I’m Rachel, an Applied Linguistics and English Language student. In my second year I had the opportunity to take part in a Swansea University Paid Internship (SPIN). My particular internship was based at the Centre for Ageing & Dementia Research (CADR), which is a chapter of the Centre for Innovative Ageing at Swansea University. My…Continue Reading My experience taking part in a SPIN internship by Rachel Cooper
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
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
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
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