I am a Senior Lecturer and Associate Head of School (Internationalisation and EDI) in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the OU UK

London
Joined May 2008
Bless the birds who stopped singing Bless the date palms Bless the endangered witnesses Bless the strangers at the gate Bless the widow Bless the orphan Bless the unnamed corpse under rubble Bless the peace-makers Bless the faith in the just world to come
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Just last week I was down with colleagues @GoldsmithsUoL It beggars belief how this crisis is managed; the brutal ‘scoping’ or whatever the hokey kokey term is for what staff are experiencing as they hear news. This is Bullingdon Club style and there are better ways. Solidarity
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Iceland putting on a welcoming show for #eurocall2023! @EurocallLang welcome to all delegates who will be arriving over the next few days.
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Join our Distinguished Speaker Series on 13th July at 1pm: Dr Beverley Costa from the Centre for Multilingual & Multicultural Research at Birkbeck will talk about Equitable Multilingualism. Register via Eventbrite eventbrite.co.uk/e/distingui… @MirjamH @OUFreeLearning @OU_LAL @OU_WELS
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As part of the EUROCALL Spring Digital, Teresa Mackinnon @WarwickLanguage presenting on curating and evaluating the best language teaching and practice @EurocallLang An excellent reflection!
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So exciting to have input today from Japan, Oz and New Zealand! #edtech #springfestival sites.google.com/eurocall-la… from @OhashiLou @OzMark17 and Antonie Alm
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Really enjoying this informed and hugely practical session from @sharplm on using #AI tools in a sound pedagogic way
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This.
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We need peace, now more than ever. In 2023, let’s put peace at the heart of our words and actions.
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Really proud to have this Project up and running!
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Please join us on Oct 19 at 1pm for a special public lecture on the Ukraine. Dr Onuch will be speaking about her project where she uses real time data from social media platforms to flag atrocities in the Ukraine hours before the media becomes aware. eventbrite.co.uk/e/distingui…
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I am speaking at EUROCALL 2022 in Reykjavik (online) at the Opening Ceremony. #EUROCALL2022 - via #Whova event app
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I believe that MFL is as important as STEM subjects from an industry perspective. I have carried out a series of school visits to reinforce this message to students. This article in a local paper explains far better than I can. @ALL4language @ismla_uk @SALTLANGS @ALLYorksHumber
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Call for papers for The Journal of English for Purposes of International Communication: h-inet.org/jepic/
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Exciting times! Our @PositiveDigita1 outputs are starting to go live 😁
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A wonderfully concise quote from James Butler in the latest LRB: “after twelve years of Conservative government, Britain is run-down, stagnant, expensive, underpaid, unequal, corrupt, socially fractured, backward-looking, hungry, tired and fearful.”
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The Open Centre for Language and Culture is OpenLearn's collection of FREE #language courses. One of the #languages you can study with us is #Spanish - learn to communicate effectively in in everyday contexts: open.edu/openlearn/OpenCentr…
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We are excited to invite you to the upcoming Gunther Kress Panel event on June 28! Esteemed panelists include @IN_TOUCH_UCL, @drjenrowsell, Theo van Leeuwen, and Jeff Bezemer. You do not want to miss this incredible event. All are welcome, and it is free to attend. Register now!
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