ebulletin: March 2010

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General interest

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Supporting students’ learning outside the classroom: promoting independence and autonomy in LLAS disciplinesClick to expand arrow

Date: 27 May, 2010
Location: Leeds Metropolitan University, Rose Bowl
Event type: Conference

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A request from a faculty colleague: Student study strategiesClick to expand arrow

Victor Benassi, Professor of Psychology, University of New Hampshire is interested in study methods that students report using in preparing for exams and which method they would choose in a specific context. He has received student responses from across the USA as well as from Scotland, England, Australia, Turkey, Singapore, New Zealand, Japan, Ireland, Serbia, Turkey, Wales, Northern Ireland, and France. He would greatly appreciate if you would forward the message below to undergraduate students on the academic courses you teach.

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The winner of the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2010Click to expand arrow
LLAS runs an annual student award competition open to anyone studying languages, linguistics or area studies as part of their HE course.

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Supporting learning and teaching for 10 yearsClick to expand arrow

We're celebrating 10 years of supporting languages, linguistics and area studies teaching in UKHE.

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The LOC tool for teachers: authoring your own online learning materialsClick to expand arrow

Date: 20 April, 2010
Location: Wolverhampton Science Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Event type: Workshop

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Life and work in academia: event for new lecturers in languages, linguistics and area studiesClick to expand arrow

Date: 15 April, 2010 - 16 April, 2010
Location: Aston Business School Conference Centre, Birmingham
Event type: Workshop

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Languages

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New directions: how languages promote research and internationalisation in higher educationClick to expand arrow

Date: 23 April, 2010
Location: University of Glasgow - Gilmorehill G12 cinema - 9 University Avenue - G12 8QQ
Event type: Seminar

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Assessment of the year abroad in modern language degreesClick to expand arrow

Date: 25 June, 2010 - 26 June, 2010
Location: University of Bath
Event type: Conference (supported by the LLAS guest speaker fund)

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Languages in higher education 2010: raising the standard for languagesClick to expand arrow

Date: 1 July, 2010 - 2 July, 2010
Location: Etc venues, London, SE1 1GA
Event type: Conference

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Linguistics

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What is an English language degree?Click to expand arrow

Date: 19 March, 2010
Location: Exhibition Space, Jessop West, University of Sheffield
Event type: Workshop

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Language against the odds: plenary lecture at the 5th Newcastle postgraduate conference in linguisticsClick to expand arrow

Date: 23 March, 2010
Location: Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
Event type: Conference

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Area Studies

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Sustainable development in the higher education classroom: perspectives from area studies and development studiesClick to expand arrow

Date: 19 March, 2010
Location: University of Birmingham
Event type: Seminar

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