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Last chance to register for the University of Southampton e-learning symposium 2015!

Donā€™t forget to secure your place at the University of Southampton e-learning symposium 2015 before the registration deadline of Monday 19 January 2015! The 10th University of Southampton e-learning symposium, organised by the Centre for Language, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS), will take place at the University of Southampton from 22-23 January 2015. To find out further information about this event, including details of keynote speakers and an event programme, visit the LLAS website. Continue reading →

Latin American Studies seminar tomorrow: ā€œEducational Reform in Chile: competing discourses and the battle for narrativeā€

The next seminar of the Latin American Studies Seminar Series will be taking place tomorrow, Wednesday 14 January 2015, from 16:00-17:30 in Room 1163, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar entitled ā€˜Educational Reform in Chile: competing discourses and the battle for narrativeā€™ will be presented by Darren Paffey (University of Southampton, Modern Languages), who will be discussing his current research on Educational Reform in Chile. Continue reading →

GamAR at the National Maritime Museum

Some time ago I read about the GamAR app for mobile devices. Which allows visitors to a number of heritage sites to download a (sometimes free, sometimes paid for) Augmented Reality Game based around the site. Last week I finally got to give it a go, when I visited the National Maritime Museum. The app had been sitting unused on my iPad for months. Now I had the oppurtunity to download a game a take it to the museum. Continue reading →

Music and Disability ā€“ pioneering a new field for undergraduate study

Professor of Music Laurie Stras has been preparing an innovative and exciting addition to our undergraduate programme: Over the Christmas holidays, I spent time developing my new undergraduate module for Semester 2. Not very exciting, you might think, but when I say ‘new’, I mean not just new for me, or the Music department. I mean new for UK university music all together, and only the second undergraduate module of its kind anywhere in the world. Continue reading →

On the way to Grade 1

The Grade One Orchestra in action Catherine Underhill (year 3) gives us a mid-year update on MuSoc’s new project, in which Music students are being sponsored to achieve ABRSM grade 1 in a brand-new instrument: The Grade One-a-thon is going very well so far and some big steps forward have been made! First of all, the Music Department generously lent us enough money to purchase one copy per candidate for us all to have before the Christmas period. Continue reading →