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upon request, I'm forwarding the following message for your information:</div>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>please help us expand our data collection!</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In our research project ”Closing and opening doors: Universities restructuring their language training programs”, we investigate recent or planned closures
of university language training programs and severe cuts of their resources at European universities. We are also interested in the opposite process: new openings, the start of new language training programs and allocation of additional resources for language
training. (For a project description see </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://doors.ugent.be/en" id="OWA24516eaf-f5fe-a7ad-c4cb-c9af2c8a676b" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>https://doors.ugent.be/en</u></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.)</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>The survey is still open, and we hope to receive more responses.</b> We are especially keen to hear from colleagues at universities in countries that
are not yet represented in our data, as we would like to gain a better understanding of developments in higher education across different regions.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">You can find the survey here:
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/132773/lomake.html" id="OWA2e7feaac-d467-a62a-0cbd-bf80ee33fefb" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/132773/lomake.html</u></a></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">These maps show you the countries and universities for which we already have data:</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">At the same time, we warmly welcome all additional contributions to our data collection, as they help us make our mapping as comprehensive and balanced as
possible.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We hope to receive plenty of new responses! The survey will remain open until September 30, 2026.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thank you very much for your cooperation! Please feel free to forward this e-mail to your colleagues in different countries/at different universities.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">With kind regards,</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Leena Kolehmainen (Professor of German, University of Helsinki), Philipp Krämer (Professor of French linguistics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) & Ulrike Vogl
(Professor of Dutch, Ghent University)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="mailto:leena.kolehmainen@helsinki.fi" id="OWAe75b2e13-2faa-7430-db48-37cedd0ec983" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>leena.kolehmainen@helsinki.fi</u></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">,
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="mailto:philipp.kramer@vub.be" id="OWA4644b04b-797c-eaec-4344-e964063cbdf3" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>philipp.kramer@vub.be</u></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
& </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="mailto:Ulrike.Vogl@UGent.be" id="OWAb41b16b4-b840-049d-c805-e7aff555a60f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Ulrike.Vogl@UGent.be</u></a></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><i>Leena Kolehmainen</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:leena.kolehmainen@helsinki.fi" id="OWA472b18aa-5d11-aceb-a0bd-0a52343cc7ae" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>leena.kolehmainen@helsinki.fi</u></a></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><i>Prof., FT, Germaaninen filologia, Kielten osasto, Humanistinen tiedekunta, PL 24, 00014 Helsingin yliopisto </i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><i>Prof. Dr., Germanische Philologie, Abteilung Sprachen, Humanistische Fakultät, PF 24, FIN-00014 Universität Helsinki</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><i>Prof., FD, Germansk filologi, Avdelningen för språk, Humanistiska fakulteten, PB 24, FIN-00014 Helsingfors universitet</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><i>Prof. Dr., Germanic Philology, Department of Languages, Faculty of Arts, P.O. Box 24, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki</i></span></p>
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Message forwarded by Niina Hynninen, University of Helsinki</div>
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