🎤IGALA14 keynote speaker announcement! Dr Sylvia Shaw (University of Westminster, UK)—a leading scholar of language, gender and politics, whose work examines participation, power and representation in parliamentary life. 📍York St John | 21–23 July 2027 @igala.bsky.social @lsjysj.bsky.social #IGALA14

📢 IGALA 14 is coming to York St John University, UK | 21–23 July 2027! Theme: 'Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality in Times of Political Challenge' Follow for updates on keynote speakers, call for papers & more. Save the date! 📅 #IGALA14 #GenderAndLanguage #Linguistics #Conference2027

alice-ross.github.io/files/BAAP_k... Our #BAAP2026 poster, in which we gave some sentences to a popular commercial Text-to-Speech system and asked for voices that were "kind" or "competent" etc. and then analyzed what sociophonetic indexes resulted. Listen: alias-alice.notion.site/Kind-is-the-...

🎉 it's open. booking is now live for Spring School 2026 — Caring & Sharing: The Arts of Integrating. 📅 26–28 May · Glasgow register here → events.humanitix.com/rielaspring2... (or scan the QR in the image) ✉️ questions: [email protected]

Since I use the @zotero.org beta versions, I receive the new features as they come out, and was really excited to discover today that there is now a read-aloud feature! Cool! It's true that the premium voices sound more "fluent" than the standard ones tho www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-9/ #academia

Today is the final day to apply for this fantastic opportunity! #BritishCouncilScholarsELT #TeamStirling

The deadline for this fully funded MSc TESOL (Online) scholarship is 30 April, but applicants will need to hold an offer for the course first, so should apply for the MSc course now. Fantastic opportunity for English language teachers form Bangladesh, India & Sri Lanka! #BritishCouncilScholarsELT

English language teachers in Bangladesh, India & Sri Lanka: apply for the British Council English and School Education Scholarships Scheme by 30 April. You need an offer for the MSc TESOL (Online), so apply for the course now! www.stir.ac.uk/scholarships... #BritishCouncilScholarsELT #TeamStirling

How can mixed-skill classrooms be designed effectively? This workshop discusses practical approaches in Digital Humanities teaching. 🎤 @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social , Junior Professor of Digital Literary Studies and Methods at DHSS @grk2806.bsky.social 📅 April 7, 18:00–19:30 (zoom) #FAU

The York English Language Toolkit returns on 10 July 2026. This free hybrid CPD workshop for A-level English Language teachers features talks from Prof Devyani Sharma, Prof Paul Kerswill, Prof Sam Hellmuth and Dr Kobin Kendrick. Save the date. englishlanguagetoolk...

Great morning at #AAAL2026, where we are discussing all things AI and Applied Linguistics! Honoured to be a part of this invited colloquium, organised by Andrea Révész & Shungo Suzuki, speaking about our paper (with @gavinbrookes.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social) here: doi.org/10.1017/S026...

On World Water Day, we just announced “Our Future, Our Water, Our Stories.” 🌍💧 Calling all young storytellers! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fgp...

#AAAL2026 "Meet the Journal Editors" session is this afternoon. Sharing the generous support of Cambridge University Press - download ALL titles free during the conference! www.cambridge.org/core/publica...

FlexiConc is now available on www.clic-fiction.com. Cluster concordance lines, partition by metadata, filter by POS tag or regex, and everything you do builds into an analysis tree you can retrace and share. We walk through all of it with body part nouns in 19C fiction. github.com/reading-conc...

Today is the official publication day for the hardback version of "Exploring Meaning in Surveillance Discourses through Corpora" (ebook was published earlier). Many thanks to series editors @michamahlberg.bsky.social & @gavinbrookes.bsky.social for your support 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/exploring...

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Registration for the University of Bath's 3rd Disciplinary Literacy Symposium is now open! This hybrid event on 17th & 18th June will bring together teachers, linguists and other educational experts for two days of presentations and hands-on workshops. Registration starts from £25. #UniofBath

#TEAMStirling @rushtondr.bsky.social @nuzie.bsky.social @scrcm.bsky.social @adnanyilmaz.bsky.social

Considering to complete a PhD project on a topic related to English language education? Join our webinar this Friday, 20 March, to find out more about our professional doctorate "PhD TESOL Research" and get answers to any questions you might have www.bigmarker.com/student-supp... #ELT #langsky

🎓 Fully funded Chartered Teacher Status pathway – Now open for applications! We are offering 30 places to secondary teachers or middle leaders from global majority backgrounds. 🌟Engage with education research 🌟Strengthen your practice Apply now: https://chartered.pulse.ly/rq72nj5giu

The final report from the Sustainable School Leadership project is out! A 3-year study across England, Northern Ireland & Scotland, funded by #esrc #educationresearchprogramme Available here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro... @patthomson.bsky.social @twperry1.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social

📝 We're delighted to publish a new report from the BERA Expert Panel on Educational Research Funding: 'Making the most of education research: The ecosystem and the common good' 🌱 Find out more: https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/bera-expert-panel-report-and-working-paper

Reminder: information webinar on the British Council English and School Education Scholarships Scheme, Thurs 5 March 2026, 12:30 UK/ 18:00 India & Sri Lanka/ 18:30 Bangladesh lnkd.in/gWXyHSsK @britishcouncil.bsky.social are funding 20 spaces on our MSc TESOL (Online)! #BritishCouncilScholarsELT

🎙️ Life & Language explores how language shapes the way we see the world. Hosted by Prof. @michamahlberg.bsky.social. Now in its 5th season with 28 episodes and brilliant guests across disciplines. Curious about how words shape life? 🎧 Join the conversation.

