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    <title>The Michael K O'Rourke PhD Best Publication Award 2013</title>
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    <summary>Doctoral researcher Islam Issa wins award for 'Fragmentation, Censorship and an Islamic Journal: A History of the Translation of Milton into Arabic'.</summary>
    <published>2013-05-17T10:03:00Z</published>
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    <title>Investigating Interdisciplinary Research Discourse: the case of Global Environmental Change</title>
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    <summary>Paul Thompson and Susan Hunston have been successful in their application to the ESRC for funding for this two year research project on interdisciplinary discourse.</summary>
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    <title>MA Translation student wins CRCC Asia-British Council Scholarship</title>
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    <summary>An opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the unique Chinese business and cultural environments through a professional internship with the British Council, Shanghai.</summary>
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    <summary>Emily Russell has been offered a two-month summer internship at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.</summary>
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    <title>Primed for Violence? A corpus analysis of jihadist discourse</title>
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      <name>William Fallows</name>
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    <summary>Professor Tony McEnery (Lancaster University) delivered the annual John Sinclair Lecture [streaming video].</summary>
    <published>2013-05-10T14:55:00Z</published>
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    <title>Collocation: Applications and Implications</title>
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      <name>William Fallows</name>
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    <summary>Dr Geoff Barnbrook and Dr Oliver Mason have just published an exciting new book with co-author Ramesh Krishnamurthy on collocation.</summary>
    <published>2013-04-29T13:14:00Z</published>
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    <title>Alumni nominated for Man Brooker Prize</title>
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      <name>William Fallows</name>
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    <summary>Contemporary Indian writer, and University of Birmingham alumnus U.R. Ananthamurthy is celebrating being shortlisted for a Man Booker Prize in 2012 with his novel Bharatipura.</summary>
    <published>2013-04-22T13:25:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-04-22T13:28:00Z</updated>
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    <title>People, Products, Pests and Pets: the discursive representation of animals</title>
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      <name>William Fallows</name>
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    <summary>A major new research collaboration between Professor Guy Cook, from the Department of Education &amp; Professional Studies, King's College London and Dr Alison Sealey at the University of Birmingham.</summary>
    <published>2013-04-03T20:30:00Z</published>
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    <summary>Jeannette Littlemore co-authors a book on Figurative Language, Genre and Register. Information about the book and a podcast from Jeannette and her two co-authors, Alice Deignan and Elena Semino can be found here on the Cambridge University Press Website.</summary>
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    <summary>Paul Thompson will visit the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to discuss possible research collaboration.</summary>
    <published>2013-03-22T18:26:00Z</published>
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    <summary>Paul Thompson took part in a one day colloquium at the University of Limerick.</summary>
    <published>2013-03-22T18:18:00Z</published>
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    <summary>As part of their module 'Hacking the Book', 2nd year English BA students have planned, designed and marketed a new app.</summary>
    <published>2013-03-21T08:30:00Z</published>
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      <name>Alberto Guglielmi</name>
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    <summary>Members of the English Language and Applied Linguistics Division and their international MA students talk about 'real English' and the problems that it presents to international students.</summary>
    <published>2013-03-19T16:45:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-19T16:45:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Writers' Bloc Presents: Inter-University Poetry Slam</title>
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      <name>William Fallows</name>
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    <summary>Review from UoB Blogfest.</summary>
    <published>2013-03-13T09:45:00Z</published>
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    <title>Making Waves: Oliver Lodge and the Cultures of Science, 1875-1940</title>
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      <name>William Fallows</name>
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    <summary>AHRC networking grant success for Dr James Mussell.</summary>
    <published>2013-03-07T09:26:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-07T11:29:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Brian Gambles, Library of Birmingham</title>
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      <name>William Fallows</name>
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    <summary>Video interview about the library's involvement in 'Shakespeare and Creativity'</summary>
    <published>2013-02-28T14:55:00Z</published>
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    <title>Are these the 50 most influential books by women?</title>
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      <name>William Fallows</name>
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    <summary>Robert McCrum responds to Gillian Wright's list of 'Feminist Turning Points'.</summary>
    <published>2013-02-12T18:48:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-02-12T18:43:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Why Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice still has appeal 200 years on</title>
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      <name>William Fallows</name>
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    <summary>Professor Karen O'Brien writing for the Birmingham Post.</summary>
    <published>2013-02-04T13:11:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-02-04T13:12:00Z</updated>
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      <name>William Fallows</name>
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    <summary>UoB Blogfest reports on the latest lecture in the Birmingham Visiting Writers Programme.</summary>
