Further Congratulations …..
to Helen Hou (supervised by Diane) who has now passed her PhD and to Magda Rostron (supervised by Richard) who has now passed through the Panel process.
Read moreESRC and GTRA scholarships
See below for a message from Olwen about the latest recipients of these awards. The alert amongst yuo will note Miri’s name, but also I am also pleased to see Dimi (co-supervised by Zeynep, a member of the LTE team in some ways) and also Su (who has now started attending Narrative Natters, the fortnightly onsite discussion and support group […]
Read moreThe 5 minute Linguist
The Five-Minute Linguist – Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages (Second edition) Edited by E.M. Rickerson and Barry Hilton HB 9781908049940 £50; PB 9781908049490 £13.99; 320pp The Five-Minute Linguist has been a popular introduction to the subject of language because it is succinct, clear, accurate, — and fun to read. Now in its second edition, updated and expanded, the book has […]
Read moreThe Viva: Getting ready for the big day!
Hello everyone, This piece is dedicated to members of the Doctoral Community who are approaching the end of their journeys. Well Done! You have made it to this final stage. I thought I would share with you some tips for getting ready for the big day, and you are more than welcome to add your own insights, suggestions, and even […]
Read moreResearching Multilingually Seminar (Bristol)
Information about the second AHRC Researching Multilingually Seminar in Bristol (25 & 26 April) can be found here. .. We also managed to have a picture taken of this Researching Multilingually group.. with The University of Manchester DNA in common 🙂
Read moreNarratives in popular discourse
Guardian 28th April 2012, Sports section, p.8 Win or lose …… (David Conn) “Amid all the dizzying narratives as Manchester faces up to its most momentous of derby matches one central theme is how rapidly sport can chnage and with it the apparent job security of the modern football manager” So, here we have the (apparent) storyline of football manager […]
Read moreQatar TESOL Conference April 2012
I participated in the recent Qatar TESOL Conference (13-14 April, 2012), on Student Motivation, Involvement and Autonomy, at the College of the North Atlantic in Doha, Qatar. My paper was entitled Are we teaching / are they learning? Academic writing blues. Here is the ppt summarising the paper: QTESOL April 2012 Magda
Read morePanel Successes – Sahar and Leticia
Congratulations to Sahar (Abdulelah) – with Juup and John Morely – and Leticia (Vega Animas) – who is with Diane and Gary – who both progresed uncondiitionally through the Panels on Thu last week.
Read moreJoin Methodspace?
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/email/online/2012/2D47.htm?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Apr-12&utm_content=online&utm_campaign=2D47&priorityCode=2D47 Is there something useful here?
Read moreSage Open – a new journal opportunity
Reflections & notes on surveys
I’ve put together an annotated list of references on survey research, which I thought might be useful to some of the readers here as well. Comments are welcome; additional sources even more so. 🙂
Read moreManchester in the news
Magda has alerted me to the following: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/manchester-britains-greatest-university-2101828.html
Read moreNarrative Natters – One-day seminar
a date now seems to be set for this, Thursday 28th June. So, we now need to decide its format and who will present what 9e.g. form the Narrative Matters submitted abstracts etc). R
Read moreResearching Multilingually
…. well, the first of our three two-day AHRC-funded seminars took place at Durham last week. For more information on what went on …. see the Abstracts and programme: http://researchingmultilingually.com/?page_id=1152 and the presentations themselves: http://researchingmultilingually.com/?page_id=1143 and some seminar photos too: http://researchingmultilingually.com/?page_id=1169
Read moreInvitation for papers- narratives in/of translation-CNR
Please feel free to circulate this announcement. The Centre for Narrative Research, University of East London and the NOVELLA ESRC Research Node, Institute of Education and UEL To Think is To Experiment Postgraduate Research Day 2012 Invitation for papers on ‘Narratives in/of Translation’ The Centre for Narrative Research organises the eleventh annual Research Day for graduate students on 25 April […]
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