On 25 November 2015, The Vice-Chancellor’s Office and the Department for Modern Languages and European Studies hosted the official launch of the new BA Spanish, which brought together University colleagues, the first cohort of students on the programme, local community stakeholders and dignitaries (the Ambassadors for Nicaragua and Panamá, and the cultural attachés for Mexico, Panamá and Cuba). The guests enjoyed Spanish tapas and wonderful live music from Charanga del Norte, and the dancing continued into the evening. We look forward to celebrating the achievements of our first graduates of Ba Spanish programmes four years from now! More pictures of the event in https://www.facebook.com/MLESReading/

From left to right: Heather McKeever (RIO), Her Excellency Guisell Morales Echaverry (Ambassador for Nicaragua in the UK), Par Kumaraswami (Spanish, MLES), Claudia Murray (HBS), Marta Simó-Comas (Spanish, MLES)