Congratulations Belinda who was voted Best Presentation in the School of Education Panel, by the HDR Colloquium Fellows ($200 prize!) https://www.thestreamingguys.com.au/production/hdr-2023/
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Thursday, 12 October 2023
Congratulations Van Tran, Vietnamese Ambassador
On 8 September, which is the Vietnamese Language Day (for Vietnamese overseas), ECIR member Van Tran attended the conference on Teaching Vietnamese Overseas. In the evening, Vietnam Television and the State Committee of Overseas Vietnamese organised a Gala to celebrate Vietnamese as the Mother Tongue, which was broadcast live on Vietnam Television (VTV2, VTV4) from 8-9.30pm. At this event, they awarded 5 people with the Title/award “Ambassador of Vietnamese” (Van was one of them) for their contribution to maintaining Vietnamese overseas. Van was interviewed by newspapers and media and talked about the CSU VietSpeech project related to home language maintenance.
Further details:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I00qaa4_dtY
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Congratulations Associate Professor Azizur Rahman – Highly Commended, Acceleration Fellowship
Congratulations ECIR member Associate Professor Azizur Rahman who was awarded the Highly Commended Fellowship Prize, 2023-24 Acceleration Fellowships in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity research, Charles Sturt University. With his project on ‘Developing health modelling tools with big data from Southeast Asia’, Professor Rahman stands at the intersection of data science and real-world application https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/artificial-intelligence-acceleration-fellows-harness-the-power-of-interdisciplinary-research
Thursday, 22 June 2023
CSU News - National linguistics award for speech pathology researcher
Congratulations Dr Van Tran, winner of the 2023 Michael Clyne Prize for the best thesis with a focus on immigrant bilingualism and language contact, on being featued in the latest edition of CSU News https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/national-linguistics-award-for-speech-pathology-researcher
Thursday, 15 June 2023
Congratulations Dr Van Tran - Australian Linguistic Society Michael Clyne Prize
The prize is awarded "for the best PhD or MA (Research) thesis with a focus on some aspect of immigrant bilingualism and language contact. The thesis must have been passed or the degree awarded at an Australian university. This Prize is jointly administered by the Australian Linguistic Society and the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia.
The winner will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize and a contribution of up to $500 to cover costs (e.g. travel, accommodation, conference registration) for the recipient to attend either ALS or ALAA to present a paper on the research. The recipient will be guaranteed a slot at their chosen conference. A summary of the thesis will be published in newsletters of both associations when the award is announced. The winner will be announced at the AGMs of each society".
Here is the email she received:
I am writing regarding your application for the 2023 ALS Michael Clyne Prize. I am delighted to be able to tell you that your application was successful, and you have been awarded the Prize. Your application was highly regarded by all on the panel, and you were unanimously ranked first among the applicants. Your thesis is a remarkable achievement of scholarship of the highest quality. We congratulate you on your work, and on the award of this Prize.