Professor Jim Coleman lecture and launch of new student website

Date: 3 March, 2011
Location: Lecture Theatre B, Building 65, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton
Event type: Lecture

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Lecture: Policy developments in UK primary, secondary and tertiary education: what are their implications for languages and what should we be doing about them?

Professor Jim Coleman, Open University and Chair of UCML

Launch of the new Studying Languages website

Written by university students for current and prospective language students (Siobhan Mills, Final year French and Linguistics, University of Southampton)

Find out:

  • What your options are for continuing with your languages at university
  • What it’s like studying languages
  • Hear from students about the year abroad
  • Ideas on what you can do with languages when you graduate

This event will be of interest to teachers/lecturers of languages in schools/colleges and universities. It will also be of interest to language students in higher education.

Fees

There is no charge to attend this event.

Travel bursary

Travel bursaries are not available for this event.

Provisional programme for 3rd March 2011
Time Session
17.00 - 18.00 Tea, coffee and cakes
18.00 - 18.20 Launch of Studying Languages website
Powerpoint Presentation (PowerPoint, 3.7 MB)
18.20 - 19.00 Lecture
Powerpoint Presentation (PowerPoint, 588 KB)
19.00 - 19.15 Discussion and questions
19.15 Close