Month: August 2017

‘We Are Family’: Academic success for mother and daughter graduating from Swansea University together

The phrase ‘keeping it within the family’ has never rung so true as it has this year at Swansea University and in the College of Arts and Humanities. In July 2017 mother and daughter, Suzanne and Melissa Isaacs, both graduated from the college on the same day. Melissa graduated from our Applied Linguistics Department with…Continue Reading ‘We Are Family’: Academic success for mother and daughter graduating from Swansea University together

Doing a Joint Honours Degree in English Language and Literature

The Applied Linguistics Department offers both single and joint honours degree programmes. One of our students, Jasmine Metcalfe, recently graduated with a first class degree in English Language and Literature. During her degree, Jasmine went on a year abroad to Brock University, Canada and she took the CELTA certificate during her summer vacation. Jasmine is now…Continue Reading Doing a Joint Honours Degree in English Language and Literature

CLEARING: Joseph Hutchesson on His Experience

Clearing is a stressful time for all involved: from students and parents who have to navigate the often confusing process of confirmation and clearing to the admissions team and individual admissions tutors. Indeed, my first year as admissions tutor was a steep learning curve, just in terms of the pace!  Luckily, like my new intake,…Continue Reading CLEARING: Joseph Hutchesson on His Experience

Interviews with Third Years: Lauren Jones

After the dust had settled: exams done and graduation celebrated, I had a chance to catch up with finalist and now post-graduate student, Lauren Jones. Lauren recently graduated with a first degree in English Language and is going on to do the MA TESOL here at Swansea. She kindly took time out of her well-earned…Continue Reading Interviews with Third Years: Lauren Jones

Phonology in the Fens by Fiona Hardy

On Saturday 17th June, I attended a conference put on by the Pronunciation Special Interest Group of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language.  It was hosted by the Bell School of English in Cambridge and the conference focus was on that particularly vexed question of English pronunciation, namely connected speech. …Continue Reading Phonology in the Fens by Fiona Hardy