ebulletin: February 2010
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General interest
Date: 27 May, 2010
Location: Leeds Metropolitan University, Rose Bowl
Event type: Conference
Date: 26 February, 2010
Location: University of Sheffield, Douglas Knoop Centre, Humanities Research Institute
Event type: Seminar
Date: 4 March, 2010
Location: Woburn House Conference Centre, 20 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HQ
Event type: Workshop
Date: 5 March, 2010
Location: Woburn House Conference Centre, 20 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HQ
Event type: Workshop
Date: 15 April, 2010 - 16 April, 2010
Location: Aston Business School Conference Centre, Birmingham
Event type: Workshop
Languages
Date: 1 July, 2010 - 2 July, 2010
Location: Etc venues, London, SE1 1GA
Event type: Conference
Date: 23 April, 2010
Location: University of Glasgow - Gilmorehill G12 cinema - 9 University Avenue - G12 8QQ
Event type: Seminar
The Centre of Excellence in Multimedia Language Learning (CEMLL) is conducting a survey on the use of multimedia technologies in language teaching as a follow up to the survey undertaken with The Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies in 2006.
Linguistics
Date: 9 September, 2010 - 11 September, 2010
Location: University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Event type: Conference
Date: 19 March, 2010
Location: Exhibition Space, Jessop West, University of Sheffield
Event type: Workshop
Area Studies
Date: 19 March, 2010
Location: University of Birmingham
Event type: Seminar
The Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies (PRS), in collaboration with the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) and the UK Centre for Legal Education (UKCLE), is preparing a bid to develop a pilot programme for open-source, Islamic Studies resources relevant for academic use in higher education. This bid is in response to an invitation from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) for subject area consortia to submit funding proposals for projects to release existing learning resources under a suitable licence for open use and repurposing.
Other news
The January 2010 update is available to download from the Higher Education Academy website.
A conference on sustainability in higher education, 15-16 July 2010. For further details see the University of Bradford website.
The (DAAD) German Academic Exchange Service is about to launch a competition on German loanwords in English, which will be open to UG und PG students of all subjects. Promotional material (posters and postcards) are being printed at the moment and should soon be sent out. We would be very grateful if you were able to send us a list of postal addresses of university language centres and other contacts that you may find suitable.
We will also be advertising the competition electronically and would be extremely grateful for any support in spreading the word.
You can view a web draft of our competition on the (DAAD) German Academic Exchange Service website.
JISC TechDis is pleased to announce a fourth round of the HEAT Scheme, open to staff in HE (or FE in receipt of HEFCW funding) in Wales.
Bidding is open until the 22 February and bid forms can be downloaded from the JISC TechDis website.
