USA: Area Studies professors among best paid

Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies, in fact, beat related fields significantly at all levels — full professor, associate professor, and assistant professor. Full profs average $94,700, associates $71,014, and assistants $56,271. English profs at the full level came in $18,000 less, history full profs $15,000 less, visual and performing arts at $18,000 less, foreign languages and literatures at $12,000 less, and liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities at $13,000 less.

Chronicle of Higher Education

Ministers boost Diplomas' value

Ministers are increasing the scope of England's new Diplomas, so the advanced ones will be equivalent to four and a half A-levels - one more than now.

Friday, 7th March 2007
BBC website

Church service to be conducted in Anglo-Saxon

A service conducted in Anglo-Saxon will mark the reburial of excavated skeletons at a thousand year old church.

BBC Radio 4 Today Programme (Listen again)
Friday 7 March, 2008 (Broadcast at 0855)

Archive for Welsh language pop

An archive of Welsh language pop is being created at Bangor University to preserve its history and development.

Friday, 7 March 2008
BBC website

LLAS e-bulletin March 2008

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http://www.llas.ac.uk/e-bulletin.aspx

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LAFTA update: More prizes!!!!

With one month left until the deadline for the Languages and Film Talent Awards (the LAFTAs), there is still time to get your entries in. We have seen several exciting developments in the competition during the last month, including a range of new prizes and sponsors. Apple and the French Embassy have teamed together to donate two prizes for winning film clips, each consisting of one iPod classic and £150 to spend on Apple products. Cactus Language have also come on board as a sponsor, donating a one-week French and surfing course in Biarritz, comprising 20 hours of French lessons and 10 hours surfing lessons. Eurostar are the third company to show their support for the LAFTAs in the past month, donating four return tickets to Paris as a prize for the competiton.

http://www.languageswork.org.uk/laftas/index.htm

Language barrier scuppers walker

A man who planned to walk from Bristol to India without any money has quit, after getting as far as Calais, France.
Mark Boyle, 28, who set out four weeks ago with only T-shirts, a bandage and sandals, hoped to rely on the kindness of strangers for food and lodging.

But, because he could not speak French, people thought he was free-loading or an asylum seeker.

29 February 2008
BBC website