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Registration now open for LLAS 11th eLearning symposium 2016

Registration is now open for the LLAS 11th eLearning Symposium 2016 which will be held at Avenue Campus, University of Southampton on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd January 2016. For information on keynote speakers, the range of topics to be covered in presentations and workshops, and for details on how to register, visit the event page on the LLAS website. Continue reading →

Third run of Modern Languages’ MOOC ‘Understanding Language: learning and teaching’ a success

Modern Languages’ MOOC ‘Understanding Language: learning and teaching’ has just completed its third run. 44,284 learners participated in the course, bringing the total number of learners who have signed up for the MOOC to 145,041. This run of the MOOC included a live session led by Professor Jennifer Jenkins, Dr Will Baker and Dr Ying Wang from Modern Languages at the University of Southampton. Continue reading →

The 12 Apps of Christmas

Students and staff may be interested in registering for the award winning 12 day online project from the Dublin Institute of Technology, The 12 Apps of Christmas. The initiative focuses on exploring 12 mobile apps, which can help students to personalise their learning and educators to support them to do so. Participants are introduced to a different app each day, over 12 weekdays (for approximately 12 minutes a day), starting on 1st December. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Il capitale umano / Human Capital (Paolo VirzĂŹ, 2014)

The Italian film, Il capitale umano / Human Capital (Paolo VirzĂŹ, 2014) (106 minutes, in Italian with English subtitles), will be showing in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 23 November 2015. Review, introduction and discussion by Leonardo Provvedi. This is the last film of the season, so the discussion will take place over nibbles and drinks. You can bring some finger food or something to drink, but it is not a must. Continue reading →

Next TNS Seminar: ‘The Impact of Research: What do we understand by it and what counts as evidence in the Humanities and the Social Sciences?’

The next Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) seminar will take place from 5:00-6:30pm on Wednesday 25th November 2015 in Room 1173, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The session is entitled ‘The Impact of Research: What do we understand by it and what counts as evidence in the Humanities and the Social Sciences?’. Continue reading →

Visitors from Tomsk Polytechnic University for course in Teaching and Learning through the Medium of English

We are very pleased to welcome a group of 12 academics from Tomsk Polytechnic University who are studying with us for 2 weeks from Monday 16 November 2015 to Friday 27 November 2015. The delegates are participating in a course on “Teaching and Learning through the Medium of English”. The group will be in the Avenue cafĂ© from 10:45 to 11:15 each morning and visitors are welcome to join them for an informal chat. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto / Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Elio Petri, 1970)

The Italian film, Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto / Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Elio Petri, 1970) (112 minutes, in Italian with English subtitles), will be showing in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 16 November 2015. Review, introduction and discussion by Louis Bayman. All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. Continue reading →