CPD Programme

A series of CPD events hosted by our Forensic Linguistics experts

Members of the Institute have substantial experience in providing Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training for lawyers, law enforcement investigators, and forensic scientists. This includes open CPD events, and tailored training delivered to law enforcement agencies, government departments, and commercial organisations. Please contact us if you want training tailored to your needs.


Topics we offer training on include:

  • General forensic linguistics
  • Interpreter-mediated interviewing
  • Linguistic investigative skills
  • Online identity assumption for undercover police officers
  • Forensic speech science
  • Forensic inference and statistics
     

This is the first in a series of CPD offerings in forensic linguistics/forensic text analysis that we will be offering. It has developed out of bespoke training that we have offered to police and other investigators over the years. This day is stand alone but is designed also to complement future offering from AIFL CPD in this area

 

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Unit 1: Forensic Linguistics for Investigators (1 day)

workshop participants

This unit is a foundational non-credit bearing CPD unit designed for investigators and crime analysts. There are no pre-requisites, and no previous experience of linguistics or linguistic analysis is presumed.

By the end of the course delegates will have achieved a basic understanding of the nature of linguistics and language description using basic analysis tools and will understand the scope of forensic linguistic analyses as applied to investigative texts and contexts. Delegates will be able to carry out some basic linguistic analyses which will be demonstrated and practiced on the course and will understand the limitations of these analyses and when an expert forensic linguist should be commissioned.

Max 25 delegates

Tutors: Prof Tim Grant & Dr Krzysztof Kredens + 1 other for afternoon practical sessions

Location: AIFL meeting rooms, Aston University Main Building

Lunch and refreshments throughout the day will be provided

Timetable

  • 8:45 - 9:15: Arrival and coffee
     
  • 9:15 - 11: Intro to language description and linguistics
     
  • 11:15 - 1pm: Forensic applications of linguistics
     
  • 1pm - 1:45: Lunch
     
  • 1:45 - 3pm Practical session: Genre description as investigative analysis
     
  • 3:15 - 5pm Practical session: Introduction to forensic authorship analysis
Unit 1: Forensic Linguistics for Investigators (1 day)