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Dr Altman Peng has been quoted by The Guardian in a story about a feminist film in China.
The Guardian, 1 December 2024, Feminist hit movie Her Story touted as China's answer to Barbie. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/dec/01/feminist-hit-movie-her-story-touted-as-chinas-answer-to-barbie.
Congratulations to Professor Neil Murray who has published an article:
Moghaddam, M.M., & Murray, N. (2024). Beyond Pleasantries: University Teachers' Responses to Students' Favor-asking in Asynchronous Online Communication. Language Teaching Research.
Congratulations to Miriam Schwiening, who has recently published a new book chapter with Anna Tranter and Amy Stickels:
Tranter, A., Stickels, A., & Schwiening, M. (2024). Playing the game: Gamification as a pedagogical approach. In S. Leech & S. Hale (Eds.), Foundation Years and Why They Matter. Emerald Publishing Limited.
Congratulations to Dr Christopher Strelluf who has recently published a new co-authored chapter:
Gordon, Matthew J. & Christopher Strelluf. 2024. When Missoura got warshed out: The rise of prescriptivist influence as a factor reshaping pronunciation. In Joseph A. Stanley, Margaret E. L. Renwick & Monica Nesbitt (eds.), Movement, economy, orientation: Twentieth-century shifts in North American language [Publication of the American Dialect Society 109], 194–220. Duke University Press.
Congratulations to Elena Talavera Escribano (supervised by Dr Daniel Dauber and Dr Katharina Addington-Lefringhausen) who had her PhD viva on 4 November and passed with minor corrections. Her examiners were Professor Shlomo Tarba (University of Birmingham) and Professor Perry Hinton, and Elena's thesis was entitled "Quantifying Scattered Images: A Novel Measurement Tool to Assess Their Impact on Employee Well-Being and Corporate Identity".