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We went on to ask her about what the process of writing the article was like. She told us that she had been having ideas about it for about three years and had decided that she wanted to write something on the topic. After discussing it with one of her colleagues, she said then decided to write something for Wonkhe and sat down to work over a few weeks in August of 2018. When Vera wrote the article, she had no idea about the award. “I just wanted to say what I said; I was happy to be given a platform and I was happy that it was published. And then one day I received the email telling me that I had been nominated and, at first, I thought it was spam! - but then I read it again and went “oh, wow!” After winning in her category, she even attended a swanky
ceremony in London where she was presented with her prize – one of the many she deserves for the hard work she does for us all!
Source: Vera Castiglione
Vera won the award in the “made us think” category, and it is undeniable that her work is food for thought for us all as both students and teachers today. As students of languages, we are lucky that what we study lends itself so perfectly to this ideology of working together in unison because so much of what we learn centres around communication. More so than for any other degree, we in the Italian Department are lucky to be able to look around and recognise each other, students and teachers, as equals.
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