August 3, 2026

OUP free chapter

Chapter 1 of The Oxford Handbook of Speech Development in Languages of the World is free until 28th August 2026 

https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/62951/chapter-abstract/564582292?redirectedFrom=fulltext

McLeod, S. (2026). Children’s speech development around the world: A transformative paradigm shift. In S. McLeod (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Speech Development in Languages of the World. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191964909.003.0084 

SACHL research

Congratulations to Dr Kate Margetson and Fiona Baybrooks who are working so well on the implementation science research for the Speech Assessments in Children's Home Languages (SACHL). Last week, Kate applied the SACHL to the assessment of a child who spoke English, Swahili, French and two other languages - and it worked!


 

 

Vice Chancellor's All-staff Session

Today I attended the CSU Vice Chancellor's All-staff Session on the Bathurst. It was advertised as "This is a chance for me to update you on the university’s direction and priorities and to hear directly from you with any questions or views." The VC asked for news and updates, so I was able to provide a shout out to A/Prof Kathy Cologon, Dr Belinda Downey, Dr Goutam Roy, Dr Shukla Siker, their children and the Communications Team (Kevin Ng and Dom Lindsay) for their research that lead to the World Health Organization profiling our CVC children's advisory group 7-minute video in their presentation at the United Nations in June.