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TNS Seminar Wed 10th February 2016: Dr Scott Soo

Please join us for the next Centre for Transnational Studies (TNS) seminar. When: Wednesday 10th February 2016, 5-6.30pm Where: Room 1177, Avenue Campus Who: Dr Scott Soo ‘A place of utter desolation and abandonment…’: Administrative noise, neglect and the commemoration of the camp de Gurs. The camp de Gurs was an internment centre that was initially built in 1939 for refugees from the Spanish Civil War. Continue reading →

Workshop on Impact in research, education and enterprise Wed 27th January

When: Wednesday 27th January 2016, 5-6.30pm Where: Building 65, Room 1177, Avenue Campus Who: Dr Steve Dorney The University is strongly committed to ensuring that all of our activities – in research, education and enterprise (broadly understood) – are of benefit to the wider society outside the institution. In Humanities, there is now a committee dedicated to promoting the public impact of our work and in ML there is clearly a lot of potential in all aspects of what we do. Continue reading →

Presentations from TNS Debate 25th November 2015: Prof Jon Adams, Prof Neil Wrigley and Prof Ulrike Meinhof

The TNS Debate The Impact of Research What do we understand by it and what counts as evidence in the Humanities and the Social Sciences Please see below the presentations from the seminar: Wrigley – TNS Debate Adams – Impact REF2014 Meinhof – Impact study cultural diasporas The post Presentations from TNS Debate 25th November 2015: Prof Jon Adams, Prof Neil Wrigley and Prof Ulrike Meinhof appeared first on The Institute for Language and Culture. Continue reading →

CGE Seminar Wed 2nd December 2015: Prof Jennifer Jenkins

Please join us for the next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar. When: Wednesday 2nd December 2015, 5-6.30pm Where: Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus Who: Prof Jennifer Jenkins, University of Southampton International English-language university entry tests: are they fit for purpose? My talk will begin by exploring some empirical data in which international students discuss their views of the international English language university entry tests. Continue reading →