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
Professor Tess Fitzpatrick on Studying English Language at Swansea University
What exactly is Applied Linguistics? Well, our head of department, Professor Tess Fitzpatrick talks about what we do at Swansea University. For detailed information about our courses, please visit: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/english/…Continue Reading Professor Tess Fitzpatrick on Studying English Language at Swansea University
CLEARING: Mia King on Her Experience
Clearing can be a stressful time for all involved but take a look at our video with one of our successful students, Mia King, who came to us through clearing and is now going into her final year of university….Continue Reading CLEARING: Mia King on Her 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