Author: Patrick Rebuschat (Page 7 of 8)

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:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/academics-as-recruiters-why-it-matters-and-what-it-involves-tickets-27881451171

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)!