Topic: assessment

EPSRC's responsive-mode standard research grant, 'Open - no closing date': applications are accepted continuously and batched internally for assessment. No specified upper limit on grant value or project length; EPSRC funds 80% of the full economic cost.

David Palfreyman explains the design and use of a corpus that captures Arabic and English writing by the same university students. The discussion shows how paired texts and contextual information can illuminate bilingual vocabulary, assessment and discourse, and how this approach supports research on multilingual language use and education.

Non-traumatic brain injury due to stroke, cerebral palsy and HIV often result in serious long-term disability worldwide, affecting more than 150 million persons globally; with the majority of persons living in low and middle income countries. These diseases often result in varying levels of motor and cognitive impairment due to brain injury which then affects the person’s ability to complete activities of daily living and fully participate in society. Increasingly advanced technologies are being used to support identification, diagnosis, assessment, and therapy for patients with brain injury.