My name is Maslin Costiniano and I would like to share with all of you an experience that I feel has contributed to my recent success in procuring my next step after graduation, which is an internship as a teaching assistant in Japan. In my third year I took part in a placement scheme organised…Continue Reading Employability Series: Swansea University’s Applied Linguistics Literacy Partnership Placements
Working with the Dylan Thomas Community School: Interview with Taylor-Jade Garland
In partnership with Reaching Wider and SAILS/SEA, the department of Applied Linguistics sent several of our undergraduate students Emily Hitchman, Lauren Davies (both second year) and Taylor Garland (first year), on a literacy placement with Dylan Thomas Community School, in Swansea. The students spent 10 weeks, once a week in an after-school group of year 7, 8…Continue Reading Working with the Dylan Thomas Community School: Interview with Taylor-Jade Garland
Employability Series: Appen Visits Swansea University, by Carlie Andrews and Alexia Bowler
As part of our employability series, our last visitors of the semester were Sarah Lowe (Vice President of Language Resources in the United Kingdom) and Rosie Lazar (Linguistic Project Manager) from Appen, a language services provider (LSP). Appen is a global leader in the development of high-quality, human annotated datasets for machine learning and artificial intelligence. They kindly…Continue Reading Employability Series: Appen Visits Swansea University, by Carlie Andrews and Alexia Bowler
Employability Series: Nuance Communications Visits Swansea University, by Alexia Bowler and Jade Hobby
As part of the College of Arts and Humanities’ employability drive and continuing student engagement programme, the Applied Linguistics department welcomed its first industry speaker, from Nuance Communications, to Swansea to talk to students about the work they do as a language technology and communications software company. As well as showcasing the company’s own cutting…Continue Reading Employability Series: Nuance Communications Visits Swansea University, by Alexia Bowler and Jade Hobby
Employability: On Getting My Perfect Job by Harvey Miller
Before going to university, I was never entirely sure as to what my career aims were, although teaching has always been something that has interested me. However, after researching Swansea University, I noticed that the Applied Linguistics Department offered the CELTA programme as part of their English language degree. This was one of my main…Continue Reading Employability: On Getting My Perfect Job by Harvey Miller
Employability Series: Working with ELTS (English Language Training Service) by Ellie McHugh
Blog Post by Ellie McHugh Over the summer, I had the fantastic opportunity to work within the ELTS department at Swansea University as an English tutor on the General Summer programme. I finished my second year of studies in the Applied Linguistics department at Swansea University at the start of June. Luckily, the programme began…Continue Reading Employability Series: Working with ELTS (English Language Training Service) by Ellie McHugh