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Presentation on ‘Delivering an ELT Masters online: rethinking approaches for effective e-learning’ – IATEFL Annual Conference and Exhibition

Julie Watson and Will Baker from Modern Languages at the University of Southampton will be delivering a presentation at the IATEFL Annual Conference and Exhibition in Liverpool today, Wednesday 10th April 2013, entitled ‘Delivering an ELT Masters online: rethinking approaches for effective e-learning’. Continue reading →

“Polyglots required if we want a place in the global academy”

Times Higher Education has published an article discussing the need for polyglots if the UK wants a place in the ‘global academy’. “English cannot be the only acceptable language of scholarship, says Toby Miller. It’s arrogant, impractical and anti-intellectual. The signs are all there: the future domination of English as the major language of international diplomacy, business and education seems assured. Continue reading →

Official opening of the University of Southampton Malaysia campus today

The University of Southampton is celebrating today, Thursday 21st March 2013, the official opening of its Malaysia campus, both in the UK and at the new campus in EduCity@Iskandar in South Johor. The Campus welcomed its first students last September to enrol on Southampton’s world-renowned degree in Mechanical Engineering with further programmes to follow including the University’s degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering later this year and opportunities for PhD students as well. Continue reading →

Institute for Language and Culture lecture: “Trends and issues of migration flows in the Middle East”

The Institute for Language and Culture at the University of Southampton will be hosting a lecture on Tuesday 23rd April 2013 at 12pm in Building 65, Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus entitled ‘Trends and issues of migration flows in the Middle East’. The talk will be delivered by Dr Michèle Baussant, a social anthropologist from the University Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense who has published extensively on the issues of migrations, memory and cultural heritage. Continue reading →