News: Visiting researcher at Lancaster University

In Autumn 2016, Niina Hynninen was hosted by the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University as a visiting researcher.

Niina Hynninen spent Oct–Nov 2016 at Lancaster University, UK, as a visiting researcher. She was hosted by the Department of Linguistics and English Language (see http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/) and participated in the events of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre (see http://www.literacy.lancs.ac.uk/). She also gave a presentation at the Literacy Research Discussion Group of her current research in the LaRA project, with the title "Orientations to the 'quality' of English in research writing: A comparison of three disciplines".

It was great to visit such a vibrant research community! Thanks particularly to Karin Tusting for her advice and encouragement. We look forward to collaborating in the future!