Canning House Essay Competition 2012
This year's competition is open to students aged 17-19 who are studying Spanish or Portuguese in the UK. They are invited to choose an aspect of contemporary Latin America and explain, in 750-1,000 words, why they find it of interest. The prize for the best essay in Portuguese is a return air ticket to Brazil plus spending money. Click here for more information
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Portuguese courses in the UK
Please see the websites below for Portuguese language courses in the UK that are open to all. For Portuguese as a degree course at British universities, see the Portuguese in the UK universities section.
Canning House
Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PJ
www.canninghouse.com/content/culture/courses
Birkbeck College
Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX
www.bbk.ac.uk/study/ce/portuguesestudies/awards/PORTUG.html
Essex University
Essex University, Colchester Campus
www.essex.ac.uk/lang/open_language/home.shtm
Portuguese courses in Brazil
For courses in Portuguese as a foreign language at Brazilian universities, please view the websites below.
University of Brasília (UNB)
www.let.unb.br/peppfol
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
www.letras.ufrj.br/clac/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=175&Itemid=43
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
www.letras.ufmg.br/cenex/ppe/index.htm
Catholic University, Minas Gerais (PUC)
http://www.pucminas.br/noticias/noticia_fv.php?codigo=2883
Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro (PUC)
www.cce.puc-rio.br/letras/portugues.htm