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AI Symposium 2025 | Meet the speaker: Virginia Allum EALTHY & SLC

March 2025 | Events

Initially, I viewed AI as a time saver, allowing me to make videos quicker than ever before, but I soon learned that AI was not an ‘out of the box’ tool. In this talk, I will show you an example of an AI-generated video and compare it with the video I wanted to make.

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AI Symposium 2025 | Meet the speakers: Beata Walesiak EALTHY & SLC

February 2025 | Events

The talk will explore the current role of apps and AI-based tools in enhancing learners’ communication skills and examine how some tools can support educators in creating targeted classroom materials as well as encouraging self-directed learning. Finally, it will round off by suggesting future directions for integrating AI tools into healthcare-related English language training.

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AI Symposium 2025 | Meet the speakers: Alexandra Csongor, Aniko Berta, Csilla Egyed, Renata Nagy EALTHY & SLC

February 2025 | Events

The presentation aims to provide educators with practical strategies for effectively teaching history-taking in English to non-native medical students, integrating AI tools and simulated patient encounters to enhance learning outcomes and prepare students for real-world clinical practice.

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AI Symposium 2025 | Meet the speakers: Ioana Cretu, Neil Harris EALTHY & SLC

February 2025 | Events

By giving examples from their practice with OET candidates, Ioana and Neil aim to encourage both teachers and learners to benefit from using AI tools rather than condemning and avoiding it when enhancing writing competence.

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AI Symposium 2025 | Meet the speakers: Irena Aleksić-Hajduković, Ana Mužar EALTHY & SLC

February 2025 | Events

This research-based session will offer practical suggestions for incorporating GenAI and DDL for designing activities and lesson plans aimed at enhancing teaching of medical and academic collocations.

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AI Symposium 2025 | Meet the speakers: Marwa Alnajjar, Shooq Altamimi, Paula Canales EALTHY & SLC

February 2025 | Events

This presentation focuses on a five-phase project that utilised Generative AI (GenAI) to create tailored ESP listening materials. Addressing the limitations of current resources, three lecturers leveraged ChatGPT and text-to-audio generators to create listening scripts, questions, and audio for an English for Nursing module.

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AI Symposium 2025 | Meet the speaker: Veronika Glogarová EALTHY & SLC

January 2025 | Events

The research explores the perspectives of PhD medical students on using AI tools in their academic work. During her talk Veronika will discuss the issues around ensuring academic integrity, (non)understanding the overall context and insufficient training provided to educators and students.

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AI Symposium 2025 | Meet the Keynote Speakers EALTHY & SLC

January 2025 | Events

This plenary session explores the novel role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in improving communication skills among healthcare professionals. Emphasising the critical importance of empathy in patient interactions, the session highlights how AI patient simulations can provide realistic practice scenarios.

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Writing for Publication course EALTHY & SLC

December 2024 | Events

Writing for Publication consists of 30 hours of digital study that take researchers through the publishing process in clearly defined steps, covering the language, conventions and process – from planning through to submission, with multiple examples and practical writing tasks.

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