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ASLS LANGUAGES CONFERENCE 2011Saturday 24 September 2011School of Celtic & Scottish Studies, 27–29 George Square, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh. |
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The Ministerial Working Group
on the Scots Language
its genesis, its content, its reception and the future
PROGRAMME
| 9:30–10:00am | Registration & Coffee |
| 10:00–10:10 | Welcome (Chris Robinson, Member of the Working Group) |
| 10:10–10:30 | Opening Address (Alasdair Allan MSP, Minister for Learning and Skills, Member of the Working Group) |
| 10:30–11:20 | The Chairman’s View (Derrick McClure, Chair of the Working Group and author of the Report) |
| 11:20–12:00pm | Scots, Politics and the Census (Michael Hance, Member of the Working Group, Director of the Scots Language Centre) |
| 12:00–12:30 | Questions and discussion |
| 12:30–1:30 | LUNCH |
| 1:30–2:10 | A Poet’s View (Rab Wilson, Member of the Working Group, Poet) |
| 2:10–2:50 | An Inside Outsider Looks On (Jim Alison, HMI National Specialist for English in Scottish Primary and Secondary schools, 1982–1993) |
| 2:50–3:20 | Questions and discussion |
| 3:20 | Close |
- Conference fee: £30.00
- ASLS Member’s rate: £25.00
For further information please contact
| Staff: | Duncan Jones |
| Address: | ASLS Department of Scottish Literature University of Glasgow 7 University Gardens Glasgow G12 8QH Scotland |
| Phone/Fax: | +44 (0) 141 330 5309 |
| Email: | |
Last updated 3 October 2011.