À Londres, des milliers de manifestants se rassemblent pour dire « no » à l’extrême droite Des dizaines de milliers de personnes se sont rassemblées samedi 28 mars dans la capitale britannique pour s’opposer aux mouvements et partis xénophobes.

I was interviewed for this La Tribune article on the #TogetherAlliance March Against the Far Right

À Londres, des milliers de manifestants se rassemblent pour dire « no » à l’extrême droite - by Manon Hilaire

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@BSC #HCNet Speakers’ Series: 2025/2026 What role can a historical criminology platform have in matters of contemporary concern? Where do our contemporary concerns with topics such as...

#HCNet is back. Join us Wednesday (25.03.'26) to hear as Dr Mark Briskey discuss 'Murder and Masculinity in a 1920 South East Queensland Timber Cutter’s encampment.' Mark joins us from Murdoch University Indo-Pacific Research Centre @11am BST. You can sign up here: www.trybooking.com/uk/FISG

Looking forward to giving another @cghe.bsky.social seminar - it's been a while!

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Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I'll be hosting an applicant webinar from 9:00-10:00 (UK time) Wednesday 25th March: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-sciences/events/phd-heree-applicant-webinar-25th-march-2026-higher-education-research-evaluation-and-enhancement/

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I was on @lbc.co.uk News on Monday discussing the Reform UK Leader's speech with Jim Diamond ahead of the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Listen here. I'm on at 1.5 hrs in.

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Out now: 'Discursive Perspectives on Assisted Dying', chapter with David Wright in Handbook of Language and Death (eds. D. Galasiński & J. Ziólkowska). Author accepted version available #openaccess here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-disco.... @sosslancaster.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

Discussing Decolonisation: A guest lecture by Dr Aaron Winter (Lancaster) A guest lecture by Dr Aaron Winter on racism, resistance and the mainstreaming of the Far Right

Off to York to give a talk as part of the @yorkstjohn.bsky.social Discussing Decolonisation series. Looking forward to it.

Racism, Reaction & Resistance: Reflections on the Mainstreaming of the Far Right

Aaron Winter @sosslancaster.bsky.social
24 Feb
5:30-7pm
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Out now: 'Dementia, Death and Discourse', chapter with @emma-putland.bsky.social in Handbook of Language and Death, ed. by @dgalasinski.bsky.social & Justyna Ziółkowska. See OA pre-print below, and make sure to look up the rest of the volume! @sosslancaster.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

Join the University of Sanctuary (UoS) team as a Co-Researcher and help shape our institutional submission.
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Is the "doom spiral" about curriculum or poverty? There’s a super new book out from Lancaster Professor of Higher Education Paul Ashwin (and nine colleagues) about what higher education does to the people who go through it.

Thoughtful and critical of our book by @jimdickinson.bsky.social on @wonkhe.bsky.social. Addressing issues related to poverty and material need is incredibly important to a meaningful education
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Out now: 'Critical Discourse Studies and Health Communication'. Chapter in Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies, ed. by B. Forchtner and F. Zappettini. Honoured to publish in this book alongside many whose work has inspired me. Chapter pre-print #openaccess here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-disco...

Realising the educational potential of mass higher education - HEPI This blog was kindly authored by Paul Ashwin, Lancaster University. It is based on a new Open Access book Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education which was written by an internati...

I have written @hepi-news.bsky.social blog that attempts to outline the central argument of our new book "Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education": www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/13/r...

The JVS Show - Do you think Sir Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for his anti-immigration comments? - BBC Sounds JVS fights for your consumer rights, plus Beds, Herts and Bucks big conversation.

Here is my interview about Sir Jim Ratcliffe's anti- immigrant comments on BBC Three Counties Radio - The JVL Show - from yesterday. I am at 2h.22mins in:

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I'll be on BBC Three Counties Radio with Jonathan Vernon Smith at 12:05 today discussing Sir Jim Ratcliffe's anti-immigration comments and calls for him to apologise.

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Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 17:00-18:00 (UK time) on Thursday 26th February: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...

Out now! Special issue of @registerstudies.bsky.social, edited with @shelleystaples.bsky.social on Register and Professional Discourse. Papers address register in a range of contexts, inc. architecture, business, higher education, journalism, legal practice & virtual workspaces. Read more below!

I am delighted that our new open access book “Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education” has been published by @bloomsburyaced.bsky.social. www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

The definition of educational quality in a quasi-marketised higher education system: stumbling towards a knowledge crisis In this article, I examine the definition of educational quality in the English higher education system. I examine three phases in the measurement of educational quality, each prompted by the repor...

Delighted my article 'The definition of educational quality in a quasi-marketised HE system: stumbling towards a knowledge crisis' is now published open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... & even happier it's part of a brilliant special issue edited by @jo-annebaird.bsky.social & Gemma Moss

Out now: 'Multimodal irony in public responses to digitally mediated NHS COVID-19 messages' - article with @shayuze.bsky.social in Discourse, Context & Media. You can read it #openaccess through the link below. @sosslancaster.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

Registration for the 2026 Corpora and Discourse Conference is now... open! Please follow the link below to register, and do so by 5th April to get the early bird price! wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/reg... @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @sosslancaster.bsky.social

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A PhD studentship is available @corpussocialsci.bsky.social starting Oct 2026. We’re seeking outstanding candidates in #corpuslinguistics, #languagetesting, or #appliedlinguistics 📊💻

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Out now: 'What is good care, and who is it good for? A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of UK care home websites'. Chapter led by @emma-putland.bsky.social with Kevin Harvey in the Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han.... Accepted version in original post below!

Many thanks to the Examiners @joedeville.bsky.social and
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Very many congratulations to Dr Steven Graham who successfully defended his thesis yesterday and was awarded his PhD "Forthwith". He completed a #PhDinSociology and was supervised by Stefanie Doebler, Bob Jessop and Claire Waterton. www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/postgr...

An interesting read by @clrnance.bsky.social and Malika Mahamdi .......

Where are we now? A sociological take on the past year – and where hope lies today A Conversations series event This online Conversation Series event brings together sociologists to reflect on the past year, exploring key social and political developments and considering where hope, resistance and collective fu...

Where are we now? A sociological take on the past year – and where hope lies today

A Conversations series event @thesociologicalreview.org with @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social, @anilsghost.bsky.social, Gholam Khiabany & me.

28 Jan. 1-2pm GMT Online

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Interested in a PhD in Education and Social Justice in our Educational Research discipline? Join our Applicant Webinar on Mon 2/2 @ 10am(GMT) to explore the programme, ask questions and see how your research passions can fit with our work.

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