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Research Training for PhD Students in SLLC

SLLC and SAGE
 Faculty of Humanities Training
 School Events
LEL-specific training
Training beyond the University 

SLLC and SAGE

The School of Arts, Histories and Cultures' SAGE programme (Skills Awareness in Graduate Education) is available to PGR students in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures. 

For a description of research training requirements and provision through SLLC and SAGE, please see the SLLC Research Training handbook. 

The SAGE Conference & Training Weeks for 2008-9 will be held

To access the calendar of events please visit the SAGE website.

The Postgraduate Research Training Officers in SLLC are Dr Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero (ricardo.bermudez-otero@manchester.ac.uk) and Dr Karl Posso, who is, however, on leave during the second semester of the academic year 2008-2009.

If you have any questions regarding the SAGE Programme, please contact Mary MacFarlane (Mary.MacFarlane@manchester.ac.uk).

Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty offers an extensive Skills Training Programme. For further information on what is available in terms of skills training, please see the Faculty of Humanities Postgraduate Research Students Training and Development Guide 2008-2009.

The Faculty PGR Development Officer is Emily Bannister (Emily.Bannister@manchester.ac.uk)

Conversations in/with Latin American Cultural Studies

The School will soon be receiving a visit from two of the most distinguished Latin American intellectuals of the twentieth century as well as two leading figures in Cuban culture: Adelaida de Juan and Roberto Fernandez Retamar. This series of talks is an initiative of the Institute for Transnational Studies in Linguistics, Languages and Cultures (ITS) and the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS).

  • Programme of Events (PDF, 4 Kbytes)
  • Conversation Series (PDF, 942 Kbytes)

    • Professor Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht in Manchester

    From 26 April - 7 May 2009, Professor Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht will be participating in a series of events organised for students of our School. For a programme of events, please see the following link:

    Linguistics and English Language training events

    Languages of Early Britain
    Thursday, 21st May 2009
    Whitworth Council Chamber
    Linguistic fields: Historical linguistics, language contact
    Languages: Germanic, Celtic, Italic, Pictish

    The University of Manchester Institute for Linguistics and Language Studies (ILLS) is hosting a one-day workshop devoted to current research on the languages of Early Britain. The event aims to foster an exchange of ideas between postgraduate as well as established researchers of differing specializations who have a shared interest in the linguistic situation in Britain during the Late Roman and Early Medieval periods.

    Provisional Programme
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    Statistics
    Christiana Themistocleous and John Payne
    Wednesday, 13th May, 9.30-1pm
    Room to be announced

    9.30-10.30: SPSS
    10.30-11.30: Chi-square
    11.45-1.00: Regression

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    Fieldwork
    Eva Schultze-Berndt
    Thursday, 4th June
    Details to be announced

    Training opportunities beyond the University 

    UK GRAD programme

    Please see the UK Grad Programme website for further information. This site contains a link to the North West Hub, which co-ordinates GRAD activities in the North West of England.  Sarah Ashworth, North West Hub Project Officer, is based at MLP, Careers & Employability Division of The University of Manchester.
    Email: sarah.ashworth@manchester.ac.uk

    AHRC National Research Training Network in Modern Languages

    SLLC is a member of the AHRC National Research Training Network in Modern Languages.  The Network aims to develop and provide subject-specific research training for all UK-registered PhD/MPhil students in Modern Languages, including non-European languages.  The Hub for North-West England is at the University of Leeds.

    Please click here for further details

    For more information, please see the AHRC National Research Training Network in Modern Languages page.


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