My name is Abbie and I recently completed the CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) as a summer intensive. Just to let you know a bit about me, before CELTA: I graduated from my undergraduate BA (Hons) English Language and TESOL (with a year abroad) course in 2024. I hadn’t done…Continue Reading My Summer CELTA 2025 Experience, by Abbie Campfield
From EFL teacher to Pro-Vice-Chancellor, International – by Professor Judith Lamie
In this month’s blog we welcome an insight into Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International), Professor Judith Lamie’s career. An accomplished researcher in EFL (English as Foreign Language), Professor Lamie joined Swansea University in 2021. International Higher Education has always had its challenges. We’ve seen changing patterns of demand and delivery, higher student expectations, changing employer needs and increasingly…Continue Reading From EFL teacher to Pro-Vice-Chancellor, International – by Professor Judith Lamie
Employability Round Up! by Beatrice Massa
Employability Series: Here’s a recap of what happened last semester I am sure many of you are aware of the talk series run by Dr Alexia Bowler, our very dedicated Employability Officer. However, in case you are thinking of joining Swansea University next year and want to know more about this initiative or, due to the…Continue Reading Employability Round Up! by Beatrice Massa
Studying at Swansea University: What is it that makes us want to stay?
By Beatrice Massa I was a Student Ambassador at Swansea University for the past three years. If you attended one of the Open Days, I probably met you there. If you have just started looking into Swansea University and have just come across this blog, we never had the pleasure to meet. Or maybe, you…Continue Reading Studying at Swansea University: What is it that makes us want to stay?
The Exchange Student Experience by Xuanmeng Lyu
My name is Xuanmeng Lyu (I normally use my English name Xenia at school). I graduated from Dalian University of Foreign Languages, and was a visiting student on the one-year exchange programme at Swansea University, from October 2018 to June 2019 in my last academic school year. This experience not only broadened my horizons but…Continue Reading The Exchange Student Experience by Xuanmeng Lyu
Swansea Linguistics Journal
This year’s finalists had a very busy schedule. Working hard on their dissertations and submitting their final pieces of coursework, as well as job-hunting, several of them seemed to find time to set up the first ever student journal for those working in Applied Linguistics and Language-related disciplines. Aptly named the Swansea Linguistics Journal, the…Continue Reading Swansea Linguistics Journal
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
Celebrating Language by Prof Martin Stringer (Pro-Vice-Chancellor), Swansea University
Originally posted on the PVC’s blog (part of the Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching website) on 5th May 2017, Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Martin Stringer* and SALT have kindly allowed me to repost it here on our English Language and TESOL blog. The piece is a wonderful example of how language can be celebrated. As…Continue Reading Celebrating Language by Prof Martin Stringer (Pro-Vice-Chancellor), Swansea University