twenty-First Century.

Registration for the Global Undergraduate Awards is now open.  All Department of English 2nd and 3rd year students who submit work to the Global Undergraduate Awards are eligible to submit work to the UCC Department of English Undergraduate Awards.  The rules/requirements for the UCC Department of English Undergraduate Awards are the same as those for the Global Undergraduate Awards, with the exception that 2nd and 3rd year entrants will be judged separately.  There will be one winner for the Department of English Undergraduate Awards in each year and 3 to 4 highly recommended entrants.