Including a chapter by Stirling’s @rushtondr.bsky.social 😊

Join us on Feb. 25th for an online data session with Mark Romig, EdD Student at @columbiaaltesol.bsky.social. In this session, we will analyze videos and transcripts of vocabulary explanations from adult ESL classrooms. The event is FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Register here: tinyurl.com/REALdoc-Mark

Have you registered yet? On Feb. 25, Mark Romig, EdD Student in the Applied Linguistics & TESOL Program at Teachers College (@columbiaaltesol.bsky.social) will facilitate an online data session focused on Vocabulary Explanations in Pedagogical Interaction. Don't miss it! tinyurl.com/REALdoc-Mark

🚨 Reminder 🚨 The call for games for #DGKL2026 is still open until February 25th! Do you have a game you developed for e.g. teaching linguistics, participant engagement in experiments, or else? Let people try your game in Bielefeld! 👉 CfG here: t1p.de/opy89 #linguistics #langsky #BLinguistik

Keen to develop your career in English language education? Join this webinar introducing the Stirling MSc TESOL programmes to explore your options: Thursday 12 March 2026, 11:00 UK time Register via www.bigmarker.com/student-supp... #TeamStirling #ELT #TESOL @adnanyilmaz.bsky.social

Now available for preorder www.bloomsbury.com/uk/teacher-a...

SLTED2026 Who's joining us? #curriculum @morayhouse.bsky.social @davidgerlach.bsky.social #language #teachered

Primary schools are invited to join us for year 2 of our Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning project. The project promotes creative and multilingual approaches to Learning for Sustainability. Successful schools will receive £5,000 to support their participation. https://loom.ly/Dsb3xas

Issue 26 of Impact Journal, guest-edited by Dr Janet Ramdeo, is arriving with our members this week! 🎉 Access the full issue on MyCollege, including online only articles, from Friday. #MentoringEquity #TeacherCPD #CareerProgression

Tickets now available for this free event

Sign up for the next @scrcm.bsky.social free webinar - Curriculum making in Wales: what does it mean to be purpose-led? - led by David Morrison-Love and colleagues Wed 18 Feb 2026 4:00 PM www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...

If you are an English language teacher in Bangladesh, India, or Sri Lanka, this British Council scholarship for *20 fully-funded* spaces on our MSc TESOL (Online) may be of interest. Information webinar on 5 March – please spread the word! #BritishCouncilScholarsELT #TeamStirling

English language teachers from Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka: the eligibility requirements + application procedure for the British Council English and School Education Scholarship Scheme have been published, covering 20 fully-funded awards on our MSc TESOL (Online) #BritishCouncilScholarsELT 1/2

Today is International Day of Education. A day to celebrate educators and the power of education. #Teaching #Teachers #Education

The new BERA publication, Guide to Practitioner Research: Developing Professional Knowledge in Educational Research and Practice, is another essential for #furtereducation practitioners interested in research & professional practice. Awesome ed. team and chapter writers. @drjoycechen.bsky.social

My inaugural lecture is now online 🥰 media.ed.ac.uk/media/Profes... #sociophonetics #sociolinguistics #linguistics #phonetics #semiotics #Peirce #indexicality #social #meaning #research #academic #academia #lecture #Arizona #SanFrancisco #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Scots #English #professor #babyphotos

We have just confirmed the date of the March @scrcm.bsky.social webinar. I will be presenting ideas from the forthcoming 2nd edition of Teacher Agency: An Ecological Approach. Join us on Tues 17 March, 4-5.30. Sign up at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...

🏆 Recognise exceptional teaching expertise! Fellowship is an opportunity to amplify influence, collaborate with committed professionals, and shape educational policy. Know someone who deserves this recognition? Deadline: 5th February Nominate now: https://chartered.pulse.ly/j6rnbofmpy

Welcome back! We hope you had a restful break & are ready to dig back in. This busy January we have sessions exploring new resources, a bitesize lesson plan for Burns Night, & more! You can find our CLPL offer for January & beyond on Signposts: www.signpostsglobalcitizenship.org/current-clpl-offer

Just published: "Out of ‘Giám thị’ ‘heroic teachers’ will rise: pain, performance and pride while doing primary school ‘tests’ in Vietnam" by Thanh Nguyen, based on ethnographic fieldwork for his PhD project doi.org/10.1080/1745... Congratulations, Thanh! #TEAMStirling @scrcm.bsky.social

🎉 Ready for something new in 2026? Become a Young Advisor (ages 12–16) & work with the Commissioner to help make sure children’s voices are heard across Scotland. ✨ Learn new skills ✨ All backgrounds & accessibility needs welcome ✨ Make a difference Apply: bit.ly/4p2tz2r

✨️ Starting the new year with a new article by Dr Ben Matthews and colleagues: 'Understanding changing patterns of placement type stability in the first two years of placement for looked after children in Scotland: A sequence analysis' #children #CareExperience www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The CfPs for LavLang32 at Edinburgh is now OPEN! A reminder of our stellar lineup: • Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke) • Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE) • Prof. Erez Levon (Bern) • Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece) • Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE) Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231

I love a bit of literary tourism - visiting places I know from stories in books and films. So what a joy it was to talk to Lee Jackson about #Dickensland! Join us for the start of the new season of #LifeandLanguage @victorianlondon.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0aB3...

Today is the final day to send us your abstracts! You have until midnight (UK time)! 😁 Here is the submission link: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

We're delighted to announce 15 fully funded scholarships for English teachers from Bangladesh, India & Sri Lanka to join our MSc TESOL (Online) in Sept 2026, including a 2-week visit to Stirling! Funded by @britishcouncil.bsky.social. Further details: www.stir.ac.uk/scholarships... #TeamStirling