Please join us for the next Centre for Transnational Studies Seminar on Wednesday 6 May from 5.00pm-7.00pm in 65/1177. Challenging research settings: gender, risk, and resistance Prof. Helen Sampson Cardiff University Tankers, container vessels, bulk carriers, and refrigerated fruit ships….these are some of the vessels I have experienced when undertaking ‘on board’ fieldwork in my […]

Centre for Global Englishes seminar Wednesday 29th April, 5-6.30pm, Lecture Theatre C (Avenue Campus) Reconceptualising grammar for a pedagogy of Global Englishes Christopher J Hall, York St John University In this talk I address the need to reconceptualise grammar for learning, teaching, and assessment in the light of new understandings of the nature of Global Englishes […]

ILC research seminar ‘The Ordnance Survey Data Enrichment Project: Unforeseen Impacts and Cross-Disciplinary Research’ Wednesday, 22 April 2014 4.00-7pm in 65/ 1177 Programme Mary Orr: Welcome/Introduction to ‘Unforeseen Impacts and Cross-Disciplinary Research’ Ros Mitchell: Brief outline defining the initial and developing researcher conceptualisation of FFLOC (Open Access; Research Ethics; Care for the future of the […]

Centre for Global Englishes seminar Wed 22nd April, 5-6.30pm, Lecture Theatre C English as a Lingua Franca in Asia: Suggestions for ELT/ELF Policy and Pedagogy Professor Andy Kirkpatrick, Griffith University   In this presentation I shall review recently conducted research studies which used data from the Asian Corpus of English (ACE) ACE. ACE is a […]

Please join us for the Transnational Studies Seminar on 18 March 2015 from 5:00-7:00 PM in 65/1177  when we will welcome Professor Caroline Knowles from Goldsmiths, University of London. Globalisation on the Ground This paper interrogates some of the intersections between work, globalisation and youth. It is based on empirical research following the trail of […]

The ILC hosted a seminar and discussion with Professor Florence Myles, University of Essex, on 4 March 2015 to discuss: Impacts of Impact post REF2014.  

Please join us for the next Centre for Global Englishes seminar on Wednesday 18 February, 5pm-7pm in 65/Lecture Theatre C Julia Hüttner and Will Baker, University of Southampton “Without English this is just not possible…”: studies of language policy and practice in international universities from Europe and Asia   Over the last decade there has […]

The Centre for Global Englishes welcomed Andrew Blair from the University of Sussex on 4 February 2015 for a research seminar entitled: Rethinking competence: goals for lingua franca pedagogy and teacher education competence    noun [C or U]: the ability to do something well. –       Her competence as a teacher is unquestionable. –       He reached a […]

The AHRC-funded Meaning in Language Learning network (http://millnetwork.org) led by Professor Roumyana Slabakova (Director of CLLEAR) and Dr. Heather Marsden (York) held its first network event on Saturday, 24 of January, 2015. The aim of the network is to create opportunities for language teachers, language learning researchers, and language education policy makers to meet and […]

Please join us for the next Transnational Studies seminar/workshop: Wednesday, 11 February 2015 4.00pm-7.00pm Venue: 65/1177 Impact and benefits of the arts: How arts institutions relate to the public and reach out to new audiences     This workshop is introduced by short presentations from three directors of institutions of the visual and performing arts, […]