Congratulations Cathie

This afternoon Cathie Matthews received great feedback from her MPhil examiners for her thesis titled "Supporting 2-year-olds’ communication: Collaborations between caregivers, early childhood educators, and health professionals in rural Australia". Congratulations Cathie! I hope you enjoy celebrating this weekend.

 

Congratulations Kate Margetson on your PhD results

Congratulations to Kate Margetson who learned of her outstanding PhD results this afternoon. The international examiners were extremely positive in their examination. Congratulations!

Kate Margetson learning the exciting news from her proud supervisors
A/Prof Sarah Verdon and Prof Sharynne McLeod

University of Alberta PhD Candidacy Exam

This morning I was an external examiner for a University of Alberta PhD Candidacy Exam (online). It was a privilege to be involved in the examination process with colleagues from across Canada. Congratulations to the candidate and her supervisory team, chaired by Prof Karen Pollock.

Prof Karen Pollock and Prof Sharynne McLeod

Visiting the University of Cambridge

This week I have enjoyed visiting the University of Cambridge. I have been hosted by Prof Jenny Gibson and Prof Karen Forbes from the Faculty of Education and Prof Napolean Katsos from the Faculty of Linguistics. A highlight of my visit was examining the PhD thesis of Mélanie Gréaux (supervised by Prof Gibson and Prof Katsos) and presenting a lecture on communication rights and social justice. I have learned about the 31 colleges of the University of Cambridge and have been able to dine at Cambridge's newest college, Homerton College with Prof Forbes and one of its oldest colleges, Trinity College with Prof Katsos. Prof Gibson is co-chair of PEDAL: Play in education learning and development. I look forward to ongoing conversations and collaborations.

Prof Karen Forbes at Homerton College

Prof Sharynne McLeod, Prof Napolean Katsos, Mélanie Gréaux, Prof Jenny Gibson, Prof Karen Forbes

Lunch at Trinity College with Mélanie Gréaux and Prof Napolean Katsos

A squirrel on campus!

The dining hall at Homerton College

Prof Jenny Gibson and Prof Sharynne McLeod at Faculty of Education

Sharynne at Trinity College

Trinity College

Trinity College

Trinity College library

Trinity College entrance to the chapel

Congratulations Helen

This morning Helen Blake received her examiners' comments on her PhD. They are wonderful and attest to Helen's hard work!
Here is my blog post from her PhD submission:
https://speakingmylanguages.blogspot.com/2019/03/congratulations-helen-phd-submission.html

PhD examination in Denmark

I been one of the PhD examiners for Marit Clausen from the University of Southern Denmark (USD). Her PhD was titled "Phonological development and differential diagnosis of speech sound disorders in Danish-speaking children". I presented a written report in September, and last night I participated in her oral defence via video conference. During the 3-hour proceedings Marit presented her thesis, was examined by myself, another examiner from UK, and the chair of the examinations committee from USD, and answered questions from the audience. The audience then left to attend a celebratory lunch, and the committee voted on the outcome. It was a pleasure to be involved in the process and to learn how PhD examinations are undertaken in other parts of the world.