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LLAS is leading on a new EU-funded project which will be using the LanQua Toolkit developed by our previous EU-funded language and quality network.
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This report is a summary of interviews and focus groups with around 100 students and 50 members of academic staff in departments of languages, linguistics or area studies at nine universities in the UK.
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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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The Language and Film Talent Awards (LAFTAs) is a competition for 13-21 year olds, run by CILT, the National Centre for Languages.
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LLAS runs an annual student essay competition open to anyone studying languages, linguistics or area studies as part of their HE course.
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The winner of the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2008 is Siobhan Tebbs Wesley, a final year student studying a Combined Honours in Arts (Arabic, French, Russian and Sociology) at Durham University.
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The Higher Education Academy is funding two calls for one-year projects. It is inviting expressions of interest from UK Higher Education Institutions (including colleges delivering higher education). Successful applicants at the first stage will be invited to submit full proposals, a number of which will be selected for funding.
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The winner of the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2007 is Robert McGinty, a final year student studying Russian and English Studies at the University of Nottingham.
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The HE Academy Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Group invites bids for up to £8,000 each for two small-scale projects. Practitioners from any discipline in UK higher education are welcome to apply.
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The UK e-learning research centre (eLRC) based at the HE Academy and the Universities of Manchester and Southampton, is carrying out research into the student experience of using learning technologies in their studies - something which they feel has been overlooked to date. They have asked LLAS and several other subject centres to help promote their online student questionnaire.
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The winner of the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition is Gemma Brown, a first year in the Department of European Studies and Modern Languages at the University of Bath.
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The winner of the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition is Joanna Britton, Exeter College, University of Oxford.
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The Higher Education Academy wishes to support evidence-based approaches to policy and practice and to pursue a scholarly, research-driven agenda to improve the quality of the student experience. One objective within this general aim is to promote and set up research programmes on key themes. The Academy Research Projects scheme constitute one activity to meet this objective.
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Event date: 22 June, 2011
Location: Boardroom, Woburn House Conference Centre 20 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9HQ
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Event date: 1 July, 2010 - 2 July, 2010
Location: Etc venues, London, SE1 1GA
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Event date: 8 June, 2006
Location: University of Westminster
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Event date: 9 June, 2006
Location: Sheffield Hallam University
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Event date: 28 April, 2006
Location: New College, University of Southampton
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Event date: 14 November, 2005
Location: CILT, London
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The attached document displays the results of the 2010 National Student Survey in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies.
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This analysis was undertaken by Gosia Kulej-Turner, a consultant employed by the Higher Education Academy.
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A review of literature on Modern Foreign Languages and mobile learning at Higher Education Institutions in the United Kingdom, with a particular focus on the importance of the context on students’ learning experience
Modern Foreign Language departments at Higher Education Institutions in the United Kingdom are considered to be in a precarious situation, with declining enrolments on specialist language degree courses, in a context of an ever-increasing diversification of the student population.
At the same time, many universities have launched programmes and developed strategies to expand the use of e-learning and mobile learning within their departments with a view to maximise students’ learning experience.
This paper will define mobile learning in the context of Modern Foreign Languages and will consider the importance of the learning context, based on theories of collaborative learning.
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India-Chloe Woof, a 3rd year French and Linguistics student at the University of Sheffield, was a runner up in the Subject Centre's undergraduate student award competition 2010.
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Rosie Shimmin, a 4th year German and Politics student at Cardiff University, was a runner up in the Subject Centre's undergraduate student award competition 2010.
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Ciaran Roe, a 4th year Italian and English Literature student at the University of Edinburgh, was a runner up in the Subject Centre's undergraduate student award competition 2010.
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Sarah Louise Badrock, a 1st year Middle Eastern and Modern European Language student at the University of Manchester, was a runner up in the Subject Centre's undergraduate student award competition 2010.
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The winner of the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2010 is Daniel Finch-Race, a 3rd year Modern European Languages student at the University of Edinburgh. Daniel’s winning entry is a promotional article aimed at encouraging school pupils to study languages, linguistics or area studies at university.
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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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This paper was written by a student about their experiences of studying 'typology' within their linguistics degree at university.
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Amelia Villiers-Stuart, a 1st year French and English Literature student at the University of Edinburgh, was a runner up in the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2009.
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Vladislav Mackevic, a 2nd year International Relations and English student at Aston University, was a runner up in the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2009.
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Deborah Adams, 4th year Humanities with English Language student at the Open University, was a runner up in the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2009.
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The winner of the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2009 was Laura Gent, a 4th year Modern Languages student at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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This paper was written by a student about their experiences of studying linguistics at university.
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This paper was written by a student about their experiences of studying linguistics at university.
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Marta Dados, a second year French, Spanish and English student at the University of Glasgow, is a runner up in the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2008.
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Caroline Smith, a final year Linguistics student at the University of Cambridge, was a runner up in the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2008.
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The winner of the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2008 was Siobhan Tebbs Wesley, a final year student studying a Combined Honours in Arts (Arabic, French, Russian and Sociology) at Durham University.
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Elizabeth Murray, a first year French and German student, is a runner up in the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2007.
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Heather Brunt, a final year French student, is a runner up in the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2007.
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Elizabeth Baines, a final year French student, is a runner up in the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2007.
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The winner of the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2007 was Robert McGinty, a final year student studying Russian and English Studies at the University of Nottingham.
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The winner of the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2006 was Gemma Brown, a 1st year in the Department of European Studies and Modern Languages at the University of Bath.
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The winner of the Subject Centre's undergraduate student essay competition 2005 was Joanna Britton, Exeter College, University of Oxford.
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