    <published>2013-02-01T15:06:00Z</published>
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    <title>Indian alumnus makes shortlist for Man Booker International Prize</title>
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    <summary>University of Birmingham alumnus UR Ananthamurthy has been shortlisted for the fifth Man Booker International Prize, which recognises one writer for his or her achievement in fiction.</summary>
    <published>2013-01-31T10:16:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-01-31T13:08:00Z</updated>
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    <summary>Luke Kennard's fourth collection of poetry reviewed in The Independent.</summary>
    <published>2013-01-29T11:25:00Z</published>
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    <title>Corpus Linguistics awards for alumni</title>
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      <name>William Fallows</name>
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    <summary>Professor Lawrence Anthony and Dr Yasu Noshima recognised by Japan Association of English Corpus Studies.</summary>
    <published>2013-01-07T19:47:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-01-07T19:46:00Z</updated>
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    <summary>New video featuring staff and students discussing English Language, English Literature and Creative Writing.</summary>
    <published>2012-12-13T14:10:00Z</published>
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    <title>The Complete Works of Sir Thomas Browne</title>
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    <summary>Professor Claire Preston receives AHRC research funding.</summary>
    <published>2012-12-10T16:22:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-12-10T15:41:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Happy Birthday to the Text Message</title>
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      <name>William Fallows</name>
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    <summary>Caroline Tagg speaks to Radio Oxford.</summary>
    <published>2012-12-03T14:47:00Z</published>
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      <name>Cat Taylor</name>
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    <summary>The H. G. Wells Society recently announced the inaugural Giles Hart Prize for an essay that makes an outstanding contribution to Wells studies. The prize was awarded to Professor Steve Ellis in the Department of English.</summary>
    <published>2012-10-25T11:46:00Z</published>
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      <name>Cat Taylor</name>
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    <summary>Professor Wendy Scase delivers an undergraduate open day talk on studying English Literature at the University of Birmingham.</summary>
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      <name>Cat Taylor</name>
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    <summary>The Shakespeare Institute was very pleased to host Marilyn Halperin during her visit to Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham last week.</summary>
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    <title>English with Creative Writing Graduates 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/english-with-creative-writing-graduates-2012.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Cat Taylor</name>
    </author>
    <summary>A video of interviews with graduating students from the BA English with Creative Writing course</summary>
    <published>2012-07-20T14:15:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-07-20T13:27:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2f2012%2fenglish-and-creative-writing-grad.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/english-with-creative-writing-graduates-2012.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>'What they say and how they say it'</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/What-they-say-and-how-they-say-it.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Cat Taylor</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Alison Sealey presents research she is doing into how animals are represented in different kinds of discourse</summary>
    <published>2012-07-10T09:50:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-07-10T14:29:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fstaff%2fenglish%2fsealey-alison-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/What-they-say-and-how-they-say-it.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Undergraduate open day talk for English with Creative Writing</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/Undergraduate-open-day-talk-for-English-with-Creative-Writing.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Cat Taylor</name>
    </author>
    <summary>A video of Dr Luke Kennard talking about the BA English with Creative Writing course at the undergraduate open day</summary>
    <published>2012-07-06T13:50:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-07-06T11:57:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2f2012%2fundergraduate-open-days.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/Undergraduate-open-day-talk-for-English-with-Creative-Writing.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Cultural intern scheme</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/culture/volunteering/regionally.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Jonathan Laidlow</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Applications are now being sought for 10 interns at leading cultural organisations within the West Midlands region as part of the University's Cultural Partnership Scheme. The paid placements are for 6 months and will start in October 2012.</summary>
    <published>2012-07-04T14:04:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-11T13:22:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2flcahm%2fnews%2f2012%2fcultural-intern-scheme.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/culture/volunteering/regionally.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Radical Shakespeare Teaching Roundtable at the Shakespeare Institute</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/shakespeare-teaching-roundtable.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Cat Taylor</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Professor Ewan Fernie and Dr Jacquelyn Bessell attended the Radical Shakespeare Teaching Roundtable event which was held at the Shakespeare institute</summary>
    <published>2012-06-25T14:32:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-06-25T14:04:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fshakespeare%2flandingbanner%2fshakespeare-landing-1-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2012/shakespeare-teaching-roundtable.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The language of text messaging and social networks</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/the-language-of-text-messaging-and-social-networks.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Podcast by Dr Caroline Tagg</summary>
