Updates from the Early Career Academics SIG

The UCFL Early Career Academics Special Interest Group continues to organise training, networking and support events, and will be doing so over the coming year. They have a dedicated webpage for these activities on our website.

Plans for this term include: 

  1. ECA languages funding opportunities session 
  2. Beyond lecturing: careers in translation 
  3. Publishing for academic and non-academic audiences 
  4. Informal virtual writing social sessions. 

The SIG continue to manage a popular mentoring programme which offers one-to-one support for ECAs in Languages.

The ECA SIG are currently seeking to recruit a new:
Spanish/Latin America Representative
Russian/Slavonic Studies Representative
Mentoring Scheme Coordinator

Please get in touch with Ashley Harris (harrisa6@tcd.ie), Llewelyn Hopwood (hopwoodl@caerdydd.ac.uk) or Liv Glaze (o.f.glaze@exeter.ac.uk) for further details or to apply.