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Changing direction?

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking around my participation in the Portus MOOC a few weeks back. This post is an attempt to get my thoughts in order, so I apologise in advance for any disjointedness. First of all, let me edit in some thoughts on locatative gaming, prompted by a Guardian article on social gaming I read today while I should have been bashing this post into shape. Continue reading →

Call for papers: Language Testing Forum 2014

Submissions for papers and posters are invited for the Language Testing Forum 2014, to be hosted by Modern Languages at the University of Southampton from 21-23 November 2014. This annual conference attracts scholars in language testing and practitioners in testing organisations both nationally and internationally. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Language Testing: Engaging multi-disciplinary perspectives’. Continue reading →

Magnetometer Survey at Basing Common

After the successes of the surveys and excavation at Basing House in 2014, a second season of work is being conducted by the Basing House CAT project (http://basinghouseproject.org/) directed by Nicole and Gareth Beale. Work on the excavation is ongoing, and can be seen on the project blog. In addition to this work, however, further geophysical survey is also being conducted on Basing Common. Continue reading →

Translation app launched by Welsh language theatre company

The Telegraph has reported on a new app launched by a Welsh language theatre company, designed to allow audiences to listen to its plays in other languages. The app is called Sibrwd (meaning Whisper in Welsh) and will allow audiences of the Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru to listen to lines from particular scenes through their headphones, an experience which is hoped to provide a more “fulfilling experience” for theatre-goers than subtitles. Continue reading →

Week One at the Basing House Excavation

This year, alongside staff from the Universities of Southampton and York and volunteers from Basingstoke Archaeological and Historical Society, we have a fantastic group of undergraduate students from the University of Southampton learning all about archaeological fieldwork. The students are a mixture of first and second years, and are studying degrees in Archaeology or Archaeology with History. We asked two of the team to put together a blog post summarising the first week on site. Continue reading →