    <published>2012-06-25T13:45:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-10-25T17:39:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2f2012%2fDr-Caroline-Tagg-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/the-language-of-text-messaging-and-social-networks.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Undergraduate students' research in English Language</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/english-language-ug-research-talk.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Dr Alison Sealey reported on ways in which English Language undergraduate students participate in research in the department.</summary>
    <published>2012-06-22T16:31:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-06-22T15:27:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/english-language-ug-research-talk.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Vernon Manuscript</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/vernon-manuscripts-readings-at-community-day.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Readings from the Vernon Manuscript at Community Day 2012</summary>
    <published>2012-06-22T16:30:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-06-22T15:14:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fevent%2fvernon-manuscript-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/vernon-manuscripts-readings-at-community-day.aspx</id>
    <category term="x9english" />
    <category term="x9edacs" />
    <category term="x9artsandlaw" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Community Day 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2012/community-day-2012.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Video interviews with academics and students from the School of English, Drama and American &amp; Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham's Community Day 2012.</summary>
    <published>2012-06-12T16:48:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-06-12T16:28:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fEvents%2fCommunityDay031-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2012/community-day-2012.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Discovering the Vernon Manuscript</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/events/2012/discovering-vernon.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Video recordings of talks from Professor Wendy Scase, historian Michael Wood and illuminator and calligrapher Patricia Lovett.</summary>
    <published>2012-05-31T15:46:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-31T14:20:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fevent%2fvernon-manuscript-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/events/2012/discovering-vernon.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Chavs - the demonization of the working class</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/cels2012/owen-jones.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Video recording of recent event introduced by Joe Bennett.</summary>
    <published>2012-05-11T11:54:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-11T11:49:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fcels%2fnews%2f2012%2fowen-jones-screengrab.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/cels2012/owen-jones.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>'Strange and Wonderful': Editing Pope's Dunciads for today's readers</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/research/projects/dunciad.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Dr Valerie Rumbold research project.</summary>
    <published>2012-05-01T17:41:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-01T17:20:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fresearch%2fdunciad-in-four-books-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/research/projects/dunciad.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Collecting the eighteenth century at Winchester College</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/research/projects/winchester-college.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Update on the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award funded research project.</summary>
    <published>2012-04-30T14:41:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-30T14:55:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fresearch%2fwinchester%2feccles-room-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/research/projects/winchester-college.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The University of Birmingham Series Hay Festival</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2012/hay-festival.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>College of Arts and Law academic staff to speak at this year's festival.</summary>
    <published>2012-04-16T12:56:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-02-21T16:30:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fevents%2fhay-festival-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2012/hay-festival.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tamkang International Conference on Second Language Writing</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/Tamkang.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Alberto Guglielmi</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Paul Thompson is an invited plenary speaker at Tamkang University, Taiwan.</summary>
    <published>2012-04-13T14:06:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-22T08:57:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/Tamkang.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Failed Text</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/the-failed-text.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Michael Toolan will be giving talks at three universities in Madrid (UAM, UCM, and St Louis University, Madrid Campus), and a plenary at Symposium on 'The Failed Text' in Granada, Spain.</summary>
    <published>2012-04-13T13:30:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-13T13:18:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/the-failed-text.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Caracas opening plenary</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/chris-kennedy-march.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>In March, Chris Kennedy gave the opening plenary at a British Council language policy conference in Caracas, Venezuela, and was a panel member on Managing Innovation at IATEFL Glasgow.</summary>
    <published>2012-04-13T13:18:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-13T13:15:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/chris-kennedy-march.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Visiting Professor at Henan Normal University</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/teubert-march.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>For two months from late March 2012, Wolfgang Teubert will be a Visiting Professor at Henan Normal Universiy, Xinxiang, China. During his eight weeks in China he will be giving talks at a number of neighbouring universities.</summary>
