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9.1 The teaching and learning facilities and equipment (lecture halls, classrooms, project rooms, etc.) are adequate and updated to support education and research
The class is spacious and equipped with a computer and an opaque. The PhD common room is provided for students. Quite private study rooms are also available. Since all of the students have their own laptops, four desktop computers linked with two printers are provided for the students to search for online information. Other facilities and equipment which are the pooled resources of the faculty are listed in Appendix 22. (See Appendix 22_ List of facilities and equipment).
However, the students thought that the facilities are sometimes not enough and were very slow because the two computers which are linked with the printers have been used heavily and they were installed with many programmes. They also mentioned that the four computers in the common room sometimes have virus. When problems occurred, the students could directly contact the technicians for urgent cases or they can report the supervisors. In addition to the computers, the students suggested that the department should provide licensed computer programmes which can be used to analyse data such as Envivo, SPSS or various corpuses. The Centre for Research and Services (CRS) has those programmes to support research but they have not been installed in the common room.
The technicians check condition of the computers provided for the students in the common room at the beginning of every semester and if technical problems occur, students can contact the technicians. The desktop computers are scheduled to be changed every five years. In addition to the computers provided in the common room, there are more computers in the Resource Centre, which the students can use to search for the books and the journals in the Resource Centre. Four computers are available for typing. However, most students prefer to use their own laptops. Wifi signals and sockets for the electronic equipment are sufficiently provided.
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9.2 The library and its resources are adequate and updated to support education and research
The Resource Centre (RC) is a specialized library belonging to the School of Liberal Arts. It has been established for 30 years and contains more than 1000 books and journals in Applied Linguistics. The students can request the RC to buy the books they need by giving the names of the book to their supervisors. The RC is widely known among those who work and study in the field of Applied Linguistics. However, if there are some journals which are not subscribed either by the RC or the main library, inter-library loan can be done through the main library. The faculty has tried to work with the main library in order to subscribe more journals in our field because the journals can be accessed online if they are subscribed through the main library.
9.3 The laboratories and equipment are adequate and updated to support education and research
The students in the programme mainly use the library. If they want to use other educational technology, the faculty has a Learning and Technology Unit to provide educational technology for the students.
9.4 The IT facilities including e-learning infrastructure are adequate and updated to support education and research.
Computers and other IT facilities are well equipped. The Department also bought and created databases to support research e.g BNC, AntCon, BALD, and a research method database to facilitate students’ learning.
9.5 The standards for environment, health and safety; and access for people with special needs are defined and implemented.
People with special needs can access the building easily. There are toilets for disable people. Fire extinguishers are available on every floor.