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“What for?”: when languages were an unpopular option

Maria Seijo-Richart - May 18, 2018

Around fifteen years ago, I met a girl whose friends deemed her crazy because she decided to study Arab (“What for?”). She ended having the last laugh when an oil…

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How your Academic Training Equips you for Success in a Wide Variety of Careers

Victoria Sherwood - February 7, 2018

The term ‘transferable skills’ is a bit dry, but essentially it accounts for the things you learn beyond your subject-specific expertise that can be applied to other employment positions. In…

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The Best Book of Quotes: Famous Quotes for Life and Happiness

Ricardo Roque Mateos - July 28, 2017

Pay attention because this is one of those useful professional secrets I share with you 😀 As a teacher, when you are in a class and you are choosing topics…

A Good Spanish Book

Ricardo Roque Mateos - January 24, 2017

It’s been a while since I last wrote here. I’ve been very busy with lectures, projects, and all that stuff. One of the things that have kept me busy was…

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Training in equality and diversity: the pilot and the nurse

Maria Seijo-Richart - December 26, 2016

As a requirement for my job, I recently had to complete my Diversity and Equality Awareness training online. If you have not done your training yet, please stop reading right…

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Teamwork: Helping Your Department Colleagues Succeed

Ricardo Roque Mateos - April 1, 2016

I am having some arguments with my friends in academia about this particular point… Usually the debates happen around warm pizza, so everything stays civilized, but it is really surprising…

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Which English To Teach?

Ricardo Roque Mateos - February 1, 2016

The common position is quite clear. All varieties are equally valid, useful and beautiful in their own way (*group hug* *unicorns fly around spreading rainbows and love*). But you and…

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Preparing A Cultural Exposition

Ricardo Roque Mateos - November 26, 2015

If you teach subjects such as Languages, Literature or History, you might feel inclined to prepare cultural activities once in a while. There are practical reasons for this… It’s good…

Academic Bureaucracy Is Discouraging

Ricardo Roque Mateos - November 13, 2015

So obvious… yet so necessary for these things to be reminded 🙂 Not long ago, there was a selection process in two Japanese universities. Both of them wanted researchers, preferably…

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My Research Strategies

Ricardo Roque Mateos - November 6, 2015

I am one of those guys who love strategy games, have a special edition of Sun Tzu and could quote it by heart 😀 As in everything else… I have…

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