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A seminar for those responsible for making decisions about the delivery of language courses and the provision of language learning support: Heads of Modern Language Departments, Deans of Arts Faculties, Directors of Language Centres and Heads of Teaching and Learning Teams Monday 8 November 1999 11.00 - 15.45 at CILT, 20 Bedfordbury, London WC2 SMILE, the HEFCE-DENI funded projec on the open learning of languages and advising for language learning, cordially invites you to a seminar on the role of language advisers. Far from being a luxury that hard-pressed universities cannot afford, advisers play a vital part in areas such as cost effectiveness and quality enhancement. Speakers at the seminar, themselves managers, will attempt to define the concept of advising and illustrate the benefits of an advisory service with a number of case studies. P R O G R A M M E 11.00 Arrival and coffee 11.30 Welcome and introduction to the seminar Dr Gertrud Aub-Buscher, University of Hull 11.45 What is a language adviser? Dr Edith Esch (University of Cambridge) 12.45 Buffet lunch 13.45 Case studies illustrating - the integration of the Advisory Service into mainstream teaching (Professor Marianne Howarth, Nottingham Trent University) - the management of resources (Mr Mike Jones, University of Ulster) - structures for open learning (Ms Jocelyn Wyburd, University of Manchester) - quality enhancement (Dr Roel Vismans, University of Hull) 15.00 Round-table discussion 15.45 End of seminar The seminar is free and refreshments will be provided. Numbers are limited and you are therefore advised to register as early as possible by filling in and returning the reply slip below. Please complete the section below and return, via post to Liz Bradley, Language Institute, University of Hull, HULL HU6 7RX as soon as possible and in any case not later than 25 October 1999. Or via email: [log in to unmask] NAME: POSITION: ADDRESS: TELEPHONE NO: EMAIL: SIGNED: DATE: Sheila Dixon Assistant Information Officer, CTI Modern Languages University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK Tel: +44 (0)1482 465872, Fax: +44 (0)1482 473816 Email: <[log in to unmask]> <http://www.hull.ac.uk/cti> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%