ebulletin: April 2010

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General interest

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Languages for the 21st century: training, impact and influenceClick to expand arrow

Date: 1 September, 2010 - 2 September, 2010
Location: The Edge, University of Sheffield
Event type: Conference

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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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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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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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news
The HumBox Open Educational Resources SurveyClick to expand arrow
LLAS is leading the HumBox Project (JISC and Higher Education Academy funded) and we are conducting a survey into attitudes to Open Educational Resources.

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

Date: 21 June, 2010
Location: Language Lab 0/11, Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh Napier University
Event type: Workshop

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Call for case studies: are you teaching about sustainable development?Click to expand arrow
LLAS is looking for case studies of courses and modules which engage (or could potentially engage) with issues of sustainable development in languages, linguistics and area studies.

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papers, articles and case studies
Guide to languages, linguistics and area studies in the National Student SurveyClick to expand arrow
Author: Dr John Canning,

The National Student Survey is a census of final year undergraduate students in the UK. Conducted since 2005, the 2009 survey asks students 22 questions about their learning experience at university. Each institution's results are broken down by discipline and made publicly available on the Unistats website.

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Début: The Undergraduate Journal : Autumn 2011 edition now availableClick to expand arrow

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.

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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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Planning for differentiation - regional networking event for teachers of languages to adultsClick to expand arrow

Date: 12 June, 2010
Location: York St John University, York
Event type: Seminar (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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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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Linguistics

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Teaching field linguistics: language variation and non-standard varieties in fieldworkClick to expand arrow

Date: 20 May, 2010
Location: Building 65 Mansfield Cooper (Room 2.02), The University of Manchester
Event type: Seminar

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Area Studies

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Perspectives on Islamic Studies in higher educationClick to expand arrow

Date: 25 May, 2010 - 26 May, 2010
Location: Aston Business School, Birmingham
Event type: Conference

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Funding for Islamic Studies (deadline 21 May 2010)Click to expand arrow
The Islamic Studies Network invites applications for small project funding to enable the further development of good practice in teaching and learning within Islamic Studies and to facilitate wider sharing across the UK.

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