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This bulletin contains information on the following:
SUBJECT CENTRE EVENTS
1. Residence Abroad Workshop:
07 May 2004, The British Council, London
2. C & IT Workshop: Microsoft Powerpoint "Making your point in HE'
14 May 2004, Kingwood CLC, Fulham, London
3. Workshop: Linguistics in Applied Linguistics MA Programmes
24 May 2004, CILT, London
4. Seminar: Criticality and the contributions of Modern Languages
degrees to student development. 28 May 2004, CILT, London
5. Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies Conference 2004
Navigating the new landscape for languages
30 June - 01 July 2004, School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London
OTHER EVENTS
6. Taught Postgraduate Provision in the new universities
04 June 2004, Edgehill College of HE, Ormskirk, Lancashire
OTHER ITEMS
7. Residence Abroad: Call for Weblinks
8. Students and the Workplace: Call for employability case studies
PUBLICATIONS
9. Fact sheets : 3 new sheets on Studying Languages/Linguistics/Area
Studies at University available
10. The Lecture List - new free online service
11. Collaboration Research training provision for doctoral students :
Invitation to bid
Deadline 15 May 2004
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SUBJECT CENTRE EVENTS
1. RESIDENCE ABROAD WORKSHOP:
07 MAY 2004, The British Council, London
This event follows on from an expert focus group held in December 2003
and aims to promote good practice in preparation and support for RA.
Further information and an online registration form can be found at:
http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=1624
Provisional programme
10.00 - 10.15 Coffee and registration
10.15 - 11.15 Preparing students for residence abroad
Robert Crawshaw, Lancaster University Andrea Reiter, University of
Southampton
11.15 - 11.30 Coffee
11.30 - 13.15 Supporting students during residence abroad:
Online PDPs Syd Donald, University of Leeds and Joan Hoggan, British
Council
Career planning Diane Appleton, Careers Service, University of
Liverpool
Work placements Uwe Zemke, University of Salford and Françoise
Tidball, University of the West of England
13.15 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.30 The ultimate gap year in Mexico
Clare Mar Molinero, University of Southampton
14.30 - 15.30 Issues of safety and risk
John Canning and Vicky Wright, Subject Centre
2. C & IT WORKSHOP: MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 'MAKING YOUR POINT IN HE'
14 MAY 2004, Kingwood CLC, Fulham, London
This is a one-day hands-on course using Microsoft PowerPoint in
language teaching in Higher Education. It is a collaborative venture
between CILT and the Subject Centre. Bookings for this event are being
taken by CILT. For more information and registration details please go
to : www.cilt.org.uk/cpd/lo0504pph.htm
3. WORKSHOP: LINGUISTICS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS MA PROGRAMMES
24 MAY 2004, CILT, London
The Subject Centre's Linguistics Group is organising a one day seminar
on the general subject of the role of Linguistics in Applied
Linguistics MA programmes, focusing particularly on MA programmes
TESOL, TEFL and English Language and Applied Linguistics. There is some
national guidance (e.g. from the ESRC) about what taught Master's level
courses of this kind should include in terms of knowledge and skills
and it is interpreted rather differently from institution to
institution. There is also a range of issues that need to be
addressed, including :
- How can both 'postgraduateness' and vocational relevance be achieved?
- What differentiates postgraduate study from undergraduate study?
- What skills should be developed at postgraduate level and how are
these best assessed?
This seminar will provide an opportunity for practitioners on MA
Applied Linguistics courses to present their own approaches to these
issues and discuss them with colleagues from other institutions facing
similar challenges. The Subject Centre plans to publish a version of
these papers in its online Good Practice Guide. To register please go
to:
http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2039
4. SEMINAR: CRITICALITY AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MODERN LANGUAGES
DEGREES TO STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
28 May 2004, CILT, London
For the past two years an ESRC-funded project entitled the Development
of Criticality in Two Academic Disciplines has been investigating the
intellectual and social development of Modern Languages undergraduates.
