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Finalists for the 2023 System Early Career Researcher Award

Monday 19 February 2024

Dr Natalie Finlayson has been selected as a finalist for the journal System's 2023 Early Career Researcher Award.


CASLE hosts the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Annual Conference

Monday 25 September 2023

The BAAL Annual Conference was held across 23-25 August 2023 at Univerity of York.


MA Student Receives Commendation from the British Council

Monday 3 July 2023

MA Student Receives Commendation from the British Council for her Dissertation on Cultural Representation in ELT Textbooks


CASLE holds its first PGR conference

Thursday 29 June 2023

The Centre for Advanced Studies in Language and Education (CASLE) organised its first PGR conference on 21 June 2023, under the theme Meeting Methodologies.


York Münster Pedagogical Student Exchange (YMPSE)

Thursday 30 March 2023

The first part of our newly established YMPSE came to a successful conclusion on 24 February.


Inaugural lectures: Professor Danijela Trenkic & Professor Kathryn Asbury

Monday 9 January 2023

We celebrated both Professor Kathryn Asbury & Professor Danijela Trenkic's professorships at their joint inaugural lectures, which took place on 5 October 2022 in the Bowland Auditorium.


University of York to host BAAL Annual Conference in August 2023

Monday 3 October 2022

The University of York will host the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Annual Conference from 23 to 25 August 2023.


English Language Teaching Centre launches in Indonesia

Monday 1 August 2022

In partnership with colleagues from Universitas Negeri Surabaya's (UNESA) Department of English, Dr Andrzej Cirocki (UoY, Department of Education) has established the National Centre for English Language Teaching Materials Development (NCELTMAD) in Indonesia.


Final chapter in journal editor role

Friday 1 July 2022

Thursday 30th June 2022 marked the last day of Professor Emma Marsden’s three-year term as Journal Editor of Language Learning, a scientific journal dedicated to the understanding of language learning, following her term as Associate Editor between 1 January 2015 and 30 June 2019.


Inaugural lecture: Professor Jan Hardman

Wednesday 29 June 2022

We celebrated Jan Hardman's professorship at her inaugural lecture, which took place on 16 June in the Church Lane Building.


Boosting language learning: Tes interview with Professor Marsden

Wednesday 18 May 2022

Professor Emma Marsden explains how teachers can improve their delivery of MFL lessons and therefore boost uptake


Gaming Grammar proves popular with language pupils

Friday 25 March 2022

Use of a code-cracking online game designed to help pupils learn modern foreign language grammar has more than quadrupled in the last 12 months.


Congratulations to our CReLLU PhD students

Monday 20 January 2020

Our Centre for Research in Language Learning and Use (CReLLU) student, Jelena O'Reilly successfully defended her PhD theses and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education.


Inaugural lectures: Emma Marsden and Sophie von Stumm

Thursday 6 June 2019

We're celebrating Emma and Sophie's recent professorships on Wednesday 19 June.


New £2.7m Centre for Excellence to boost modern foreign language skills

Thursday 10 January 2019

The Department of Education has been awarded government funding to launch England’s first modern foreign languages (MFL) centre for excellence.


Education students get shortlisted for PhD Spotlight competition

Thursday 20 December 2018

PhD students, Caroline Casey (PhD Education), and Michelle Hunter (PhD Applied Linguistics) have been shortlisted to exhibit their research as part of YorkTalks, a key University research showcase event, as part of this years PhD Spotlight competition.


Congratulations to our PhD student Rolla Massri

Thursday 10 May 2018

Rolla has successfully defended her PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 4 May 2018.


Congratulations to our PhD student Khalid Alahmed

Thursday 3 May 2018

Khalid has successfully defended his PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 1 May 2018.


Expert Reaction: Is there a cut-off age for learning a language?

Tuesday 1 May 2018

Researchers at the the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have shown that if you want to have native-like knowledge of English grammar you should ideally start before age 10.


Congratulations to our PhD student David O'Reilly

Wednesday 25 April 2018

David has successfully defended his PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 13 April 2018.