Press Release - 04 February 2009

What can we do about English spelling?

Is time wasted on irregular spellings? Are our children being held back by spelling tests?

Professor John Wells, eminent phonetics expert, at University College London, will be looking at these issues and others surrounding them in a free public lecture at the University of Bath next Wednesday 11 February.

It’s the first in this season’s General University Lecture Programme(GULP) which are open to the public.

Other lectures include:

The Hidden Universe, Dr Glenn Patrick, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 18 February
How William and Caroline Herschel Invented Modern Astronomy, Michael Lemonick, 25 February
The Holburne Museum and its Plans for the Future, Dr Alexander Sturgis, the Holburn Museum, 4 March
How the Mind Controls the Body, Dr Momna Hejmadi, University of Bath, 11 March
Spirit Country, Richard Jefferies, 18 March
Einstein’s 1905 Revolution in Physics, Dr Peter Ford MBE and Dr Vincent Smith MBE, 25 March

All lectures start at 5.15pm at the Lecture Theatre 8 West 1.1.

Admission and parking is free in the west car park at the Claverton Campus.

For more information and to book a place online see Related Links or call Helen Redfern on 01225 386587.

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Press Release - 04 February 2009

What can we do about English spelling?