LLAS welcomes bids of up to £3,000 for pedagogic research or materials development projects in languages, linguistics and area studies. The remit of LLAS is to support teaching and learning of languages, linguistics and area studies in UK higher education. The call for bid proposals is now closed.
The Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies (PRS), in collaboration with the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) and the UK Centre for Legal Education (UKCLE), is preparing a bid to develop a pilot programme for open-source, Islamic Studies resources relevant for academic use in higher education. This bid is in response to an invitation from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) for subject area consortia to submit funding proposals for projects to release existing learning resources under a suitable licence for open use and repurposing.
The project is employing a researcher to track the career destinations of modern languages graduates from Northern Irish universities from the academic year 2005-2006 to the current academic year. By compiling an authoritative and informative database the project will make proposals in relation to the marketing of languages at university and also the career guidance given to students of modern languages. It is also anticipated that the data compiled will assist in course planning in both HEIs in Northern Ireland, not least in relation to combined degrees involving a link between the study of language and other subjects.
The Learning Object Creator (LOC) Tool is a simple authoring tool for teachers, which has been specifically designed to enable them to create their own e-learning materials without the need for technical support or training. It has been developed by the LLAS Subject Centre, in collaboration with the University of Southampton eLanguages group, according to a tried and tested effective pedagogical design developed over four years.
The HumBox project is part of a wider Open Educational Resources initiative funded by the JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) and the HEA, to showcase UK Higher Education by encouraging teachers within HE institutions to publish excellent teaching and learning resources openly on the web. The HumBox project focuses on the Humanities and is a collaboration between four Humanities Subject Centres (LLAS, English, History and Philosophical and Religious Studies), and at least twelve different institutions across the country.
The Subject Centre is coordinating a three-year project under the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Erasmus Network programme. The LanQua project is developing a Language Network for Quality Assurance and involves 60 partners across Europe.
Links into Languages aims to build a learning community for language practitioners and provide high quality professional development courses that address current national priorities for languages. Based in each of the nine English regions, Links offers a nationally co-ordinated network of support centres, which house a training and drop-in centre for meetings, networking and access to resources.
The Routes into Languages Programme is a Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) funded initiative to increase and widen participation in language study in higher education. It also aims to support the national role of HE languages as a motor of economic and civic regeneration. The Programme has been developed by the University Council of Modern Languages (UCML), the HE Academy Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) and CILT, the National Centre for Languages.
The Subject Centre funds a small number of mini-projects every year on a number of topics.
