The linguistic landscape in higher education in English dominant and EMI settings: Future directions, July 2016, University College London

A free conference and note that travel bursaries are available for this conference, but its on a first come first served basis, so get in there quick if you are interested!

The Multilingual University: The impact of linguistic diversity in higher education in English-dominant and EMI contexts

ESRC seminar series

Final conference: The linguistic landscape in higher education in English dominant and EMI settings: Future directions

Friday 8 July, 9.30-18.30 & Saturday 9 July 2016, 9.30-16.00

UCL Institute of Education

Despite an established body of knowledge on linguistic diversity and bi/multilingual learners in compulsory and complementary schooling, there is little established knowledge on linguistic diversity in higher education in English-dominant and EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction) settings. All too often the linguistic diversity brought about by a culturally diverse staff and student population is ignored or treated as a problem to be fixed rather than as a resource for enriching the sector and for fostering a vibrant and fair society and intercultural understanding. In the concluding conference in the ESRC’s The Multilingual University seminar series, we will pull together issues arising from the seminar series related to language policies, practices, identities and ideologies in linguistically diverse contexts in higher education in English-dominant and EMI settings under the seminar themes of internationalisation, widening participation and language revitalisation. We will discuss current and future avenues of research for examining, maintaining, fostering and raising the visibility of linguistic diversity in higher education in the Anglophone world and in EMI settings and for illuminating the idea of the ‘multilingual university’ in these contexts. The conference will showcase examples of research and practice in which linguistic diversity is used as a resource.

Keynote speakers: Jasone Cenoz (University of the Basque Country UPV/ EHU) & Durk Gorter (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU; IKERBASQUE – Basque Foundation for Science), Kristina Hultgren (Open University), Karen M; Lauridsen (Aarhus University & IntlUni Coordinator) & Steve Marshall (Simon Fraser University)

Confirmed papers: Fiona Dunn (University of Glasgow), Stephen Evans (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Luke Holmes (University of Birmingham), Gillian Lazar (Middlesex University) with Julio Gimenez (University of Westminster), Alexandra Pitt (Middlesex University) & Victoria Odeniyi (University of Leicester/UCL Institute of Education), Reka Jablonkai (University of Hertfordshire), Penny Kinnear (University of Toronto), Andy Kirkpatrick (Griffith University), Joanna McPake (Strathclyde University), John Pill (American University of Beirut), Siân Preece with Arnaldo Griffin, Yu Hao & Gozzal Utemuratova (UCL Institute of Education), Bruce Russell (University of Toronto) & Saskia Stille (Simon Fraser University), Saskia Stille, Valia Spiliotopolous & Joel Heng-Hartse (Simon Fraser University).

Further details of the speakers, abstracts and programme can be found on the seminar series website at https://multilingualuniversity.wordpress.com

There is no charge for registration and tea, coffee and lunch will be provided on both days. 12 travel bursaries of up to £75 each are available for those attending the seminar from outside London who are either postgraduate students, part time teachers and researchers, or unwaged participants. These will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Seminar participation is limited to 70 places. Register at: http://onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=142&catid=236&prodid=1411

Seminar series organiser: Siân Preece, s.preece@ioe.ac.uk