Deborah Cameron obituary Linguist, feminist activist and author of influential books on how language can shape gendered experiences

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Colchester university students receive update as department faces big staffing cut Last December, officials at the University of Essex announced it will close its Southend campus this summer.

www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/2576163...

fellow linguistics pals, in case you missed it, this is where we’re at right now at Essex

if you are a student or alumni, please please please make your concerns known to the university

NEW on Wonkhe: Understand the REF changes through the lens of money and bureaucracy bit.ly/48NzTVA

Essex shutting a whole campus. Wild! 😳

I SO feel you! Who designs such systems? It’s just ridiculous.

Those of you using academia.edu may want to opt-out of #AI use on your profile. . .

It's actually quite simple!

@academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicsky 🗣💬

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Joining the @openuniversity.bsky.social’s conference today on “Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI” - really excited to talk about a new line of research and to learn from colleagues who grapple with #AI and #power in language education #appliedlinguistics

Can’t wait to read this paper!

Accent bias logo. Four speech bubbles in four different coloured squares.

Since January 2022, we (me, 93% Club & SS) have been working a project that tackles accent bias in Higher Education, focusing on the 'elite' institution where we're based. Today, we're launching the project website which brings together all our work:

accentbias.ed.ac.uk

solidarity with all colleagues and students at Nottingham who are having their jobs and degrees destroyed by management. the relentless annihilation of language provision in UKHE is something that *every* academic should be calling out and pushing back against.

What else have you noticed is trending in discourse?

I have noted the word “foundry” keeps popping up increasingly in the #discourse of #AI development in tech but also in #education and design. A term originally associated with metalworking, it’s about creating, melting, moulding, and building something from raw (materials) aka data in modern times

As organiser of the Language, Interculturality and Literacy (LIL) Hub Seminar Series @morayhouse.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, I’m happy to invite you to our next hybrid talk on 19th of November with Dr. Daniel Lam from the University of Glasgow.
@danielmklam.bsky.social

Yes, all well received! 🙏

A global phenomenon liebe Judith!! Seminar aber klingt wichtig und spannend.

Hi Julia, would you mind sending me the link to join online? Thanks ☺️

New research published in @languageeducation.bsky.social, available open access here (tinyurl.com/bdf262jp) and a short thread on the work below. Many thanks to the reviewers & editors for their feedback and to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding support.

Rethinking language education: evidence for England’s Curriculum and Assessment Review Language education in school has significant transformational potential in terms of learners’ right to a well-rounded education and the enhancement of their life chances… (read more)

"We urgently need language education...that enables citizens to speak effectively and fluently to each other and to people of the world..." writes Profs Norbert Pachler and Zhu Hua, 'in eager anticipation' of the Curriculum and Assessment Review's final report.

blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2025/10/...

Amazing! 😻

The GRAND MULTI-LITERACY Event 2025 An online - live - free event for multilingual families and educators teaching multilingual students From Friday 19th to Sunday 21st September 2025 on YouTube: Library4Multilnguals

Interested in #multilingualism, #literacy, & #languages?

Check out The Grand Multi-Literacy event this coming weekend :)

It's free, online & features talks from researchers, educators, parents, authors & more!

Talks are recorded, so you can catch up after if you prefer!

#langsky 💙📚 #Kidlit

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"Will future theses and papers feature disclaimers such as “drafted by ChatGPT — translated by DeepL — rephrased by Quillbot — spell-checked by Grammarly — images by MidJourney — all prompts available in Appendix A”? (Teubner et al. 2023)

Hi hivemind, what do your student seminar papers or dissertations look like right now regarding AI disclaimers? Do students acknowledge AI use and list tools used (like a tick-box exercise)?

Willingness to identify: an exploration of the factors that influence secondary school students’ willingness to identify as multilingual For decades researchers have debated the criteria for identifying someone as multilingual; however, little is known about how individuals, and particularly school-aged students, subjectively identi...

Very happy to see this paper come out which builds on our work on multilingual identity @camedfac.bsky.social 😊 It's open access so free to download - brief overview in thread below ⬇️

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

* Paper hunt* At the last ISB conference, someone (I can't remember who!) mentioned a study on the fact that L2 speakers might use scales differently than L1 speakers (similarly to the idea that cultural background affects the use of extremes in scales).Who can help me find this paper?

Bill Labov: Looking Back, Looking Forward Bill Labov passed away peacefully at home on December 17, 2024, with his wife and fellow Penn linguist Gillian Sankoff by his side. He leaves behind a legacy so large that it is hard to put into word...

@jslx.bsky.social are proud to publish an obituary for William Labov, written by three of Bill’s students @betsysneller.bsky.social, @laurelmack.bsky.social & M Tamminga. We are grateful to Bill’s colleagues and family for the OA costs onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @lhlew.bsky.social

Bill Labov: Looking Back, Looking Forward Bill Labov passed away peacefully at home on December 17, 2024, with his wife and fellow Penn linguist Gillian Sankoff by his side. He leaves behind a legacy so large that it is hard to put into word....

Another lovely Labov obit by @betsysneller.bsky.social @laurelmack.bsky.social and Meredith Tamminga. This one takes a birds eye view of how Labov has contributed to where the field is going, which is a nice forward-looking complement to Eckert's obit onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Oh thank you!! 🤩 and yes, totally agreed on your points!