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鈥淭ranslanguaging in UK basic education: Exploring opportunities and strategies鈥
On 13th May, Jason gave an invited talk to the Society of Heads, an organisation supporting private school headteachers and HoDs primarily in the UK. The talk was entitled: 鈥淭ranslanguaging in UK basic education: Exploring opportunities and strategies鈥.
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Altman has published a journal article coauthored with Dr Yu Sun (Glasgow) and Dr Chunyan Wu (Northeastern).
Countering nationalist politics through distant witnessing: An affective-discursive approach, Social Media + Society, 11(2), pp.1-16.
Professor Steve Mann - Highly Commended at the 海角社区 Research Celebration 2025
Professor Mann was nominated for his support and guidance throughout the PhD journey, instilling independence and confidence during the challenges of Covid-19 and personal milestones in his students鈥 lives.
He is recognised for providing honest and thorough feedback and insight that provokes a deeper engagement with the topic, and encouraging and facilitating networking opportunities, helping to create a welcoming environment. He has also provided opportunities to co-write papers, helping to kickstart careers in academia. Mann was nominated for his support and guidance throughout the PhD journey, instilling independence and confidence during the challenges of Covid-19 and personal milestones in his students鈥 lives.
He is recognised for providing honest and thorough feedback and insight that provokes a deeper engagement with the topic, and encouraging and facilitating networking opportunities, helping to create a welcoming environment. He has also provided opportunities to co-write papers, helping to kickstart careers in academia.
Scholarships for PhD students in Applied Linguistics
We are delighted to offer two PhD scholarships linked to these two important topics:
1. Intercultural research on diversity in professional contexts
2. Linguistic Bias in Large Language Model Artificial Intelligence
Meifang Zhuo has received another IATL Project Support Funding
Meifang Zhuo has received another IATL Project Support Funding, with an award of 拢1500, for a student-led interdisciplinary project entitled 'Technostress in the age of generative AI: Voices from L2 doctoral students in the UK. ' In this project, she will be collaborating with and receiving mentoring from two staff members: 飩 Associate Professor, Dr. David Orrego-Carmona from School of Modern Languages and Cultures 飩 Associate Professor, Dr. Carla Toro from 海角社区 Medical School This project will soon recruit L2 doctoral students in the UK as research participants. Participants will be involved in informative, fun and creative data collection sessions and receive reimbursement/lunch for their participation. Please express your interest by email: meifang.zhuo@warwick.ac.uk.
Congratulations to Marianna Patrick!
Marianna Patrick, who has been offered the post of Research Fellow to support Ema Ushioda鈥檚 Leverhulme Trust project 鈥淣avigating the ethical complexities of using generative AI for academic writing鈥! This is a two-year full-time postdoctoral research position starting in April, and Marianna beat stiff competition from a very large pool (100+) of applicants!