Join us next week for a free webinar discussing different ways you can study corpus linguistics Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster Uni and Lancaster University from around the world. We will discuss the uses of different corpus methods and their applications across a number of contexts. 30 January 2025, 2-3pm

NEW: Journalists have won an appeal to name the judges who oversaw the family court proceedings relating to the care of Sara Sharif before she was murdered. The appeal was brought by Tortoise reporter Louise Tickle and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism's Hannah Summers. torto.se/42lPkme

Join us for the first in a series of webinars on Lancaster University's offer of courses in #corpuslinguistics 🔵online MA 🟣online Postgraduate Certificate 🟢online Short courses for credit registration: forms.office.com/e/uppRBrE5AF

Our new AI model ‘DeepBant’ is programmed to end all conversations with an unconditional offer.

Right now, there are two mental health crises within our education system. They're adversely affecting huge numbers of people in our school communities. Both should be taken very seriously. But they're seldom talked about together. It's time to talk about them together. 1/

Let's be honest about #Science. "We do not know we can only guess" (Popper) yet there is no other way. #falsification #corroboration Open research group meeting. 🕛Today 12pm Everybody is welcome forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka

Want to get word #frequency wrong? Ask #AI 🤖. #CorpusLinguistics #Science CASS

This Thursday on Tonight I will be one of the contributors to Sarah Corker’s programme on the scandal of post-war forced adoption for children of unmarried mothers, and their campaign for justice and an apology from church and state. Movement for an Adoption Apology Adult Adoptee Movement

Beginning on ITV now. I hope people are equally outraged at the scale and severity of the injustice for which church and state are responsible, should apologise and take appropriate redress. In the lifetimes of those impacted. Movement for an Adoption Apology

Until the lion learns to write, the story will always glorify the hunter.

We are delighted to have been ranked 3rd in the world for Linguistics by the QS World Subject Rankings 2025! 🔗 topuniversities.com/university-sub… 🔗 lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster…

"There is scant recognition of the EXTRA WORK and responsibilities AI social work will bring" (my emphasis) - such a valuable point from Christian Kerr in BASW PSW Magazine. Despite promises to the contrary, tech in social work almost always creates more, not less, work for us.

Early Warning Signs of #Dementia You Shouldn’t Ignore aarp.org/caregiving/hea… #Alzheimers #health

This week the assisted suicide bill came into focus as not only a danger to the vulnerable, but also a threat to the hospice sector. Thread:

If you are outraged then please act. Contact Adult Adoptee Movement and Movement for an Adoption Apology. Sign their petition. Write to your MP. Complain to the PM. Speak out about your experience to the press if you can. Show them the impacts are lifelong and why action is their responsibility.

New paper on the history of paediatric cardiac surgery in Liverpool (before the organ retention scandal) and the role of charity in subverting planning intentions. Featuring The Heart Centre 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 💙 @AlderHey Alder Hey Children’s Charity The Children's Heart Foundation mh.bmj.com/content/early/…

'Insurance', 'leasehold' – two of the dullest words in the English language. But that's a problem, says Margaret Rothwell, as Labour is about to legalise highway robbery for landlords via the iniquitous leasehold system. dailysceptic.org/2025/03/26/lab…

This is one issue that demands disclosure - medical history of birth parents. Adoptees must be provided with early access so they can avail of early intervention which will in some cases, save their life. #Adoption #BirthFamilyInfo #RightToInformation

🚀 Curious about the future of Corpus Linguistics and #AI? Check out this position paper: Corpus Linguistics and AI: #LancsBox X in the Context of Emerging Technologies (2025) published in International Journal of Language Studies. 📖 drive.google.com/file/d/1nBbPtP… CASS

.CASS is offering a series of informal meetings to explore key issues in corpus linguistics. 🤖 How Not to Be Replaced by #AI: Corpus Linguistics Reflections 🗓️ Starts: 14 May, 12pm (UK time) 🔗 Register now: forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka