If someone has no recollection of receiving $75,000, they probably have way too much money bbc.com/news/article...

We're going to need a bigger Hague.

Happy World Linguistics Day from Vienna, Austria

I’m commissioning content for a new educational collection being published via Sage Research Methods. The collection is titled Inclusive Research Methodologies. Details are in the images and thread below. Please share with anyone who might be keen.

My morning meeting was vastly improved by the attendance of the Vice Rector for Cuteness and Joy: a little brown mongrel

NYC people--early voting is on! May I suggest you include Zohran Mamdani in your choice of five candidates. And it's especially important that you not rank Cuomo at all. Unlike Cuomo, Mamdani LIKES New York City and its residents.

This finally arrived, with chapters by me and several other excellent people www.routledge.com/Language-and...

The UK prime minister is standing at a podium with ‘securing Britain’s future’ printed on it, explaining that the government plans to reduce legal (not illegal) immigration. The only future this will secure for the UK is its future as an impoverished, xenophobic, ill-educated backwater

Have just experienced, for the first time, authors telling me that their article was already clear* and their references already correct** in response to my comments asking for revisions. *It was not **They were misspelled and wrongly formatted

A lovely article on sexuality, the papacy, and Michelangelo's frescos in the Sistine chapel www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Studied your Master’s in Austria in 2022 or 2023? 🎓 We’re part of a national survey to learn what influences students to stay or leave Austria after graduation. Take a few minutes to share your experience: qualtrics.ceu.edu/jfe/form/SV_...

Haven't really done these since Christmas, so in the spirit of our upcoming Christian holiday, here are some academic Venn diagrams, tasteless Easter edition 🐤✝️ #AcademicSky

I can hardly bear to read about Zelenskyy's visit to the White House. That guy deserves a medal and the USA should be ashamed of itself

Job announcement! ELL is hiring a permanent Lecturer in Communications to join a new area of growth in our subject area. Take a look at the job announcement and let us know if you have any questions! www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

📢CfP: Approaches to Migration, Language and Identity When: 8-9 Sept 2025 Where: Liverpool Hope University, UK Deadline: 31 Mar 2025 #MigrationStudies #Migration linguistlist.org/issues/36/437/ *Please help spread the word for the 5th edition of this excellent interdisciplinary conference*

Publicly abandoning American and Ukranian democracy on the same day.

If there is anything likely to push me into a nervous breakdown, it's Elsevier's article submission portal. For the love of God, why does it have to be so appalling?

Exciting news! We'll soon announce a call for a PhD position. The candidate should have an MA in Chinese and/or Japanese as a FL or similar. Topics include motivation for multilingual learning in old age, teaching multiple languages, and multilingualism in society—and other multilingualism topics!

My kind of take on research impact from Prof Vidale of the University of Southern California: "In all likelihood, this finding doesn't affect our daily lives one iota..." www.bbc.com/news/article...

We're still seeking participants for a short survey about whether / what kind of training you've received for working with international students. Anyone who works in higher education in any student-facing role (from any context) can participate: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

TransActual need to hear from you. The Trans Lives Survey 2024/25 is now open and your answers will be used to write a report (it will be anonymised don’t worry) that we can share with all sorts of people to help them understand what life is like for trans people in the UK today. (a thread)

If you're thinking about how language is used to promote a particular narrative about European research, higher education and knowledge more broadly, this shiny new volume may be for you. And, it's on sale! www.routledge.com/Language-and...

Universities all over Europe are cutting language programs and closing the doors to the world. We want to get a more complete picture: where, when, why? If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)! elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...

My CUP element is finally out! 🙌 You can download it for free for a couple of weeks. Will soon post some reflections available in the book!

This hurts because it's true

Our book on how academics write in 3 disciplines is now available open access www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...

Second book this week is here. A useful one for TESOL trainers and practitioners

Look what arrived today! Congratulations to the contributors @nounfraze.bsky.social and others (who are not on Bluesky)

I'm trying to get into the habit of posting here instead of Twitter, as the latter has become less and less useful, but it seems pretty quiet here too. Where did all the academics go?

Our book is out: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

A blog post (and article) by me and my lovely colleague, Josie: Staff precarity and its implications for student writing teachinginhighereducation.wordpress.com/2024/04/07/s...