For Universities Week 2014, I took part in a social media conversation, answering People’s Questions – #PeoplesQs – on my work. Twitter user @AbulSiddiky asked me a fantastically overwhelming question :
@HelenCFinch @UniversityLeeds Studying literature/language is fascinating but it can be done as a hobby. Why is a degree necessary? Thanks!
— Abul Siddiky (@AbulSiddiky) June 11, 2014
140 characters weren’t quite enough to answer that one, so I decided to try it in 120 seconds. I’m not sure whether my answer was that useful, but at least I managed to avoid the words, Kafka, axe and frozen sea. How would you have answered?
Thanks also to Abul for his generous response:
@HelenCFinch Thank you so much for your great answer! I hadn't thought of the deeper understanding of a language from history, culture etc.
— Abul Siddiky (@AbulSiddiky) June 12, 2014
(Wallpaper, opinions and grating grinding D4 accent academic’s own, of course!)
