IPCITI 2013 is taking place at Heriot-Watt University on the 14th-16th November. The conference is the result of a long-term collaboration between Dublin City University, Heriot-Watt University, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Manchester, and our university is hosting it for the first time in four years. The IPCITI 2013 Organising Committee has […]
Category: Research
Research and Professional Translators and Interpreters: An odd couple?
That is a question I asked at the recent BAAL conference. Without fail, all the researchers here in LINCS, from the newest PhD student to the most experienced professor feel that research is not only interesting but useful too. We have seen projects on lifting standards in police interpreting, improving public service interpreting training, ethics […]
IRC Guest Lecture Series
Only two weeks ago, we published the schedule for the CTISS/Edinburgh University guest lecture series. This week we are proud to announce another guest lecture series, this time hosted by our brand new Centre for Intercultural Research (IRC). You can find the full list of IRC guest lectures below: John Joseph, Edinburgh University Naturalised Natives: […]
IPCITI: Register now!
Dear colleagues, IPCITI 2013 at Heriot-Watt University on the 14th-16th November is well under way! The IPCITI 2013 Organising Committee has worked hard to put together a diverse and enriching programme which will be of interest to postgraduate students across all areas of Translation and Interpreting Studies. You can see the full programme at: http://www.ipciti.org.uk/index.php/home/programme […]
Who's who in BSL at Heriot-Watt University
Welcome to the 4th BSL blog on lifelinlincs After the last three weeks where you have seen discussion of sign language-related topics, in the blog for this week we thought we would take the opportunity to do a profile of the BSL team at Heriot-Watt University – a who’s who of the ten members of […]
Sign language research: Deaf-hearing involvement and research ethics
Click here to watch this blog post in BSL My topic for this week, the second week of the BSL blog, is on the relationship between ethics and deaf-hearing involvement in conducting research projects. After commencing employment here at Heriot-Watt University, I recently discovered that a joint funding bid to the EU Lifelong Learning Leonardo […]
Orkney Can Wait
The first time I met a Deaf person was in 2006 as a PhD student. I was asked to help out with BSL exams in Heriot-Watt, to make sure examiners were there and to look after the candidates. The Deaf examiner made me think how inspiring it was for someone to overcome a disability and […]
Top 5 Lessons Learned in Edinburgh
You read her guest post last month. Now read what Michelle Hof, aka InterpDiaries thought of the first ever Edinburgh International Research Summer School.
IPCITI Update
If you are disappointed that the submission date for abstracts to the IPCITI conference has now passed, we have good news for you: registration is open and will remain open until one month before the start of the conference. With a lineup of guest speakers including: Claudia Angelleli, Delia Chiaro, Elena Davitti and LINCS’ own […]
Why Bother Doing A PhD?
Two weeks ago, Jonathan wrote and posted To PhD or not to PhD, a short post on the merits of doing research. Given the reaction on social media and the obvious interest in the subject, we thought we would follow it up. This week, Professor Jemina Napier, lets us in on what motivates her to […]