    <published>2012-04-13T11:56:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-13T11:47:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/teubert-march.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Investigating figurative proficiency at different levels of second language writing</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/cels2012/figurative-proficiency.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Jeanette Littlemore co-authors paper.</summary>
    <published>2012-04-13T11:43:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-09T15:21:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fstaff%2fcels%2flittlemore-jeanette-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/cels2012/figurative-proficiency.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Poems: wonderfully repetitive</title>
    <link href="http://catalogue.pearsoned.co.uk/educator/product/Discourse-and-Creativity/9781408251881.page" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>A paper by Michael Toolan on the role and nature of 'good' lexical repetition in literary creativity published in a collection entitled Discourse and Creativity, ed. Rodney Jones, with Longman.</summary>
    <published>2012-04-13T11:43:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-09T15:22:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2f2012%2fgood-lexical.jpg" />
    <id>http://catalogue.pearsoned.co.uk/educator/product/Discourse-and-Creativity/9781408251881.page</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Prix du Québec</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/prix-de-quebec.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Ruth Kircher (Teaching Fellow) has just been awarded the Prix du Québec, which will enable her to travel to Quebec for a research visit this summer.</summary>
    <published>2012-04-13T11:43:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-13T11:38:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fstaff%2fenglish%2fR-Kircherpicture-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/prix-de-quebec.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>International Association of Teachers of English as Foreign Language</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/iatefl.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Almut Koester speaks at the annual conference in Glasgow.</summary>
    <published>2012-04-13T11:26:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-13T13:41:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fstaff%2fenglish%2fkoester-almut-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/iatefl.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Business Advantage</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/business-advantage.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Almut Koester co-authors new Cambridge University Press courses.</summary>
    <published>2012-04-13T11:01:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-09T15:22:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2f2012%2fbusiness-advantage-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/business-advantage.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Improvements in Graduate employability rates</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2012/improvements-graduate-employability.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Information on Improvements in Graduate employability rates</summary>
    <published>2012-04-05T14:05:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-13T13:27:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2012/improvements-graduate-employability.aspx</id>
    <category term="x9edacs" />
    <category term="x9cels" />
    <category term="x9english" />
    <category term="x9shakespeare" />
    <category term="x9drama" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>New 'PhD by Distance Learning' approved</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/calgs/news/2012/dl-phd.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Stephen Rea</name>
    </author>
    <summary>University Senate approves new PhD by Distance Learning study mode in Arts and Law subject areas.</summary>
    <published>2012-03-27T12:55:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-16T15:42:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fhistory%2fnews%2fnewsplaceholder-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/calgs/news/2012/dl-phd.aspx</id>
    <category term="x9calgs" />
    <category term="x9artsandlaw" />
    <category term="x9english" />
    <category term="x9drama" />
    <category term="x9shakespeare" />
    <category term="x9edacs" />
    <category term="x9historyandcultures" />
    <category term="x9historyx9" />
    <category term="x9cwas" />
    <category term="x9cwmh" />
    <category term="x9war" />
    <category term="x9ptr" />
    <category term="x9philosophy" />
    <category term="x9theology" />
    <category term="x9globalethics" />
    <category term="x9philosophyofreligion" />
    <category term="x9lcahm" />
    <category term="x9languages" />
    <category term="x9italian" />
    <category term="x9hispanic" />
    <category term="x9german" />
    <category term="x9french" />
    <category term="x9historyofart" />
    <category term="x9music" />
    <category term="x9iaa" />
    <category term="x9classics" />
    <category term="x9archaeology" />
    <category term="x9bomgs" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Winners and losers in the multicultural arena</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/winners-losers.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Dave Gunning explores whether talent transcends racial differences in modern Britain.</summary>
    <published>2012-03-20T13:20:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-03-20T13:14:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/winners-losers.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Volume 2 of the Journal Wyndham Lewis studies now published</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/research/projects/jwls/issues.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Information on Volume 2 of the Journal Wyndham Lewis studies now published</summary>
    <published>2012-03-08T15:58:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-03-08T15:55:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/research/projects/jwls/issues.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A Facsimile Edition of the Vernon Manuscript</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/vernon-dvd-published.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>DVD published by Bodleian Library Publishing</summary>
    <published>2012-03-05T13:49:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-09T15:24:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2f2012%2fvernon-manuscript-dvd-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/vernon-dvd-published.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Oxford Talk</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/oxford-talk.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Paul Thompson gave an invited talk at the Department of Education, Oxford University, on 27th February 2012</summary>
    <published>2012-02-29T16:37:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-03-08T14:04:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/oxford-talk.aspx</id>
    <category term="x9corpus" />
