On the 18th of February, the Scausländer student newspaper will celebrate its fifth anniversary at 1pm in Lecture Theatre 3 of the 502 building. Written by Dan Smith-Murphy, a Final Year student in German and French.
What is the Scausländer Zeitung?
Founded in 2021 by German final year students, with the assistance of Senior Lecturer Hanna Magedera, the German student newspaper has been taken over year after year by teams of finalists. In its fifth year, the team is made up of five members: Sophie Allen (History and German), Alison Smith (Law and German), Daniel Smith-Murphy (German, French and Spanish), Esmé Wall (German, Spanish and Portuguese) and Natalie Woodhead (History and German). Articles are written in German for a variety of rubrics, including Student Life (Studentenleben), Food for Thought (Denkanstoß), Year Abroad (Ausland), but is not restricted to traditional newspaper-style articles, with the Creative Writing rubric (Kreatives Schreiben) particularly popular amongst first-year students. BookTok-style videos of recommendations of interesting novels and year abroad videos offer the opportunity to learn more about life in different places in Germany and Austria, as well as find the next (German) book for your TBR list!
5th Jubilee Celebration
With the newspaper celebrating its fifth year of publication, a celebration is planned, with students, staff and alumni welcome.
The presentation of Scausländer includes contributions from Rebecca Dixon, Deputy Head of the Languages, Cultures and Film department, Dorothea Mücke-Herzberg, the Honorary Consul of Germany in Liverpool, Katharina Rauscher, Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission (Austrian Embassy), and Sara Heim, DAAD Deputy Director and Programme Manager in London, alongside the contributions of Hanna Magedera, former teams, and the current team. After the presentation, there is the opportunity to converse and network with fellow attendees – a buffet of canapés is provided, kindly financed by the DAAD.
Join in and find out more!
The Scausländer student newspaper is one of the few German student newspapers nationwide, and the jubilee presents the perfect opportunity to learn more about the newspaper, German at Liverpool and German in the UK, with the presentation taking place in English.
Read the newspaper (comments under articles are warmly welcomed!)
Follow Scausländer on Instagram
If you want to learn more about the newspaper, the following article by Hanna Magedera may be of interest:
Magedera-Hofhansl, H. (2025) ‘The Scausländer project: Online student newspapers as a university calling card and inter-cohort cohesion building tool’, Developing Academic Practice, 2025 (June). Available at: https://doi.org/10.3828/dap.2025.3