<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Liebe Kolleg*innen,<div><br></div><div>dem Projekt "Closing and opening doors" fehlen immer noch Informationen besonders aus Süd- und Osteuropa. Die folgende Bitte darf sehr gerne weitergeleitet werden!</div><div><br></div><div>Vielen Dank im voraus, im Namen der Kolleg*innen aus Gent, Brüssel und Helsinki</div><div>jl <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">*** *** ***<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Help us expand our data collection!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" 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 in the 2000’s. We are also investigating 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 class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://doors.ugent.be/en" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">https://doors.ugent.be/en</a>.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">The online survey is still open, and we hope to receive more responses. 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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">You can find the survey here:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/132773/lomake.html" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/132773/lomake.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">These maps show you the countries and universities for which we already have data:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><img border="0" height="339" id="Kuva_x0020_1" alt="image001.jpg" style="width: 6.2638in; height: 3.5277in;" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DCF8BE.42B44F60"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">We warmly welcome all additional contributions to our data collection, as they help us make our mapping as comprehensive and balanced as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">We hope to receive plenty of new responses! The survey will remain open until September 30, 2026.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Thank you very much for your cooperation!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">With grateful wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Leena Kolehmainen (prof., University of Helsinki), Philipp Krämer (prof., Vrije Universiteit Brussel) & Ulrike Vogl (prof., Ghent University)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:leena.kolehmainen@helsinki.fi" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">leena.kolehmainen@helsinki.fi</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:philipp.kramer@vub.be" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">philipp.kramer@vub.be</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>&<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Ulrike.Vogl@UGent.be" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">Ulrike.Vogl@UGent.be</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">*** *** ***<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Leena Kolehmainen<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:leena.kolehmainen@helsinki.fi" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-style: normal;">leena.kolehmainen@helsinki.fi</span></a></span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Prof., FT, Germaaninen filologia, Kielten osasto, Humanistinen tiedekunta, PL 24, 00014 Helsingin yliopisto</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Prof. Dr., Germanische Philologie, Abteilung Sprachen, Humanistische Fakultät, PF 24, FIN-00014 Universität Helsinki</span></i><i><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="SV" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Prof., FD, Germansk filologi, Avdelningen för språk, Humanistiska fakulteten, PB 24, FIN-00014 Helsingfors universitet</span></i><span lang="SV" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Prof. Dr., Germanic Philology, Department of Languages, Faculty of Arts, P.O. 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