From the very start of my Ph.D., my supervisor very wisely advised to write it as a book. “It will make publishing easier.” He said. When I delivered the manuscript in 2015, I believed I had done exactly that. I… Continue Reading →
Last year, I was teaching a level 5 module called Physical Education, which was the first time it ran in Education Studies. Week by week, we covered topics such as the definition of PE, the definition of the body, the body in… Continue Reading →
I find myself today wondering over a highly cultural, not so much technological subject. The culture of name change on the event of marriage. There are different options in the UK. In 1994, about 94% of British women took on… Continue Reading →
The viva has arrived, time to face the jury – and, in certain countries, an audience of colleagues, friends and family who have come to watch your public examination with slight bewildered but ever supportive faces. It’s a transition moment… Continue Reading →
A recent article in The Linguist (p.5) pointed out that economic success is rather detrimental to minority languages; as it promotes use of a lingua franca in business communication. Undoubtedly, English takes a strong position there. The meetings I face… Continue Reading →
** Talk given at Newcastle University; Talking to the World 2014 ** Let me start by asking you: have you ever left your phone in a bar or on a plane and felt like you lost an arm? Have your… Continue Reading →
A great deal of research has gone into rational and scientific studies of technology integration in education. The investments of time, money and other resources necessitate devising short and long term strategies for pedagogically valuable and efficient applications of educational… Continue Reading →
Transcript of a talk I did for the International Conference for the Interpreting Profession and Interpreter Education (University of Newcastle, 2013). Based on an article I wrote earlier in the year, which you can find here. An acronym, as there… Continue Reading →
I have been to the US a couple of times now in the past year. Different places on the Eastcoast – and must admit, I did not quite realise that a culture which is on the surface much like Western… Continue Reading →
LinkedIn is supposedly the most professional social media platform. We associate professionalism with some sort of ethos, straightforwardness, integrity. However – it’s turning out to be a social media platform like any other, which is increasingly associated with hidden motives,… Continue Reading →