ebulletin: November 2008
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General interest
Do you teach philosophical or religious studies (PRS) outside a dedicated PRS department? The Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies (PRS) are beginning a scoping study of PRS provision in non-PRS departments. (‘PRS’ subjects include philosophy; theology; religious studies; history and philosophy of science, technology and medicine.
Date: 29 January, 2009 - 30 January, 2009
Location: Avenue Campus, University of Southampton
Event type: Symposium
Début: The Undergraduate Journal of Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies is an online peer-reviewed journal for undergraduate students of languages, linguistics and area studies. It aims to showcase scholarship carried out by undergraduate students in these subject areas. The first issue was launched in June 2010.
Languages
Date: 21 November, 2008
Location: The Leeds Humanities Research Institute, University of Leeds
Event type: Workshop
Date: 1 December, 2008
Location: University of Edinburgh, Playfair Library
Event type: Workshop
Date: 9 January, 2009
Location: Room 1.20, Engineering Building, Malet Place, University College London
Event type: Workshop
Date: 14 January, 2009
Location: The Octagon Centre, Frenchay Campus, University of the West of England
Event type: Workshop
Papers are invited for a forthcoming special issue of the Language Learning Journal, the official journal of the Association for Language Learning (ALL), on Languages of the Wider World: Valuing Diversity.
Date: 20 February, 2009
Location: Western Infirmary Seminar Rooms, Dumbarton Road, University of Glasgow, G11 6NT
Event type: Workshop
Linguistics
Area Studies
Date: 21 November, 2008
Location: The Leeds Humanities Research Institute, University of Leeds
Event type: Workshop
Other news
Following a successful conference on Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL) in languages, organised by the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at the University of Manchester, with support from LLAS and the Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning (CEEBL), a full event report, plus notes from the roundtable discussion, are now available here:
http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/archive/2916
Colleagues are also invited to join a new Jiscmail discussion list on this theme:
Scottish Cilt have just published their 2008 Outreach report. It can be downloaded here or from our Scottish Cilt page.
The LLAS Residence Abroad network held a successful inaugural meeting on 24th October. Colleagues are invited to join the LLAS residence abroad discussion list to keep in touch with our work in this area :
The LearnHigher Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)
http://www.learnhigher.ac.uk/ has recently launched a collection of resources to support student study skills. Browse the LearnHigher website for a wide range of freely available resources in areas such as group work, critical thinking, time management, independent learning, and referencing.
