We are pleased to announce that we have now confirmed our keynote speakers.
The full programme for the CercleS 2024 conference will be available in May 2024. In the meantime, please see below the indicative schedule for the conference.
All timings are approximate
Date
Time
Activity
Expected numbers
Booking
Thursday 12 September
08:30
Registration opens
09:30-12:00
CercleS Focus Group meetings
Languages for Specific Purposes
room TLC101 (80)
Management & Leadership
room TLC116 (53)
Language Testing & Assessment
room TLC117 (53)
Internationalisation & Language Policy
room TLC123 (80)
Up to 100 (pre-booked)
Other FG meetings tbc
Pre-booked: zero cost
12:00-13:00
Lunch (for Focus Group participants)
100-120 (pre-booked)
For pre-booked delegates
Teacher meet ups (others will be scheduled during the main programme)
13:15
Conference opening ceremony
Room TLC042 (500)
14:00-15:00
Keynote (plenary)
180
15:00-18:00
Parallel sessions
room TLC106 (100)
room TLC113 (100)
room TLC026 (38)
room TLC031 (38)
240 in 8 rooms
Inc. one coffee break
18:00-20:00
Welcome reception
University College
200
Included in delegate fee
Friday 13 September
09:00-10:00
10:00-13:00
13:00-14:00
Lunch
15:00-17:00
17:00-18:00
CercleS AGM (plenary)
100
19:00-20:00
transport
Included in conference dinner fee
20:00-00:00
Conference Dinner followed by dancing
Ramside Hall Hotel
180-200
Separate payment
Saturday 14 September
09:30-10:30
120-180
10:30-12:30
200 in 8 rooms
12:30
Conference closing address
12:30-13:30
100-120
13:30-14:30
Transport
Included in social visit fee
14:30-17:30
External social visit to Beamish open-air museum
100 (pre-booked)
It is intended to organise teacher meet ups for Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish (tbc). These will be pre-bookable, and scheduled alongside the main programme.
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