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New Publication: ‘It’s about dismantling power’: Reflections on co-producing a PGR-led feminist pedagogy workshop, by Rumana Hossain

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CLER PGR Rumana Hossain has recently published a paper: Pownall and Hossain. 2020. ‘It’s about dismantling power’: Reflections on co-producing a PGR-led feminist pedagogy workshop. Student Engagement in Higher education Journal, Vol 3 No 1. This reflective piece is the outcome of a co-organized inter-disciplinary workshop “Feminist pedagogy and its links to teaching and learning:...

New publication: How do cultural and religious attitudes impact on people’s desire to learn languages? Read a new study by CLER’s researchers, Achmad Farid and Martin Lamb.

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Anecdotal evidence suggests that some students, in some of Indonesia's Islamic boarding schools (pesantren), harbor negative attitudes towards English, prompting resistance to learning the language at individual and institutional levels. This paper reports on an empirical study investigating this issue in three pesantren in Java. Employing Dörnyei’s (2005) L2 Motivational Self System as the main...

PGR student, Ruaa Hariri, awarded a ‘Highly Commended’ certificate for ‘The Most Original Concept’ at ‘The Student Sustainability Research Conference’

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The fourth annual Student Sustainability Research Conference was held at the University of Leeds on 26 February 2020 with over 200 staff, students and visitors in attendance.     The day consisted of student presentations, an all-day exhibition, networking sessions and a keynote panel, and began with a welcome address from Professor Lisa Roberts (Deputy...