This is a turning point in UK higher education. A financially viable department cut in order to pay for the expansion of subjects that get more high-fees international students. If this is allowed to happen, many many unis will follow. Please speak out!

Some colleagues and I are thinking about proposing a panel on online/ social media language work/ wordsmithery at the ALAPP conference, to be held by PolyU HK this December 17-19. Also thinking about doing a special issue. In case anyone is interested, please get in touch:)!

FYI: Linguistics under threat at the University of Kent: Colleagues and friends: Linguistics is going to be shut down at the University of Kent (UK). Some context below, but please take a look at this petition, consider signing, and share widely.… dlvr.it/T2ZTbb

Great couple of days discussing “Language and Onward Migration” at the BAAL: British Association for Applied Linguistics Cambridge University Press workshop. Thank you Adriana Patino Vally Lytra and @pkaratsareas for organising. Great to be together with the research team and to meet new colleagues too! #sociolinguistics #migration

[reminder and please share🙌🏻] don’t forget to join us either onsite or online at this wonderful in-conversation event with Prof Adrian Holliday at ICIS UCL on 21st Feb! More details and free tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-essentia…

President of Student's Union in Lancaster, "I have students coming in saying they can't study because they haven't eaten in three days" Fiona Bruce, "People are telling you they haven't eaten in three days?" President, "I have hundreds of stories.. We have a food bank on

Hot off the presses! LMS Asst Prof Luke Lu's new Open Access publication in Language in Society: "Who's being elitist? A debate about the enregisterment of Singlish" cambridge.org/core/journals/…

This news about QMUL is really bad (they're offering extra incentives to take voluntary severance if you're in Linguistics or English)

You have more time! BAAL conference CfP extended until 17th April 2024 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/45753/s… Abstracts invited for: Poster presentations Individual presentations Individual presentations for Special Interest Group Workshops (60 minutes) Proposed Colloquia (120 minutes)

Forthcoming @MarliesKus Dr Omolabake Fakunle @AOlssonRost Emerald Publishing BERA “Things can only get better…” ➡️ amazon.co.uk/BERA-Guide-Dec…

BAAL: British Association for Applied Linguistics Looking forward to hearing more! The BAAL annual conference is always a highlight in the applied linguistics community. I hope it's the decision on the abstracts- I’ve been waiting for ages! 🥹 #BAAL2024 #AppliedLinguistics

2024 BAAL EC elections Ten posts: Chair Secretary Media coordinator Newsletter editor Publications secretary SIG coordinator Postgraduate liaison & development coordinator (postgraduate students only) 3 ordinary members baal.org.uk/documents/ 1/3

No se pierdan la serie de charlas online 2024 "Sociolingüística Crítica/Etnográfica en Latinoamérica: Enfoques, teorías y métodos", organizadas por el Grupo de Estudios de Sociolingüística Crítica (GESC) de la Universidad de Chile Inscríbete en este link: forms.gle/Ztkjx1hJd4od2s…

Pleased to share our new Open Access publication🔓on the future of AI for Intercultural Communication in Applied Linguistics Review (Q1). Free access link: doi.org/10.1515/applir… Zhu Hua Guanliang Chen Shungo Suzuki Prof. John O'Regan Giuliana Ferri 🍉 International Centre for Intercultural Studies UCL Applied Ling.

Some scholarships for Palestinian students are available at the University of Siena (Italy), for enrollment in one its the degree courses. Deadline: July 31. Info: en.unisi.it/international/…

We’re really excited to share our #cfp for next year’s Health and Science Communication SIG event(s), Inequalities, Inclusion & Innovation to be held at Lancaster University on 22/3 (in person) and 25/3 (online). Follow the link to find out more baalhealthsci.wordpress.com/events/

We’re really excited to share our #cfp for next year’s Health and Science Communication SIG event(s), Inequalities, Inclusion & Innovation to be held at Lancaster University on 22/3 (in person) and 25/3 (online). Follow the link to find out more baalhealthsci.wordpress.com/events/

Two upcoming public events at the International Centre for Intercultural Studies IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society UCL in December!

The teaching of Welsh & Gaeilge have much in common. What can we learn from Wales to support the teaching of Gaeilge in English-medium schools? Bígí linn oíche amárach! Fáilte roimh chách: shorturl.at/ewQb0 Dublin City University Conradh na Gaeilge ⭕️ Gael Linn Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge (DCU)

Call for Papers for Discourse and Society: CDS & GenAI. hosseinkermani.com/blog