UNINet - Minority Languages

Birnie, I. (Consultant)

Education

Activity: Consultancy

Description

Meeting to discuss strategic partnership

Period	22 Nov 2023 → 23 Nov 2023
Work for	The Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD)
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

Minority language
minority language education
Gaelic

Documents & Links

All members of the NPLD University Network (UniNet) have a common background as academic research and educational institutions. All these institutes are in their daily work dealing with international cooperation, European partnerships, grants, exchanging students in the context of multilingualism, minority languages, identity, bilingualism, etc. The aim of the pilot NPLD UNIVERSITY NETWORK is to make it easier to actively work together as NPLD universities and research institutions in the field of languages, multilingualism, identity and national minorities. The goals of the UniNet pilot project are the following: Establishing more strategic partnerships and enhancing the existing ones between the different universities in our language regions in the field of national minorities, multilingualism, minority languages, language rights, language policy, identity and language teaching Practical exchange of existing knowledge of the different universities and/or academic institutions in our language regions in the field of national minorities, multilingualism, minority languages, language rights, language policy, identity and language learning Identifying opportunities to develop in 2023/2024 a pilot exchange programme for university students from different language regions in a broader non-language oriented field

Related content

Research output
The importance of capturing hearts and minds: the impact of parental ideologies in supporting children's minority language acquisition in the education system
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Activities
UNESCO (External organisation)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
"Feumaidh luchd-obrach sgoile Gàidhlig a bhith aca"
Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation
Akke de Witte
Activity: Hosting a Visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Council of Europe (External organisation)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Minority Languages in Education
Activity: Talk or Presentation › Oral presentation
Gàidhlig aig luchd-obrach sgoiltean
Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation
Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning Annual Conference
Activity: Presenting or Organising an Event › Participation in conference
Djurre Fijen
Activity: Hosting a Visitor › Hosting an academic visitor

Projects
Erasmus+ Project: Integrating primary and pre-school virtual exchange projects into language teacher education
Project: Knowledge Exchange (Services/Consultancy)