    <category term="x9english" />
    <category term="x9englishlanguage" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>MA Literature, Culture and Modernity: Victorian and Modernist</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/courses/postgraduate/taught/english/literature-culture-modernity.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>New postgraduate Masters programme based in the Centre for Cultural Modernity.</summary>
    <published>2012-02-29T16:12:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-02-29T15:59:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/courses/postgraduate/taught/english/literature-culture-modernity.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Nineteenth-Century Press in the Digital Age</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/19th-century-press.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Palgrave Macmillan publish Dr James Mussell.</summary>
    <published>2012-02-09T09:41:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-09T15:24:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2f2012%2f19th-century-press-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/19th-century-press.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Grammar guide is most borrowed library book in Westminster</title>
    <link href="http://www.london24.com/news/quirky-london/grammar_guide_is_most_borrowed_library_book_in_westminster_1_1176146" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Dr Martin Hewings' 'Advanced Grammar in Use'.</summary>
    <published>2012-01-16T09:50:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-16T09:34:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2f2012%2fgrammar-guide.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.london24.com/news/quirky-london/grammar_guide_is_most_borrowed_library_book_in_westminster_1_1176146</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Researching language and language use through corpora</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/ccr-dubai.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Paul Thompson visit to the British University in Dubai.</summary>
    <published>2012-01-11T10:08:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-11T09:57:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/ccr-dubai.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Essential Statistics for Corpus Linguistics with R</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/events/R-workshop.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Four day workshop at the University of Birmingham in March.</summary>
    <published>2012-01-11T10:08:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-11T10:06:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/events/R-workshop.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to humanise Thatcher</title>
    <link href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan/05/phyllida-lloyd-iron-lady?INTCMP=SRCH" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Drama and English graduate Phyllida Lloyd interviewed in The Guardian on directing Meryl Streep in 'The Iron Lady'.</summary>
    <published>2012-01-09T09:52:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-09T09:49:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fnews%2fscreenshots%2fguardian-co-uk.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan/05/phyllida-lloyd-iron-lady?INTCMP=SRCH</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Summer/Winter School</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/SummerWinter-School.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Paul Thompson</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Announcement of the University of Birmingham's first Birmingham/Melbourne Summer/Winter School in Applied Linguistics, 2-13 July 2012.</summary>
    <published>2012-01-05T17:56:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-02-15T14:10:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/SummerWinter-School.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Spanish Association of Corpus Linguistics</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/cilc12.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Paul Thompson will be an invited plenary speaker at the International Meeting of the Spanish Association of Corpus Linguistics (Asociación Española de LINgüística de COrpus), to be held in Jaén 22-24 March 2012.</summary>
    <published>2012-01-05T17:56:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-11T09:55:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fcorpus%2fpaulthompsonthumb.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/cilc12.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>December graduations</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/december-graduations.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Video interviews with staff and students of the Centre for English Language Studies.</summary>
    <published>2011-12-16T17:57:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-19T10:27:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fcels%2fnews%2f2011%2fbrass-band.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/december-graduations.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Classroom-based, mixed methods research into the influence of transcribing, reporting, and task repetition on student spoken task performances</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/jason-moser.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Video interview with Jason Moser.</summary>
    <published>2011-12-13T14:54:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-13T15:34:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2f2011%2fjason-moser.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/jason-moser.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Blog-assisted language learning in the EFL writing classroom</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/blog-assisted.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Congratulations to John Lin Ming Huei, who successfully defended his PhD thesis in December 2011.</summary>
    <published>2011-12-09T15:42:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-09T15:40:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/blog-assisted.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Helena's fantasies (part 1)</title>
    <link href="http://bloggingshakespeare.com/shakespearience-3-helenas-fantasies-part-1" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Professor Ewan Fernie writes on Shakespearience for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.</summary>
    <published>2011-12-02T11:14:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-02T11:09:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fshakespeare%2fnews%2f2011%2fhelenas-fantasies.jpg" />
    <id>http://bloggingshakespeare.com/shakespearience-3-helenas-fantasies-part-1</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Chinese lecture tour</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/chinese-lecture-tour.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Wolfgang Teubert visiting Anyang, Beijing, Xinxiang and Luoyang.</summary>
