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Revised benchmarks for languages and linguistics now availableThe revised benchmark statements for Languages, Linguistics and related studies are now available for consultation.
Public consultation on British Standard to benchmark good practice in safety management systems (overseas activities)A new British Standard for the provision of adventurous activities, expeditions, visits and fieldwork, undertaken for educational, training or recreational purposes outside the UK. This standard could have important implications for Residence Abroad in languages and area studies programmes.
LLAS Event
Learning and teaching coordinators focus group (15 Apr 05)Event date: 15 April, 2005
Location: London
QAA Benchmark in Area Studies: Subject Consultation Meeting
Event date: 12 February, 2001
Location: CILT, London
Paper
Decentering Area StudiesThis paper was first presented at a round-table discussion on the 'Future of Area Studies' held at Woburn House, London on 24 March 2004. This presentation was deliberately provocative and polemical, and more than a trace of these characteristics remain in this more developed version.
Interdisciplinary teaching and learning in Area StudiesAccording the Area Studies Benchmarking statement, Area Studies courses are interdisciplinary and/ or multidisciplinary. By thinking about the nature of the discipline itself, this article introduces some of the challenges for teaching staff on interdisciplinary courses.
