Liberal Arts for Tomorrow 14-16 September 2020 Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya The Catholic University of Eastern Africa will host the 7th Annual Global Academy of Liberal Arts (GALA) conference dedicated to the theme of preparing university students, faculty, and professionals for a changing and uncertain global future. It will explore how the values of the liberal ar...
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By Thorne Bailey The first day I woke up in Montreal was to the sound of drums celebrating Canada Day. Outside, there were carnivals and parades throughout the city, all celebrating the cultures, communities and people who live in Montreal. In the evening, I joined the others from the seminar to go out and explore the celebrations, which gave us all a good chance to get to know each other before t...
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GALA overview: by William Davis, Bath Spa University When my time at Bath Spa University began in 2017 I believed that I would be predominantly specialising in Film and TV and although this is still a big part of my degree, the skills that I have developed over the last two years stretch far wider than this. As a student, I have taken on board every creative opportunity offered to me, both interna...
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The Global Academy of Liberal Arts Sixth Annual Conference Claremont Graduate University (CGU) Los Angeles, USA Day 1 Partners met to discuss strategy in going forward at the Governance and Strategy Meeting. The group reviewed the strategy document to come to an agreement about our strategy, one that we can share with colleagues and partners, and to put into practice the decisions made to build a ...
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Dr Selma Lendelvo, Head of Life Sciences Division of the Multi-Disciplinary Research Centre of the University of Namibia, visited Bath Spa University to meet with relevant faculty and professional services staff and to present a seminar on her research hosted by the Centre for Environmental Humanities and Chaired by Professor Sian Sullivan. Dr Lendelvo sits on Namibia’s Nature Conservation Board (...
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(Featured image, left to right: Prof Ian Gadd, Prof Ruksana Osman, Prof John Strachan, Prof Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus) Professor Ruksana Osman, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Witwatersrand University and convenor of the UNESCO Research Chair in Teacher Education for Diversity and Development visited Bath Spa University 1-3 July. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South...
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(Featured image from left to right: Prof Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus, Prof Ian Gadd, Dr Nicole De Wet, Prof Zerihun Woldu, Prof John Strachan) Director of Research at Addis Ababa University, Professor Zerihun Woldu and Dr Nicole de Wet, Lecturer in Demography and Population Studies, at the University of Witwatersrand visited Bath Spa University 15-22 June to explore areas for collaboration in researc...
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Registration is now open for the 2019 GALA conference! The conference, “Networks across Time and Space”, is being hosted by Claremont Graduate University, on 12-14 September 2019. For more information, including registration, please visit the dedicated conference web-page: https://mycampus.cgu.edu/web/sah/2019gala Please use this link to register: https://forms.gle/tUpZZTYghsKhWfDT6 An...
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My name is Yara Gawrieh and I’m a third year student at Stockholm University – Sweden, studying English literature and linguistics. Going on an exchange study to the UK at Bath Spa University in Bath was so far one of the best choices I have made in my entire 23 years life. First of all, the Creative Writing program offered at Bath Spa University was not offered for undergraduate level...
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Networks across Time and Space September 12–14, 2019 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont California, USA Claremont Graduate University will host the 6th Annual GALA conference dedicated to the theme of networks. At its core, GALA represents the partnering of universities, faculty, and students together in a number of different networks of communication, research, idea exploration and teaching...
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