The Language Centre s Service to the Wider University

THE LANGUAGE CENTRE’S SERVICE TO THE WIDER UNIVERSITY

The Language Centre has been developing numerous initiatives, resources and types of provision on behalf of other institutions across the University, as reported in previous sections. This is very much in line with our strategic priorities to embed the Centre and its expertise further within the Collegiate University.

Centre staff are increasingly active in other cross-University activities and governance, as outlined below.

International Admissions

Dr Karen Ottewell, ADTIS Director, on behalf of the Language Centre, liaises closely with the Graduate Admissions Office on graduate admissions matters in relation to the University’s Language Condition for international students. She and the ADTIS team conduct supplementary assessments for admissions processes for the GAO as well as for ICE (Dip/Cert; MST; PG Medical Certificate; ISP), the International Student Team (ERASMUS; Visiting Students) and Clinical School (Medical Elective).

She has also supported international undergraduate admissions by carrying out language assessments on request for Colleges.

Membership of Boards and Committees

Jocelyn Wyburd, Director, continues to serve as an elected member of the University’s Council and in 2019-20 served on the following subcommittees and University working groups:

Prevent and Freedom of Speech Committee Advisory Committee on Committee Membership and External Nominations Remuneration Committee Honorary Degrees Committee Teaching-Focused staff Academic Career Path Working Group (Chair) Interview and appointment panel for the new Academic Secretary Reward Working Group Ourcambridge Oversight Board

Jocelyn is also ex officio a member of the Council of the School of Arts and Humanities, the Faculty Boards of MMLL and AMES and the Engineering Department CLIC’s Management Committee.

Nebojsa Radic, CULP Director

Chair of the SAH Online Teaching, Learning and Assessment working group Member of the University Teaching, Learning and Assessment 21 working group Co-organiser of the Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences seminar series

Dr Karen Ottewell, ADTIS Director

Nominated by Lucy Cavendish to serve in the University’s Proctors Office from October 2017. After having completed her year as Junior Proctor, she was nominated in October 2019 as the Proctor for Emmanuel College. In 2018-2019, she was Secretary of the Board of Scrutiny, as was elected Chair for 2019-2020. In College, she is the Chair of the Audit Committee.

Other roles

Dr Cynthia Baerlocher-Rocha, CULP Portuguese Coordinator supervised and taught Portuguese through audiovisual media, MMLL, and Translation into Portuguese and Portuguese through audiovisual media, MMLL.

Paul Hoegger was reappointed as an affiliate lecturer in the German Sectiom of MMLL. Nebojša Radić coached the University Basketball Team.