The researchers (Ros Mitchell, Brenda Johnston, Florence Myles and
Peter Ford) will be presenting the provisional findings of this project
at a seminar hosted by the Subject Centre at CILT in London. A panel
of experts (Lid King, Naomi Segal, Hilary Footitt, Jim Coleman and
Marianne Howarth) will discuss the ideas presented, provide discussants
for papers and present their own ideas about the contributions of
Modern Language Degrees to student development. The seminar will be of
interest to those recruiting from Modern Language degrees, to those
managing Modern Languages degree programmes, and to those teaching on
Modern Language degrees. Further information about the event and the
online registration form can be found at :
http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=1688
5. LANGUAGES, LINGUISTICS AND AREA STUDIES CONFERENCE 2004
NAVIGATING THE NEW LANDSCAPE FOR LANGUAGES
30 June-01 July 2004, School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London
This is the 2nd biennial conference jointly organised by the Subject
Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies and CILT, the
National Centre for Languages. Application forms for places at the
conference were sent out recently with the latest Subject Centre
newsletter LIAISON, issue 5, February 2004. If you have not received a
form and would like one, please email : [log in to unmask] Full
details including a provisional programme of the conference can be
found at http://www.cilt.org.uk/navlang
OTHER EVENTS
6. TAUGHT POSTGRADUATE PROVISION IN THE NEW UNIVERSITIES
04 June 2004, Edgehill College of HE, Ormskirk, Lancashire
The Department of English, Edge Hill is running a one-day event with
the support of the English Subject Centre on the management and
delivery of taught MA programmes in the new university sector. It will
consider issues around student support, recruitment,
interdisciplinarity, collaboration, research training and funding.
(Please note this event is free of charge)
The programme commences at 10.00 am and runs until 16.30.
For further details, contact Dr Emma Liggins, Department of English,
Edge Hill, St Helens Rd, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 4QP email :
[log in to unmask]
To register click on to:
http://www.english.ltsn.ac.uk/events/future/index.htm
and then click on to this event
OR
email: [log in to unmask]
giving your name, department, institution, email address and any food
preferences.
OTHER ITEMS
7. RESIDENCE ABROAD: CALL FOR WEB LINKS
The Subject Centre is currently developing and collating resources for
Residence Abroad. We hope to produce a list of useful web links to
post on the Subject Centre website and for our workshop on Residence
Abroad and we would be most grateful for your assistance. It would be
really helpful if you could email us with 3 suggestions of URLs you
find useful in preparing students for RA (and which you are happy to
share with colleagues in other institutions). Please could you tell us
why you would recommend these websites. Do include your own
institutions' web pages if appropriate.
8. STUDENTS AND THE WORKPLACE: CALL FOR EMPLOYABILITY CASE STUDIES
How do you prepare your students for the workplace? Do you run modules
to prepare your students for the world of work? What else do you do
to help your students prepare for life after graduation? Please
contact the Subject Centre ([log in to unmask]) and let us know what
you are doing.
PUBLICATIONS
9. Fact sheets : 3 new sheets on Studying Languages/Linguistics/Area
Studies at University available
Three new sheets produced by the Subject Centre and CILT are now
available on the Subject Centre website and can be found at:
http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/resources/resourcesitem.aspx?resourceid=1586
10. The Lecture List - new free online service
A new service for listing public talks, seminars and so on is now
available. If you would like to use this service please register as an
organiser at : http://www.lecturelist.org/
11. Collaboration Research training provision for doctoral students :
Invitation to bid
Deadline 28 May 2004
The new 'collaborative research training provision' scheme will provide
pump-priming funds to support institutions in establishing new, or
enhancing existing, specialist research training provision for doctoral
students in the arts and humanities. The scheme is intended to support
the provision of specialised subject- or discipline-specific research
training to groups of students where it is not possible or cost-
effective to provide the training for students in just one department
or institution. Bids are invited from departments in two or more
collaborating institutions. The closing date for submitting bids is 28
MAY 2004 and further details and an application form can be downloaded
from the website at :
http://www.ahrb.ac.uk/university_staff/postgrad/collaborative_research
_training_provision.asp
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Subject Centre if you have any queries regarding this bulletin.
Jane Copeland
Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
Modern Languages
School of Humanities
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton SO17 1BJ
tel: 023 8059 4814
fax: 023 8059 4815
email: [log in to unmask]
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