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Dear all, We would like to invite you to a free day seminar at the University of Hertfordshire. The seminar has inputs on academic writing and the use of the word 'partnership' in higher education, which may be of interest to the SEDA community, as well as introducing an approach to studying language that SEDA members might not be so familiar with. There is more information about the day below; just send me an email if you would like to join us! Karen Using corpus-based methods to support multidisciplinary research Are you interested in language and the role it plays in contemporary society? Have you come across the terms corpora and corpus linguistics but are not really sure what they are? Have you wondered how corpus-based methods could be used to enhance your own research? Do you want to hear more about how corpus approaches have supported multidisciplinary research projects in the social sciences? Then this free event, hosted by the University of Hertfordshire, is for you! The event will draw on work from both experienced corpus linguists and those who are developing their work in this area. The session will include inputs around the ways in which corpus-methods can benefit multidisciplinary research; the design and development of specialised corpora; how corpus linguistics can be used to explore specialised discourses, namely interdisciplinary research and student writing; and how corpus-methods are being used to investigate the higher education buzzword, partnership. In addition to speaker inputs, there will be opportunities for participants to discuss and reflect on how corpus-based methods could support their own research. The event will take place on the De Havilland Campus at the University of Hertfordshire on 27 June 2016 from 11.00 to 16.00. This is a free event and places are limited. Please register for the day by emailing Karen Smith ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>), stating whether you have specific dietary requirements. Speakers * Professor Tony McEnery, Lancaster University - addressing the role of language in questions addressed by other disciplines and the key role that corpus linguistics has to play in addressing those questions * Ramesh Krishnamurthy, Aston University - sharing insights from his experience into the process of designing and compiling specialised corpora for academic and commercial research purposes. * Dr Paul Thompson, Birmingham University - discussing findings from a recent ESRC-funded projected on writing in interdisciplinary research journals * Dr Saskia Kersten and Dr Karen Smith, University of Hertfordshire - exploring the use of a higher education buzzword partnership in large scale corpora with the development with its use in higher education policy and by university staff and students. Dr Karen Smith | Principal Lecturer in Collaborative Research and Development | School of Education (R240), De Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB | telephone: 01707 285730, mobile: 07950578813, email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | web profile: http://go.herts.ac.uk/karen_smith New article published in Higher Education<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-014-9819-9>: Researcher creations? The positioning of policy texts in higher education research Please note that I do not work on Fridays