Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science
Greatly enjoyed meeting the delegation from Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) today, with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences very well-represented by the Department of Linguistics and English Language, the Department of Languages and Cultures, and the Department of Politics, Philsophy and Religion. We look forward to a productive partnership!
Wonderful turn-out at today’s LAEL study-abroad information session! Great to see C89 packed with students wanting to study abroad next year. Thanks to Jane Atkinson (International Office), Julia Devaux (LUSU Global Explorations) and Ellie Berry (UG student) for agreeing to speak at our event as well.
Having attended today’s session, this is what you need to do next:
1. Attend “Outgoing Study Abroad Briefing” (organized by the International Office). Pick one of these sessions:
2. Submit online application with your preferred host universities to the International Office by January 3, 2017.
3. Department will tell you where you are allocated to study in January 2017.
4. Attend the LAEL study-abroad session in March for outgoing students. During this session, we will match your modules (home-host institution) and deal with things like accommodation abroad.
As promised, today’s materials can be downloaded here:
“Cá chegou direitinha a encomenda…” – Highlights da vida emigrante: Edições impressas do Expresso, Visão, Jornal de Letras, A Bola, Jornal do Benfica, e cafézinho Delta… Merecedor de um post no meu website.
Very much looking forward to speaking at this brilliant event this week!
Just rediscovered this classic, early days of the EEG lab… For 7-second video, check this tweet.
The registration for the internationalization and recruitment event that I am organizing for the University is now open! The event is co-organized by FASS and the International Office; thanks to my co-organizers Robert Geyer, Claire Astle, and Lindsey King.
The event is called “Academics as recruiters: Why it matters and what it involves” and takes place on Thursday, November 10, 1-3pm in County South PDR. It will feature short presentations by Robert Geyer (AD International, FASS), by colleagues from the International Office and by experienced (FASS, LUMS and FST) academics who have recruited overseas in the past. The current version of our schedule is at the bottom of this message.
The purpose is to identify colleagues who might be interested in recruiting overseas (agents, fairs, etc.) and to provide them with an idea of what makes a good recruitment trip. It will also be an opportunity to share best (recruitment) practices across departments and service units. For this reason, we would like to encourage colleagues who already have some overseas recruitment experience to attend the event as well. While our emphasis will be on academics as recruiters, we also encourage non-academic staff to attend.
The event is free but registration is required by Friday, November 4. To register, simply follow the link below:
Academics as recruiters: Why it matters and what it involves
November 10, 1-3pm, County South PDR
1.00 to 1.15 Buffet lunch
1.15 to 1.30 Robert Geyer (FASS): Welcome, then: Why is international recruitment so important? Followed by: Annie Brunt (International Office): The International Office – Its function within University
1.30 to 1.40 Claire Astle (International Office): Working with agents (including how to train agents)
1.40 to 1.50 Emma Carline (International Office): Recruitment fairs – The top 10 questions (and how to best answer them)
1.50 to 2.00 Alice Callaghan (International Office): Typical recruitment trip: From agreeing to go to back
2.00 to 2.30 Experienced academic recruiters share their recruitment experience
• Astrid Nordin (FASS)
• Phil Benachour (FST)
• Danny Soetanto (LUMS)
2.30 to 3.00 Q&A with panel
This weekend, we welcomed Catherine Verguts to Lancaster University. Catherine is based in Ghent’s University Language Centre and is part of the Lancaster-Ghent initiative (2016-2019, more on this later). Catherine attended the excellent language testing conference organized by Tineke Brunfaut and Luke Harding (Language Testing Research Group). In addition, we used the opportunity to discuss further details of the research partnership between Lancaster and Ghent over an extended lunch. In the picture: Luke Harding, Patrick Rebuschat, Vaclav Brezina, Marije Michel, Tineke Brunfaut, Catherine Verguts, Dana Gablasova. We look forward to visiting our partners in Ghent!
Had a great time last Saturday morning, co-teaching a workshop on “Psycholinguistic approaches for language assessment” with my colleagues Tineke Brunfaut and Marije Michel. The workshop was part of the Language Assessment Literacy Symposium, a two-day conference organized by Tineke Brunfaut and Luke Harding, who direct the very successful Language Testing Research Group at Lancaster. We covered a range of methods, from keystroke logging to eye-movement data. Good fun, and great turnout! (Pictures courtesy of Tineke and Marije.)
Thrilled to see the progress in our new EEG lab! Can’t wait to start testing soon(ish)!
Wonderful week hosting the Fifth Implicit Learning Seminar. Inspiring keynotes by Carel ten Cate, Morten Christiansen, Axel Cleeremans, and Linda Smith; excellent discussions prompted by our discussants Zoltan Dienes and Elena Lieven; and exciting presentations on cutting-edge research during our paper and poster sessions. Thanks to our invited speakers, presenters, session chairs, delegates, and team of volunteers!
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