Episode 9- How storytelling and ecology can promote environmental awareness

Dr Ann Wand sits down with community storyteller, Dr Joanna Gilar to discuss her newest project, 'The Giant's Garden', designed to encourage literacy and sustainable interaction for children and their parents. https://soundcloud.com/coffeeandcocktails/episode-9-how-storytelling-and-ecology-can-promote-environmental-awareness *Like the topics we’re discussing? Consider becoming a Patreon member for as little as £1 per month to help finance our team to explore new…

Coffee & Cocktails: Podcast 6- English language policy and UK security

https://soundcloud.com/user-579024727/podcast-6-english-language-policy-and-uk-security Dr Kamran Khan from the University of Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain and visitor at King's College, London tells us about his most recent work on citizenship, ESOL policy and (Islamophobic) suspicion in the UK. https://soundcloud.com/coffeeandcocktails/podcast-6-english-language-policy-and-uk-security *Like the topics we're discussing? Consider becoming a Patreon member for as little as £1 per month to help finance…

Coffee & Cocktails Episode 5: The use of Camfranglais amongst the diaspora

Constance Mbassi Manga, doctoral researcher at Lancaster University, talks about migratory issues faced by Cameroonian ex-pats in the UK, France and US and how identity is made sense of through the use of Camfranglais. https://soundcloud.com/coffeeandcocktails/episode-5-the-use-of-camfranglais-amongst-the-diaspora *Like the topics we're discussing? Consider becoming a Patreon member for as little as £1 per month to help finance our…

Coffee & Cocktails Episode 4: Dealing with isolation in academia

Dr Chelsea Robles, Research Specialist at the Institute of International Education in New York City, talks about coping strategies she has developed when dealing with isolation in academia. https://soundcloud.com/coffeeandcocktails/podcast-4-dealing-with-isolation-in-academia *Like the topics we're discussing? Consider becoming a Patreon member for as little as £1 per month to help finance our team to explore new topics. https://soundcloud.com/user-579024727/podcast-4-dealing-with-isolation-in-academia

Coffee & Cocktails Episode 3: Translanguaging in Senegal

Two academics, Samantha Goodchild and Miriam Weidl, from SOAS, University of London discuss their research with Dr Ann Wand regarding translanguaging practices in two Senegalese villages in the Casamance region and how their research can be used to understand how language learning can develop thanks to local mobility practices. https://soundcloud.com/coffeeandcocktails/coffee-cocktails-episode-3-translanguaging-in-senegal Here's their link to online…

Coffee & Cocktails- Episode 2 Excerpt re: Early Career Researchers and the job market

Below is an extended excerpt based on Dr Ann Wand’s interview with Dr Nicolette ‘Niki’ Makovicky and Dr Robert ‘Bob’ Parkin of Oxford University on some of the items discussed during Coffee & Cocktail’s second podcast on ‘ECRs and the job market’. Ann: Since this podcast is partially designed to dispel the myths for ECRs…

Coffee & Cocktails Episode 2: ECRs and the job market (part II)

Dr Ann Wand sits down with Dr Nicolette Makovicky (Oxford University), Dr Robert Parkin (Oxford University, and Dr Pietro Antonio Sasso (Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville)to discuss the additional responsibilities that come with being a full-time academic. https://soundcloud.com/coffeeandcocktails/part-2-ecrs-and-the-job-market *Like the topics we're discussing? Consider becoming a Patreon member for as little as £1 per month to help…