Third Level Institutes

Celebrate #ThinkLanguages Week at DCU! We are hosting taster language sessions, which will include a practical culture workshop. All taster sessions will be delivered through the medium of the celebrated language so it is a good opportunity to improve your language skills. The events will run from Monday 17 – Friday 21 November between 10am and 12pm.

Student Ambassadors, freshly returned from their year abroad, will share their first-hand experience of what it is like to live and study in Spain, Japan, Germany, France and China.    

For more information please contact: Dr Inmaculada Gómez Soler inmaculada.gomezsoler@dcu.ie

Dundalk Institute of Technology is hosting language events on Thursday 20th of November from 10 am to 2pm as part as the #Think Languages week. 

We are happy to welcome students on campus to avail of campus tours, information sessions with lecturers and current students and presentations related to Erasmus opportunities as well as interactive cultural workshops to practice French and Spanish and to try a new language like Chinese.

In Schools: If you can’t make it on campus, we are happy to bring these workshops and informative sessions to your school during the academic year.

For more information please contact: Marie.Bouquet@dkit.ie

There will be three days of events at Maynooth University. During the event students will have the opportunity to tour the campus, engage with language taster sessions and other interactive cultural activities, and meet student ambassadors. 

For more information please contact: smllc@mu.ie

At MTU, we are delighted to announce our Student Language Ambassadors will be available to visit secondary schools during #ThinkLanguages Week. The Ambassadors will chat to students about their language learning journey, their amazing Erasmus experiences, and their plans for after graduation.  

Students will get the opportunity to discuss what it is like to study a language at college and ask the ambassadors questions about their studies.  

For more information please contact: Sheree Borge sheree.borge@mtu.ie  

Secondary schools within the region are invited to attend cultural workshops and demonstrations during the week 17 – 21 November 2025. 

Workshops and competitions will also be held in local secondary schools, with the support of Language Ambassadors. 

For more information please contact: Li Ping Varley liping.varley@setu.ie or Monica Rudi Kent Monica.RudiKent@setu.ie  

TCD are delighted to announce that their Student Language Ambassadors will be available to visit secondary schools during #ThinkLanguages Week. The Ambassadors will chat to students about their language learning journey, their amazing Erasmus experiences, and their plans for after graduation.
Students will get the opportunity to discuss what it is like to study a language at college and ask the ambassadors questions about their studies.
For more information please contact: Zoë Coleman colemanz@tcd.ie

Based on the success from the last three years we propose to build on our initiatives with a series of workshop events over the academic year to bring to campus 2nd-level students to take part in an experiential, interactive language-in-use experiences; In the academic year 2025-26, we will organise a series of Languages Events/Workshops. The first one will take place on Friday 21 November and will take place on TU Dublin campus (Aungier Street).

TU Dublin Language Ambassadors will also be available to visit to local schools.

For more information please contact: Dr Susana Olmos Susana.olmos@tudublin.ie 

TUS will have a core group of student ambassadors who are excited to share their experiences with other students. They aim to complete 20 ambassador visits to schools during ‘Think Languages’ week. Students will share how studying a language has shaped their college experience so far and how they intend to continue developing their language skills.

For more information please contact: patricia.quigley@tus.ie

We envisage a schedule of events and activities similar to those held for #ThinkLanguages 24-25:

SLCL (School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics):

‘Meet the Students: Why Languages?’ Meetings, conversations, presentations and campus tour.

6 hour-long sessions with 10 student language ambassadors, allowing for small-group interaction

School of Education

Language workshops in French, Spanish and Italian followed by campus tour.

CEGL (Global Languages)

#ThinkLanguages Taster Language Classes (lesser taught languages – Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Russian and Portuguese).

For more information please contact: Dr Derval Conroy derval.conroy@ucd.ie 

Dr Eileen Bowman eileen.bowman@ucd.ie

Dr Anna Nunan anna.nunan@ucd.ie or Prof Michael Brophy michael.brophy@ucd.ie

Fluent futures – unlock your language potential with Think Languages at UCC! A Transition Year language course held on campus at University College Cork on 17, 18, 20 November 2025, during #Think Languages Week. Workshops and taster sessions will deliver a lively and engaging programme of activities related to studying languages at third level. This will feature 8 languages; Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.   

UCC are also happy to welcome students on campus to avail of campus tours, taster languages classes, information sessions with course directors and information sessions about Erasmus opportunities.   

For more information please contact Dr Silvia Ross s.ross@ucc.ie or Margot Spencer m.spencer@ucc.ie  

University of Galway would like to offer TY students the chance to taste languages through ludic activities, quizzes, and games, to meet our postgraduate students as well as explore the benefits of choosing a university path with a language. During a full-day workshop students can pick up two languages (German, French, Spanish and Italian) workshops and enjoy the experience of being a student at the University of Galway. 

For more information please contact Dr Francesca Nicora francesca.nicora@universityofgalway.ie or Suzanne Gilsenan suzanne.gilsenan@universityofgalway.ie 

UL will host a one-day event that will include a variety of language and culture-awareness raising activities and language-learning workshops. These include calligraphy, script writing, music and dance, multilingual and multicultural escape room, and language and culture trivia quiz. Student ambassador visits to schools also.

For more information please contact: Dr Erika Marcet erika.marcet@ul.ie

#ThinkLanguages Week will feature workshops, cultural showcases, language games and taster sessions in various modern foreign languages. 

For more information please contact: caoimhe nioclas caoimhe.nioclas@mic.ul.ie

Shannon College of Hotel Management are delighted to be taking part in the 2025 #ThinkLanguages week 2025. They will have student language ambassadors on hand to promote language awareness and the benefits of having a language at third level. Part of their programme includes 21 months of paid international work placements across leading hotels. Many of our students will have just returned from these placements and will be happy to share their insights of living abroad and immersing yourself in the languages and cultures.

Our students will be available to dial into classes during #ThinkLanguages week to chat with students and teachers.

For more information please contact: Danielle Martin danielle.martin@universityofgalway.ie
Emma Daly edaly@universityofgalway.ie