Some time back, Paul Smith forwarded these reviews/alerts to me from a colleague in one of the online groups he belongs to (Academic Litercy/ies?): Turner, Joan (2011) Language in the Academy: Cultural Reflexivity and Intercultural Dynamics. Bristol , Buffalo, Toronto: Multilinguial Matters Available in paperback and hardback [The book is part of the Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education series]. […]
Read moreDoing Research Multilingually (DRM) is the focus of a BAAL Colloquium proposal that has been accepted for the September 2011 BAAL conference (hosted in Bristol by the University of the West of England). The colloquium is framed by the following text: Social researchers in differing applied settings have questioned the apparent neglect of the challenges raised by researching in contexts of […]
Read moreThis proposal submitted by Juup, has now been accepted … Stelma, J. and Fay, R. (2011). Reflective construction of (conflicting) intentionalities: an ecological perspective on Masters-level research education. Paper (to be) presented at BERA 2011 Annual Conference, 6th – 8th September, 2011, hosted by the Institute of Education, London.
Read moreDo you all know about this one? Methods @ manchester Highlighting the depth and breadth of methodological expertise in the social sciences at the University of Manchester. Promoting and facilitating methodological excellence, innovation and inter-disciplinarity. http://www.methods.manchester.ac.uk/
Read more… on their succcessful bid for SoE funding to partially support their QI2011 paper-giving trip in late May (papers about which we may well hear more at our June 3rd LTE Conference ….
Read moreExploring Learning, Identity and Power through Life History and Narrative Research Edited by Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Penelope Harnett Exploring Learning, Identity and Power through Life History and Narrative Research responds to these questions with examples from diverse educational and social contexts. The book brings together a collection of writing by different authors who use a narrative/life history approach to explore the […]
Read moreThe Doctorate: international stories of the UK experience Author/Producer Sheila Trahar/ESCalate Contributors Sham Juhari (University of Birmingham) Kam Ping Leung Kathy (City University of Hong Kong) Tzu-Bin Lin (National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Georgina Yaa Oduro (University of Cape Coast, Ghana) Kai Ren (University of Bristol) Cheryl Rounsaville (University of Nottingham) Narina A. Samah (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) […]
Read moreJulian writes: You could check out the script of my TESOL Convention presentation, and the accompanying powerpoint expertly created by Eljee Javier, via the edgeblog link: Even more fun, however, especially if you are interested in traditional folkloric responses to the affordances of international travel, is this one:
Read moreLast week, Susan and I were kindly invited and funded (by ESCalate) to give the following keynote: Richard Fay and Susan Brown —– “Developing intercultural courses in a UK university context: some curricular, strategic and research considerations”. Keynote presentation at the ESCalate Regional Workshop on ‘The transformative impact of international experience on personal and professional learning on Wednesday 23rd March 2011, hosted […]
Read moreAnnouncing the event: “From here to there …. and back again — Conference papers by the LTE doctoral community” Friday 3rd June (say 10.00-16.00) An opportunity for LTE doctoral researchers to (re)present a paper that they have presented externally (or will shortly do so) for an internal LTE audience (plus invited guests). Each performance will be for 20 minutes with five-ten minutes […]
Read moreSAGE Open is now accepting manuscripts – prepare yours today! SAGE Open, our new open access publication, has received more than 200 submissions since launching on January 1, with new articles being submitted daily. Be a part of this groundbreaking publication and prepare your manuscript today. SAGE Open publishes peer-reviewed, original research and review articles in an interactive, open-access format. […]
Read moreAt this session, Juup and Richard present a second draft of an article for submission possibly to Studies in Higher Education or Higher Education. It is (currently) entitled: Developing researcher competence on a UK Masters course: an ecological perspective
Read moreAt the RAW meeting of 28th February 2011, Richard (and Leah in absentia) presented a first draft of a research methology paper to RAW colleagues. The working title was: “The use of researcher narratives in the multilingual study of the Ladino stories of Sephardic Jews in Bulgaria”
Read moreIn advance of this Viva, Mariam, let me wish you all the very best. I hope that you not only give a strong performance but also that you enjoy the experience 🙂
Read moreI am conscious that we have quite a few conference papers soon happen in our doctoral community – for example: — Achilleas’ recent papers including the one on MATE — Magda’s recent pieces — Eljee’s and Tanya’s late May QI2011 papers — Lou’s and Achilleas’ Finnish papers in July — Paul’s papers last year — Mariam’s upcoming EuroCALL paper? There […]
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