1. Supporting Teaching and Learning in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies: Introduction to LLAS John Canning and Shoshannah Holdom Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies Life and Work in Academia: An event for new lecturers Clare College, Cambridge, 15 April 2008

2. Background  LLAS is one of 24 Subject Centres based at institutions throughout the UK  Funded by UK funding councils via the Higher Education Academy  Hosted at University of Southampton, but remit to support teaching and learning in languages, linguistics and area studies for all higher education teaching staff in the UK

3. Website www.llas.ac.ukwww.llas.ac.uk Guide to good practice for teaching and learning in languages, linguistics and area studies Materials Bank Conference and workshop registration News blog Discussion forum Publications and reports

4. Events www.llas.ac.uk/eventswww.llas.ac.uk/events Workshops, conferences and seminars Intercultural dialogue: the way forward, Bristol, April 2008 Research methods workshop, Glasgow, May 2008 Mark my words: creative assessment and effective feedback in linguistics, June 2008, London Languages in higher education conference: Transitions and connections, July 2008, York Languages of the wider world: valuing diversity, September 2008, London

5. Recruitment and cross sector work Why Study Languages? CD aimed at 14-18 year olds. Discover American Studies CD-ROM (launched March 2008) Partnership with CILT, the National Centre for Languages and Routes into Languages

6. Current and recent projects Transition from school into higher education (in progress) International Approaches to Islamic Studies Employability and entrepreneurship projects (with English and History Subject Centres) Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Group The Language Café Language Network for Quality Assurance (LanQua)

7. Funding opportunities Action/ pedagogic research projects Materials development projects Mini-projects (suggest a project at any time) Workshops to go

8. Publications Liaison. New magazine from June 2008 Five years on: the language landscape in 2007. Hard-going but worth it: A snapshot of attitudes to reading among languages undergraduates. 700 Reasons for Studying Languages Here be dragons? Enterprising Graduates in the Humanities

9. Summary Driven by demand of practitioners in the field Sharing good practice, not prescriptive Activities by LLAS community for the community No charge for most workshops/ one-day conferences free of charge

10. Contact Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ llas@soton.ac.uk 023 8059 4814 www.llas.ac.uk