Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 22 March 2021 > In the News
The World Trade Organisation has a new Director-General: Dr Nkozi Okonjo-Iweala. It’s the first time a woman, or an African, has led the international commerce body. Could a new perspective take the WTO in a different direction? A Harvard and MIT-trained economist, Dr Okonjo-Iweala has spent much of her career at the World Bank, with … Continue reading “Leading World Trade”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 22 March 2021 > What's On
The Personal History of David Copperfield is far from the first adaptation of Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel. But Armando Iannucci has given the story a very new feel, while keeping Dickens’ humour and playing with that idea of autobiography and the art of inventing oneself through the act of writing. Iannucci is known for … Continue reading “David Copperfield: Dickens for the 21st Century”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 22 March 2021 > In the News Shine Bright Lycée
A middle-school student from Florida used a science-fair project to convince the Miami-Dade School District to begin converting its fleet of school buses over to electric. Eighth-grader Holly Thorpe measured CO2 levels inside the diesel school buses and her alarming results convinced the district to make the switch. The yellow school bus is a classic … Continue reading “Teen Convinces Florida District to Switch to Electric School Buses”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 22 March 2021 > What's On
How have women been portrayed in U.S. TV series in the past, and how has that been changing since #MeToo? That’s the topic of an online talk from the Institut Franco-Américain in Rennes on 23 March. Anaïs Le Fèvre-Berthelot from Rennes 2 University will take a look back at some significant female characters in the … Continue reading “A History of Women in U.S. TV Series”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 17 March 2021 > Celebrate
Since 1988, British charity Comic Relief has been encouraging people to don a clown’s red nose and “do something funny for money”. Red Nose Day is back on Friday 19 March and this time, it’s plastic free! In 2019, for the last Red Nose Day, Comic Relief received hundreds of letters from children and schools … Continue reading “Red Nose Day is Back!”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 15 March 2021 > Pedagogy
Your students no doubt have lots of questions about the Grand oral. Why not suggest they watch the replay of this webinar for lots of practical tips, and to ask questions? It was given by Olivier Jaoui, who is in charge of the collection Mission Grand oral. It took place on Wednesday 17 March. You can … Continue reading “Webinar Replay on the Grand Oral”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 10 March 2021 > Pedagogy
Normally if we were writing about Fulbright Scholarships, it would be about opportunities to study in the U.S. Of course that’s complicated at the moment. But one positive point about the current restrictions is that they’ve led to lots more opportunities to access online education from foreign institutions. This recording of a webinar from Fulbright … Continue reading “Study Abroad and Internships in the Current Climate”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 10 March 2021 > Webpicks
Red Nose Day (19 March in 2021) encourages people to raise money for projects in the UK and the developing world by “doing something funny for money.” But it also aims to raise awareness of poverty, particularly among schoolchildren, who are massive supporters, along with school staff, of Red Nose Day. Here are a selection … Continue reading “Red Nose Day Webpicks”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 09 March 2021 > Celebrate
The St Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin was one of the first victims of the COVID pandemic last year and it’s been cancelled again this year for the same reason. But never fear! Let’s face it, most of us were not going to get to Dublin to celebrate Paddy’s Day on 17 March, but we … Continue reading “St Patrick’s Festival 2021”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 08 March 2021 > What's On
Her books were once considered so scandalous that they were banned in Ireland, but at age 90, The Country Girls author Edna O’Brien received the honour of being declared a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot on 7 March. O’Brien has been prolific since the first of … Continue reading “Irish Author Edna O’Brien Honoured”
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