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Showcasing Real-World Linguistics: Student Submissions at COPA by Ellie Dickinson

An image of a pull-up banner, showing a young student with the name of the department under (English Language, TESOL and Applied Linguistics). Alongside the banner is a display of posters created by students in the department

Each year, Swansea University hosts COPA: an event that brings together students, faculty, and industry professionals to celebrate innovation, collaboration, and creativity. For students in Applied Linguistics, COPA offers a unique opportunity to present how their academic work applies to the real world. Whether through projects on language revitalisation, heritage language preservation, or policy development,…Continue Reading Showcasing Real-World Linguistics: Student Submissions at COPA by Ellie Dickinson

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

Employability Series: Speech and Language Therapist, Marianna Puzzo, talks to Applied Linguistics students – by Ed Clarke

 As part of our employability programme in the Applied Linguistics department, we invited alumna , Marianna Puzzo, who is now a qualified Speech and Language Therapist, back to talk to our students about a potential career in SLT. Graduating with a degree in English Language and Italian in 2014, Marianna went on to do a…Continue Reading Employability Series: Speech and Language Therapist, Marianna Puzzo, talks to Applied Linguistics students – by Ed Clarke

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