First meeting of the Speech, Language and Literacies Research Stream of RIPPLE

On Thursday and Friday 27-28 May, the Speech, Language and Literacies research stream of RIPPLE met for the first time. Christine Edwards-Groves and myself have been appointed the coordinators of the stream. RIPPLE members and PhD students who have undertaken and are undertaking research in this area are members. The synergies between the participants was explored and future networking and collaboration was planned.

L-R: Speech, Language and Literacies: Kasey Garrison, Noella Mackenzie, Sarah Verdon, Natalie Thompson, Christine Edwards-Groves, Sharynne McLeod, Stephanie Garoni, Sarah Hayton, Christina Davidson (+ Helen Blake, Kate Crowe, Brooke Scriven, Sarah Masso, Ben Pham, Suzanne Hopf, Jane McCormack, Linda Harrison)

RIPPLE Strategy Meeting in Wagga Wagga

The Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education met in Wagga Wagga on 27-28 May to discuss future strategy and to celebrate current successes for the institute. This was the first meeting where the new research streams met and discussed future collaborations and strategy. It was also a time to farewell three RIPPLE researchers: Jane McCormack, Stephen Kemmis, and Rozzie Brennan-Kemmis. This was Helen Blake's first RIPPLE meeting as a new PhD student at CSU.

Helen Blake, Sarah Verdon, Tamara Cumming, Jennifer Sumsion (Director of RIPPLE),
Audrey (Cen) Wang, Graham Daniel, Helen (Jinjin) Lu

Sharynne, Jane McCormack, Sarah Verdon