LANDMARKS IN THE WWW. CHILEAN-BRITISH UNIVERSITY UBRITANICA .CL 2 · 0 · 1 · 6 Presentation of University project to Prince 01 Edward, The Earl of Wessex, in March 2005. Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex; Pedro Pfeer, President of the Board, The Chilean-British University; Richard Wilkinson, Ambassador to Her British Majesty; Anthony Adams, Principal - British Institute Training College. Visit from The Mayor of London to The Chilean-British University, 02 September 2005. Pedro Pfeer, President of the Board, The Chilean - British University; Michael Savory, Mayor of London; Mario Silva, Past-President, The Chilean-British Institute; Ramón López, member of the Board, The Chilean-British Institute; James de Waal, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, Santiago, Chile 2004 - 2005. Launch of The Chilean - British University at the residence of the British Ambassador in 03 Chile, June 2006. John Knagg, Director of The British Council Chile; Osvaldo Baeza, member of the Board, The Chilean-British University; Anthony Adams, Vice-Chancellor The Chilean-British University; Pedro Pfeer, President of the Board, The Chilean-British University; Pablo Halpern, Vice-President of the Board, The Chilean-British University; Ismael Ureta, Secretary General, The Chilean-British University; Howard Drake, British Ambassador to Chile; Ms. Anne Templeton, member of the Board, The Chilean - British University. Exchange Programme, Professor Alan Waters, University of Lancaster, August 04 2006. Dr. Alan Waters, University of Lancaster and the following Chilean - British University Teachers: Gloria Romero, Adriana Pineda, Pro Vice-Chancellor; Miriam Rabinovich; Bárbara Dávila; Cecilia Morales and María Antonieta Hidalgo. Signing of International Agreements in the House of Commons in the presence of the President of the Parliamentary 05 Group, Mr. Bob Blizzard, April 2007. Anthony Gribbon, The Open University; Osvaldo Baeza, The Chilean - British University; Robert Lindley, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Warwick; Dr. Anna Siewerska, University of Lancaster; Lady Elizabeth Vallence, Institute of Education, University of London; Dr. Mike Milanovic, University of Cambridge; Mr. Bob Blizzard, MP. Announcement made by Buckingham Palace of the ocial launching of The Chilean - British University and its Royal 06 Patronage, April 2007. House of Commons, ocial ceremony of signing of agreement between The 07 Chilean - British University and five British Universities, April 2007. Mr. Bob Blizzard, MP; HRH Prince Edward; Pedro Pfeer, President of the Board, The Chilean - British University; Rafael Moreno, Chilean Ambassador to the UK. 08 Visit from group of MPs, September 2007. Rodrigo Whipple, Head of The British Teacher Training College; Eduardo Vásquez, General Manager, The Chilean-British Institute; Mr. Bob Blizzard MP; María Cristina Brieba, Vice-Chancellor, The Chilean-British University; Baroness Gibson; Mr. Nick Hurd MP; Howard Drake, British Ambassador to Chile; Pedro Pfeer, President of the Board, The Chilean - British University. Signing of agreement between The Chilean - British University and the Association 09 of British Schools in Chile. November, 2007. Eduardo Vásquez, General Manager, The Chilean-British Institute; Pedro Pfeer, President of the Board, The Chilean - British University; María Cristina Brieba, Vice- Chancellor, The Chilean - British University; Alan Ripley, President of The Association of British Schools in Chile. Visit from The English Speaking Union 10 (ESU), 2008. Richard Collingwood-Selby, Chairman of The English Speaking Union, Chile; Valerie Mitchell, Director General, The English-Speaking Union; Lord Watson, Chairman, ESU of the Commonwealth and Chairman, International Council; Pedro Pfeer, President of the Board, The Chilean - British University; María Cristina Brieba, Vice-Chancellor, The Chilean - British University and Pablo Halpern, Vice-President of the Board,The Chilean - British University. Launch of Certificate in Materials Devel- opment for ELT in association with the Institute of Education, University of 11 London, UK, August 2009. Dr. Amos Paran, University of London. Launch of the book “Instituto Chileno Británico de Cultura: Language and Culture since 1938”, Chilean Embassy in 12 London, November 2009. Keith Hill, MP; Pedro Pfeer, President of the Board, The Chilean - British University; H.R.H. Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex; and Ambassador Rafael Moreno. The British University’s first full Faculty 13 Meeting took place on 29th December 2010. Vice-Chancellor, Degree Course Directors, and Deputy Vice Chancellor analysed and discussed the new Chilean British University Educational Model, which includes the University’s policies, curricular orientations and generic competences associated to the new system. UCBC students awarded UK Scholarships, 14 January 2011. Daniela Sepúlveda, Carla Olivos and Zabrina García attended the University of Plymouth; Camila Piña and Patricio Román went to the University of Lancaster. Donations given out by Lady Mayoress and 15 The Chilean British University at Santiago. Lady Mayoress, Barbara Bear, and Vice-Chancellor María Cristina Brieba make a donation of educational materials and scholarships to the Liceo San Francisco in the borough of San Ramón. The Vice-Chancellor of University College Plymouth St Mark and St John, visited our 16 University and gave a public lecture. Margaret Noble, Vice-Chancellor of University College Plymouth St. Mark and St. John, visited the UCBC within the framework of our mutual academic agreement. UCBC Graduation, ceremony that took place in 17 May 2011 at the Ambassador’s Residence. A group of our first UCBC graduates. A group of British Members of Parliament visited the UCBC and oered a round-table discussion 18 on Chilean-UK relations, July 2011. The Baroness Hooper CMG, Member of the House of Lords; Robert Walter MP and Wayne David MP, Members of the House of Commons. International Workshop “Translating Figurative Language in English and Spanish: a Comparative Approach”, by a University of 19 Essex Lecturer, July 2011. Gladis García-Soza, Director of the Hispanic and Latinamerican Center of Studies, Univeristy of Essex. Cambridge Overseas Trust Director visits the UCBC to learn about the awards and financing schemes it oers its students who wish to study 20 at the best university in the world, July 2011. Pedro Pfeer, President of the Board, The Chilean - British University; Michael O'Sullivan, Cambridge Overseas Trust Director, María Cristina Brieba, Vice-Chancellor UCBC; Anthony Adams, Director of International Relations UCBC; Alejandro Naveas, Academic Director UCBC, Marcela Moya, Pro Vice-Chancellor UCBC and Ismael Ureta, UCBC Secretary General. First version of the “Certificate in Educational Technology” granted jointly by the UCBC and University of London Institute of 21 Education, leading to an University of London MA in TESOL, July 2011. Norbert Pachler, Institute of Education, University of London, teaching the face-to-face module of the programme. UCBC student is awarded a scholarship to take part in the British Council’s “Spanish 22 Assistants” Programme, August 2011. Valentina Rojas, TEFL student. University of Cambridge students attend UCBC classes and participate as English Language Assistants at The Chilean British 23 Institute, September 2011. Francis Boyd-Hill, Emily Hunka, Marianne Tweedie, Jake Hoskyns, Melissa Dear. A Chilean British University Delegation meets Prince Edward, our University’s Royal Patron, in Buckingham Palace where he received a 24 report of our activities during 2011. Paulo Halpern, Member of the Board, Marcela Moya, Deputy Academic Vice-Chancellor, Pedro Pfeer, Chairman of the Board and Anthony Adams, Director of International Relations, had a varied agenda with academic and political authorities. UCBC students on attachments at University College Plymouth and the University of 25 Cambridge, January 2012. UCBC students, José Puente, Eillyn Flores, Melissa Chávez, Javiera Poblete. UCBC students are selected by the University and the British Council to travel to the UK for a 26 year, to work as Spanish Assistants, June 2012. UCBC students, María Francisca Lillo and Luz Holmberg. Academic Attachment in the United Kingdom to the international conference “Redefining the contours of Learning, Teaching and Research 27 in the 21st Century” and academic immersion at Marjon, Plymouth. Paola Lisperguer, UCBC teacher, July 2012. 46 UCBC TEFL and English Spanish Translation students received their 28 degrees. Graduation ceremony at the British Embassy Residence in Santiago. UCBC students awarded UK scholarships 29 in 2013. UCBC students Francisca Caro, María Francisca Sereno, Norman Zalaquett, Daniel Lagos and Camila Zamora, have won Academic Attachments in the UK in 2013, July 2012. Visiting professor oers a workshop on Translation of Legal and Economic Texts for Chilean British University students, August 30 2012. Declan Muldoon, Master in “Technical and Specialist Translation from French, Spanish and Portuguese into English”, University of Westminster. The second group of exchange students 31 arrived in August 2012. Octavia Pillinger (Cambridge), Edmund Daley (Cambridge), Charlotte Dixon (Cambridge), Rowan Khanna (Cambridge), and Anastasija Smolaka (Essex). Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond 32 Jubilee, October 2012. Concert “British Composers of all Times”, at the Recoleta Domínica Heritage Centre. Launch of the “Contrastive Phonetics & 33 Phonology”, coursebook. November 2012. Miriam Rabinovich and Anthony Adams, authors.