    <published>2011-11-29T13:29:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-29T13:28:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/chinese-lecture-tour.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Doing decision-making: using real meetings for Business English training</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/dubrovnik.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Almut Koester speaking in Dubrovnik.</summary>
    <published>2011-11-29T13:23:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-29T13:17:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fstaff%2fenglish%2fkoester-almut-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/dubrovnik.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Stylistic analysis of short stories</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/stylistic-analysis-short-stories.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Michael Toolan to speak in Leicester and Helsinki.</summary>
    <published>2011-11-29T13:17:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-29T13:08:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fstaff%2fenglish%2ftoolan-michael-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/stylistic-analysis-short-stories.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>JACET Kansai chapter conference and the Japan Association for English Corpus Linguistics</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/jacet.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Speaking invites for Susan Hunston.</summary>
    <published>2011-11-29T13:17:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-29T13:13:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fstaff%2fenglish%2fhunston-susan-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/jacet.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The CARE Fellowship Programme</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/care/news/2011/fellowship.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Deadline for applications - 6 January 2012</summary>
    <published>2011-11-24T13:27:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-24T13:55:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fcare%2fnews%2fcare-fellowship.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/care/news/2011/fellowship.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Using learner corpora to connect with students' cultures</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/kotesol.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Nick Groom at the KOTESOL International Conference in Seoul.</summary>
    <published>2011-11-23T13:01:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-23T12:54:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fcels%2fnews%2f2011%2flearner-corpora.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/kotesol.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Innovating EFL Teaching in Asia</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/innovating-efl.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>New publication from CELS tutors and alumni.</summary>
    <published>2011-11-23T10:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-09T15:26:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fcels%2fnews%2f2011%2finnovating-efl-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/innovating-efl.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Language of Scientific Discovery</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/garry-plappert.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Congratulations to Garry Plappert who successfully defended his PhD thesis in October 2011.</summary>
    <published>2011-11-15T18:23:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-16T16:34:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/garry-plappert.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Identity in the Media</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/hanna-bulawka.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Congratulations to Hanna Bulawka who successfully defended her PhD thesis in October 2011.</summary>
    <published>2011-11-15T16:17:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-15T16:16:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/hanna-bulawka.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Connecting West Midlands communities with linguistic heritage</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/research/projects/vernon/joinin.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Video and written report from undergraduate research scholar Luke Darbyshire.</summary>
    <published>2011-11-09T16:30:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-09T16:22:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/research/projects/vernon/joinin.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How mentors are opening the door to university</title>
    <link href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15592755" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>English graduate and teacher Charlotte Gough interview by the BBC about mentor scheme.</summary>
    <published>2011-11-07T11:44:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-07T11:42:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fnews%2fscreenshots%2fbbc-news-screenshot.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15592755</id>
    <category term="x9english" />
    <category term="x9edacs" />
    <category term="x9artsandlaw" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Art and Literature season</title>
    <link href="http://barber.org.uk/news_artandwriting.html" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Members of staff from the English Department took part in an event at the university's Barber Institute, reading and talking about poems connected with paintings in the Barber.</summary>
    <published>2011-11-07T10:59:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-28T13:57:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2fbarber-literature.jpg" />
    <id>http://barber.org.uk/news_artandwriting.html</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Chapter in book</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/toolan-chapter.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Angela Slater</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Michael Toolan sees chapter included in book.</summary>
    <published>2011-10-31T10:25:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-10-28T16:09:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2ftelecin-thumb.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/toolan-chapter.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Almut Koester delivers paper</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/koester-paper.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Her paper was on 'The contribution of research on workplace discourse to the teaching of English for Occupational and Professional Purposes'.</summary>
