About the event
The Forum will showcase current and forthcoming initiatives across UQ and UQ College, featuring best-practice examples from all faculties through two keynote addresses and a series of lightning talks. These sessions will highlight practical strategies that academic staff can integrate into their own teaching and curricula.
This event provides an important platform for practitioners and researchers to exchange knowledge, strengthen collaborations, and advance the conversation on how the University can best support both students and staff in the area of academic language. Attendees will have the option to register for either the morning session, the afternoon session, or participate in the full-day program.
By engaging with colleagues from across the institution, participants will have the opportunity to draw on collective expertise, contribute to ongoing discussions, and help shape the future direction of teaching, learning, and research at UQ.
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About the speakers
Susy Macqueen is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the Australian National University and Co-President of the Association for Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand. Her research lies at the intersection of second language learning and language assessment, with a particular focus on the purposes and socio-educational impacts of English language and literacy testing. She has a background in second language teaching and English language test development.
Alex Barthel has had a distinguished career in academic language and learning, adult language education, and higher education policy in Australia. He is currently a Higher Education consultant specialising in academic language and learning, with extensive experience supporting both students and staff. From 1992 to 2011, he was Director of the Academic Language & Learning Centre at the University of Technology Sydney, where he led Australia’s first institution-wide embedding of academic language and learning strategies. He also founded and served as the inaugural President of the Association for Academic Language & Learning (AALL Inc.) and contributed to national policy through membership on government steering committees that developed the English Language Standards for Higher Education. Previously Head of the Division of ESOL/Languages in the NSW TAFE Commission, Alex has taught languages and trained educators across Europe and Australia, beginning with English teaching at the Villawood migrant hostel. A registered expert with TEQSA, he has been recognised with multiple teaching and learning awards from the Australian Government, UTS, and the NSW TAFE Commission.
Contact
academiclanguageforum@uq.edu.au