Part of the exhibition is currently on display in Millburn House Foyer, where it will contribute to the Festival of Social Science 2011 (9-15 May)

The Idea of a University

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The Idea of a University was created by a collaborative research team of students and staff from the Departments of Sociology and History at the University of Warwick. This mixed-media installation was produced from original archival and interview data in order to map the spatial and historical generation and regeneration of the University of Warwick from the 1960s to the present day. The exhibit comprised still images interweaved with interview and documentary texts; the showing of documentary films; pod-casts from interviews; a social reading space for vistors to engage in the wider theoretical and documentary resources relating to the project, and scheduled and unscheduled discussions and encounters. The diverse materials enabled visitors and participants to explore and interrogate how ideas and ideals about the University have shaped, and continue to shape, the geographical, cultural, political and intellectual landscapes of its border location on the outskirts of Coventry.

Two-Day Poster Event at the University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW)

Health Research @ Warwick

Venue: Clinical Sciences Buidling, 1st Floor, University Hospital - Walsgrave Campus, Coventry CV2 2DX

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 PRESENTATIONS

• In this podcast Annamaria Pinter, an expert in language acquisition and young learners talks about some of the research into children learning English. Do children really learn languages faster than adults? Is it a good idea to send you children for classes at the age of 3? She discusses these and other matters.
  
  Video about the ELT Archive at the Centre for Applied Linguistics
  
  
  
• Multi-media presentation by John Parkinson 'Illustrating Concepts in Social Science'

• Dr Keith Richards is a leading researcher in research methodologies in ELT. In this interview he talks about his research, publications and latest book.

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• Dr Richard Smith runs the ELT archive at the Centre of Applied Linguistics. Here he talks about the collection, that dates back over a 100 years

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• Dr Ema Ushioda is a leading researcher in the area of motivation in language learning. Here she talks about the way that motivation is changing the impact “pressure” is having on language learners.

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