Appendix D: Additional Dutch Interests

University College London

The Department hosts an annual Writer in Residence who spends up to five weeks at UCL and is externally funded.
There is a small Dutch Society.
ICT: UCL acts as the lead institution for Virtual Dutch, an ICT-based teaching and learning collaboration set up in 2001 and involving also the universities of Sheffield, Cambridge and Hull . The main activities consist of (a) inter-institutional learning and teaching with the use of a virtual learning platform (currently WebCT) and videoconferences and (b) the creation of web-based learning and teaching resources such as online multimedia study packs and learners' grammars. Virtual Dutch was featured in the chapter on 'Excellence in Teaching and Learning' in HEFCE's 2003 annual report. See: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/virtualdutch/
The Dutch Department is closely involved with the newly established Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning 'Languages of the Wider World', a joint venture between UCL and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). See: http://www.soas.ac.uk/cetl/

University of Hull

University of Sheffield

The University established a Centre for Dutch Studies in spring 2005 to coordinate university-wide research activity in the broader area of Dutch Studies. See: http://dutchcentre.group.shef.ac.uk/index.htm
In January 2005 the University Library took possession of the Peter King Collection, the private library of the erstwhile professor of Dutch at the University of Hull .
The Department of Germanic Studies is an active partner in the Virtual Department of Dutch.
The Association for Low Countries Studies is administered from the Department. See: http://alcs.group.shef.ac.uk/
The Department organises an annual excursion to Amsterdam for its (beginners') students.
In spring 2006 a Dutch student society was launched.
The Dutch section is closely involved with the newly established Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning 'Centre for Inquiry Based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences' (CILASS). See: http://www.shef.ac.uk/cilass/