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

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

During #ThinkLanguages week TU Dublin will launch an exciting competition called “Youtuber for a Day” for secondary schools across the Dublin area that have registered for #Thinklanguages Week. Students will work in groups to produce a video related to their school life in the target language.

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 

UCD will be hosting Language workshops in French, Spanish and Italian followed by campus tour. There will be taster classes for students as well as the opportunity to meet language ambassadors.  

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

More information coming soon.

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