    <published>2011-10-31T10:25:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-07T13:07:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2fkoester-thumb.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/koester-paper.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Susan Hunston publication</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/corpus-approaches.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Her latest monograph, Corpus Approaches to Evaluation: phraseology and evaluative language was published in September 2011 by Routledge.</summary>
    <published>2011-10-31T10:24:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-09T15:28:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2fhunston-book-thumb.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/corpus-approaches.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Coffee morning for visiting scholars</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/coffee-morning.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>On 12th October the Centre for Advanced Research in English (CARE) hosted a 'coffee morning' for all its CARE visiting scholars.</summary>
    <published>2011-10-31T10:24:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-24T13:44:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2fcofee-morning-thumb.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/coffee-morning.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Undergraduate research scholarships in the School of English, Drama and American &amp; Canadian Studies</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2011/undergraduate-research-scholarships.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Students gain work experience assisting lecturers on research projects.</summary>
    <published>2011-10-13T16:51:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-03-21T14:20:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2011/undergraduate-research-scholarships.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>ESL students' metaphor-comprehension</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/metaphor-comprehension.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Jeannette Littlemore and Almut Koester publish research article.</summary>
    <published>2011-10-13T14:10:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-10-13T14:11:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/metaphor-comprehension.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Lucy Cooker to speak on Advising in Chiba, Japan</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/chiba-japan.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>CELS Teaching Fellow to deliver Opening Remarks.</summary>
    <published>2011-10-13T14:05:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-10-25T17:38:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fstaff%2fcels%2flucy-cooker-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/chiba-japan.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Uses of Poetry</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/kate-rumbold.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>One day forum hosted by Dr Kate Rumbold.</summary>
    <published>2011-10-13T13:32:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-28T13:57:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fstaff%2fenglish%2frumbold-kate-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/kate-rumbold.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Emory Elliott Prize commendation</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/emoryeliott.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Stephen Rea</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Rosie Cadman Beaumont who graduated in July, has received a High Commendation for the Literary Encyclopedia's Emory Elliot Memorial Prize</summary>
    <published>2011-09-13T14:18:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-14T09:39:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/emoryeliott.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Vernon Manuscript aims to unlock West Midlands accent origins</title>
    <link href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-14851286" />
    <author>
      <name>Angela Slater</name>
    </author>
    <summary>BBC article on the department's Vernon Manuscript research.</summary>
    <published>2011-09-12T10:42:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-12T10:38:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-14851286</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>CLAVIER Conference in Modena, Italy</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/clavier-modena.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Paul Thompson speaking in a roundtable discussion.</summary>
    <published>2011-08-11T16:12:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-29T13:19:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/clavier-modena.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>English advance reading list 2012-13</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-artslaw/english/english-advance-reading-list-2012.pdf" />
    <author>
      <name>Cat Taylor</name>
    </author>
    <summary>For new undergraduate students.</summary>
    <published>2011-08-02T17:43:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-08-20T14:46:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-artslaw/english/english-advance-reading-list-2012.pdf</id>
    <category term="x9english" />
    <category term="x9edacs" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Corpus Linguistics Conference 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/conference-2011-video.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Video interviews from the first day of the conference.</summary>
    <published>2011-07-31T05:15:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T15:40:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fcorpus%2fnews%2fcorpus-linguistics-video.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/conference-2011-video.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>New book by members of CELS staff</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/doing-applied-linguistics.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Nicholas Groom and Jeannette Littlemore publish a new guide for students.</summary>
    <published>2011-07-18T15:09:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-03-09T15:29:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fcels%2fnews%2fdoing-applied-linguistics-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/doing-applied-linguistics.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Arts vs Science - can one exist without the other?</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/arts-science.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Professor David Lodge in panel debate.</summary>
    <published>2011-05-31T22:43:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T14:47:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2fdavid-lodge-2-510-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/arts-science.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Graduate gears up for marathon</title>
    <link href="http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/04/15/university-of-birmingham-graduate-gears-up-for-marathon-97319-28524249/" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>English alumnus Jonathan Pearce to run London Marathon in memory of niece.</summary>
