Panel - Linguists in Academia
- Caroline Heycock, University of Edinburgh, Marc Olivier-Loiseau, Ulster University, and Colin Reilly, University of Essex
- Teams Main Room, University of Aberdeen
Hear from members of the LAGB working in academia about their experience at different stages, and the advice they have for graduates looking to go into academia. Panellists include Caroline Heycock, Colin Reilly, and Marc Olivier-Loiseau.
Caroline Heycock did an undergraduate degree in Modern Language (French and German) at the University of Cambridge, which included some study of linguistics, which she fell in love with. She then spent two years working in Japan while she worked out whether or not she wanted to try to pursue a career in academia, before taking the plunge and enrolling in the PhD programme in linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating with a PhD she worked for a few years at universities in the USA before returning to Scotland to work at the University of Edinburgh, where she has been based, mostly, ever since.
Colin Reilly is a Senior Research Officer at the University of Essex and a Teaching Associate at the University of Glasgow. At Essex, he works on the British Academy-Global Challenges Research Fund project "Bringing the outside in: Merging local language and literacy practices to enhance classroom learning and achievement." His research focuses on multilingualism and language policy. The project he currently works on investigates language practices in classrooms in Botswana, Tanzania, and Zambia. Prior to his current role, he was a Research Assistant at the University of Glasgow, where he also completed his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
Marc Olivier-Loiseau is a PhD student in theoretical linguistics: his research intertwines syntax and history. He seeks to understand how Language is stored and articulated in the brain and why it changes over time. In order to do so, he gathers data from different settings and analyses them within the conceptual framework of Minimalism. His research has been published in the fields of diachrony and language history. Over the years he has gained experience as an educator: He currently teaches syntax and semantics at Ulster University and French at Queen's University Belfast.
Caroline Heycock did an undergraduate degree in Modern Language (French and German) at the University of Cambridge, which included some study of linguistics, which she fell in love with. She then spent two years working in Japan while she worked out whether or not she wanted to try to pursue a career in academia, before taking the plunge and enrolling in the PhD programme in linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating with a PhD she worked for a few years at universities in the USA before returning to Scotland to work at the University of Edinburgh, where she has been based, mostly, ever since.
Colin Reilly is a Senior Research Officer at the University of Essex and a Teaching Associate at the University of Glasgow. At Essex, he works on the British Academy-Global Challenges Research Fund project "Bringing the outside in: Merging local language and literacy practices to enhance classroom learning and achievement." His research focuses on multilingualism and language policy. The project he currently works on investigates language practices in classrooms in Botswana, Tanzania, and Zambia. Prior to his current role, he was a Research Assistant at the University of Glasgow, where he also completed his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
Marc Olivier-Loiseau is a PhD student in theoretical linguistics: his research intertwines syntax and history. He seeks to understand how Language is stored and articulated in the brain and why it changes over time. In order to do so, he gathers data from different settings and analyses them within the conceptual framework of Minimalism. His research has been published in the fields of diachrony and language history. Over the years he has gained experience as an educator: He currently teaches syntax and semantics at Ulster University and French at Queen's University Belfast.