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Universities

Adult classes

Universities: degree courses and Russian centres

For non-degree courses at the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrews and Strathclyde see Adult classes below.

Aberdeen University

Aberdeen Centre for Russian and East European History (ACREEH)
Research centre

Edinburgh University

Dept of Languages & Cultures - Russian
Undergrad and postgraduate degree courses

Glasgow University

School of Modern Languages & Cultures - Russian
Undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Russian, Polish and Czech

Central & East European Studies
Teaching and research in social science subjects

St Andrews University

School of Modern Languages - Dept of Russian.
Undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses

The Centre for Russian, Soviet, Central and East European Studies (CRSCEES)
Research and teaching across various disciplines

Adult classes

See also: Saturday schools. Some offer a Russian class for adults.

Aberdeen

Aberdeen University Language Centre

Dundee

Dundee University Languages for All

Tayside Language Centre

Edinburgh

Edinburgh University Languages for All
Russian classes will resume in October 2021

Scotland-Russia Forum

Glasgow

Glasgow University short courses*

Strathclyde University adult learning

St Andrews

St Andrews University evening language courses

Conversation groups

Edinburgh

Chai n Chat (Scotland-Russia Forum)
Not open to new members since 2019. Check the link for any changes.

St Andrews & Dundee

Chitchat Languages Cafe (Discovery Languages Ltd)
Online only during the Covid pandemic.

Also worth a try: Yakety Yak Language Cafe runs conversation groups in Edinburgh and Glasgow in several languages. They dropped Russian due to low demand but that might change?

Learning on your own

Skype

SRF Skype lessons and conversation (scroll to the bottom of the page)

Online and other self-study courses

Ruslan1 eBook and a wide range of Ruslan material (Ruslan Ltd, UK)

Liden & Denz (Moscow)

Michel Thomas

Pimsleur

Rosetta Stone

Teach Yourself

Other useful resources as well as online courses are listed on www.sras.com

Schools

There are a very few schools in Scotland, primary or secondary, which offer Russian as a curricular or extracurricular subject. Some of these have clubs, some are considering Russian as their L3, some offer SQA Languages for Life and Work qualifications, and some offer GCSE / A level Russian.

Students and parents - Please contact us for information on schools in your area or advice on alternative ways of studying Russian.
Teachers and schools - If you are considering setting up a Russian class at any level, primary or secondary, please let us know! We'd be happy to put you in touch with others and (if we can) give advice on materials etc.