    <published>2011-05-31T18:23:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T14:48:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/04/15/university-of-birmingham-graduate-gears-up-for-marathon-97319-28524249/</id>
    <category term="x9english" />
    <category term="x9edacs" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>PhD viva success</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/phd-viva-success.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Gena Bennett (supervised by Susan Hunston and Oliver Mason) passed her PhD viva with minor corrections on 23rd May.</summary>
    <published>2011-05-31T17:21:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T15:39:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/phd-viva-success.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Corpus Linguistics Conference</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/corpus-linguistics-conference.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>The latest information on the forthcoming Corpus Linguistics Conference.</summary>
    <published>2011-05-31T16:25:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T15:38:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fcorpus%2fCL2011Logo.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/corpus-linguistics-conference.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Paul Thompson to give talks in Taiwan</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/thomposn-in-taiwan.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Paul Thompson will be in Taiwan from the 5th to the 12th June, attending a conference and also giving talks at National Cheng Chi University and National Chung Cheng University.</summary>
    <published>2011-05-31T16:25:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T15:40:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fcorpus%2fpaulthompsonthumb.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/thomposn-in-taiwan.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>CARE and the Centre for Corpus Research joint event</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/joint-event-july.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>CARE and the Centre for Corpus Research will hold a joint event on 11th July.</summary>
    <published>2011-05-31T16:25:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T15:38:00Z</updated>
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/joint-event-july.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Language teachers to share research</title>
    <link href="http://www.tradearabia.com/news/EDU_197962.html" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Dr Suganthi John will present a keynote opening plenary speech at a symposium in Al Khobar on 5 May 2011.</summary>
    <published>2011-05-30T10:53:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T14:49:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fstaff%2fenglish%2fjohn-suganthi-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.tradearabia.com/news/EDU_197962.html</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>David Lodge lecture and booksigning</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/events/visitingwriters/david-lodge.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Latest lecture in the annual Birmingham Visiting Writers' Programme.</summary>
    <published>2011-02-10T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T14:48:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2fdavid-lodge-2-510-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/events/visitingwriters/david-lodge.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Harvesting opinions using linguistic patterns</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2010/enterprising.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Oliver Mason a finalist in the Research and Commercial Services Enterprising Birmingham business plan competition</summary>
    <published>2011-01-18T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T14:44:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2fenterprising-oliver-mason-cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2010/enterprising.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Understanding the evolution of language</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2010/evolution.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Video feature with Professor Susan Hunston</summary>
    <published>2010-07-20T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T14:44:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2fsusan-hunston-youtube.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2010/evolution.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Valerie Rumbold delivers the Warton Lecture</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2010/rumbold-warton.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Dr Valerie Rumbold delivers the Warton Lecture on English Poetry at the British Academy.</summary>
    <published>2010-05-14T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T14:46:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fstaff%2fenglish%2frumbold-valerie-cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2010/rumbold-warton.aspx</id>
    <category term="x9english" />
    <category term="x9edacs" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Poetic Hauntings</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2010/poetic-hauntings.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Video report from a cross-historical poetry symposium</summary>
    <published>2010-02-24T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T14:45:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2fpoetic-hauntings.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2010/poetic-hauntings.aspx</id>
    <category term="x9english" />
    <category term="x9edacs" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Gender and the Family</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2010/gender.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Report from the annual Gender and Medieval Studies conference</summary>
    <published>2010-01-21T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T14:45:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fenglish%2fnews%2fgender-family-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2010/gender.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Donne, By Hand</title>
    <link href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2010/donne.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>William Fallows</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Dr Tom Lockwood gave the prestigious Chatterton Lecture at the British Academy on Monday 19 October, as part of the Academy's Literature Week.</summary>
    <published>2009-10-20T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-01T14:43:00Z</updated>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2fstaff%2fenglish%2flockwood-tom-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
    <id>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2010/donne.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
  </entry>
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