Interested in women’s soccer in Brazil? @drpetewatson.bsky.social just published: The Beautiful Game Reimagined: Women’s Soccer in Brazil, in the Soccer & Society journal. An important read if you are interested in women’s football: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2FDSY... #soccer #Brazil

“Your HR chatbot doesn’t need to know advanced physics.” The rise of Small Language Models economist.com/business/202...

Un informe del gobierno canadiense sobre la ética de la IA en la educación concebido para orientar a educadores y educadoras sobre el uso responsable de la IA, se ha tenido que retirar porque había más de 15 referencias académicas inventadas 😒 cosmicmeta.ai/2025/09/15/e...

Today, Sept 16 is Mexican Independence Day! 🇲🇽 In 1810, priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla started a popular revolt against the Spanish in a call to arms in the town of Dolores.

In his latest podcast collaboration for the These Football Times ‘Reel Football series’ @drpetewatson.bsky.social discusses the film the Two Escobars and the issues that the film depicts and discusses. Have you listened to it yet?! #thetwoescobars #football

Multilingual is the norm in our world…many countries have several oficial languages. Here is an example at how they advertise which languages are spoken. At this cashier at a supermarket for example :)

Interested in football and in Maradona in particular? On this podcast @drpetewatson.bsky.social you can listen to a discussion of the Maradona documentary by Asif Kapadia and other Maradona related films and documentaries podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... #maradona #spanish #football

Ellas también quieren ser futbolistas: así ha cambiado el trabajo ideal de niños y niñas en la última década La encuesta anual de Adecco 'Qué quieres ser de mayor' refleja que esta profesión es la segunda más nombrada por las niñas, mientras que hace unos años no estaba ni entre las diez primeras

From now on, when we die, will we need to specify whether we guve permision or not for something like this? Will it be honoured? I feel for the family having to witness this: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Todo lo bueno acaba.

On the importance of teaching speaking skills: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #speaking #languages

UN human rights chief criticises “disturbing” Palestine Action ban www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Join us next week to translate Wikipedia & support global knowledge equity. No experience needed - just your language skills! World in Translation: Beyond English Wikipedia Wed 30 July, 14h - 17h (BST) 📅 Online | Hosted by @UniLeeds & @knowledgeequity 🔗 leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope... #OpenAccess

AI respires to blackmail if told the system is going to be shutdown... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Weather had been so lovely lately that I had forgotten how depressing it can get sometimes 😬

For my third week in Ireland, I had the pleasure of working with a fantastic group of European teachers on a four-day intensive course focused on practical, responsible use of AI in education. Here's what we explored:

Dissertation alternatives, such as capstone projects and applied group-based projects, could better prepare graduates for their future careers, write academics at @bristoluni.bsky.social and ‪‪@edinburghnapier.bsky.social‬: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/disse... #ai #highered #academicsky

Reminder that the deadline for the Stephen Spender Translation Prize is 31 July - find out more and get your entries in at stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize Open to pupils & teachers in UK & Ireland schools! You can enter in any language #SSTPoetryPrize2025

If you are a native speaker in any language other than English, please come along and help us translate Wikipedia! (Online, Monday 30th July, 2-5pm) leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope... @wikimediauk.bsky.social

New on Language-on-the-Move: the joys of international research collaboration at the Literacy-in-Diversity-Settings (LiDS) Research Centre @uni-hamburg.de www.languageonthemove.com/dr-loy-lisin...

La Unesco vuelve a exigir a España que proteja mejor Doñana o la incluirá en su lista negra de patrimonio en peligro

The state of the UK higher education sector’s finances www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/08/t...

"Essential for educators, researchers, and policymakers, this transformative work offers a much-needed fresh perspective on language education in a globalized world." buff.ly/7wqoLv9

Coffee treat this morning to celebrate the 8th of July 🥳🥳

Launch of ALL Cymru! Calling all teachers of international languages in Wales! Weds. 9 July at 16h00 on Zoom. Keynote Speaker Vincent Everett reflects on ways and means to “Promote spontaneous speech and extended writing in the target language” Book here: forms.office.com/e/Nmgqa6Y32z

Fewer pupils in less affluent English schools taking languages: Less than half taking foreign languages GCSEs compared with 69% in most prosperous state schools #mfl #languages #mfltwitterati www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Interested in some Cornish language crafting? Come and learn some Cornish whilst making a Cornish identity badge, with the Speak Cornish team, on Saturday 28 June, 10am-12pm. Free and fun for all the family, there’s no need to book. Splann! @speakcornish #speakcornishweek #familycrafts #kernewek

Seis de cada diez salvadoreños consideran que criticar a Nayib Bukele o a su Gobierno a través de las redes sociales u otro medio de difusión puede traerle “consecuencias negativas” como ir a la cárcel elpais.com/america/2025-06...

Prof Antonio Martinez-Arboleda talking about the transformation of the written content creation process #mfl #mfltwitterati

Our head is swimming on ideas after Joe Dale’s talk this morning! Thank you so much for such a comprehensive talk! @joedale.bsky.social #mfl #mfltwitterati

We start the day at the MFL Conference talking about linguistic variation with Prof Rasha Soliman #mfl #mfltwitterati #languages

Navarra ha aprobado este jueves la Ley foral para el Derecho a la Vivienda Asequible y sorteará viviendas protegidas de alquiler entre menores de 35 y mayores de 60 años social.elpais.com/jlunc6

Looking forward to hosting this on Friday! All ready now!! 🙌🙌 #mfl #mfltwitterati #languages

“A survey by the Higher Education Policy Institute in February found 88% of students used AI for assessments” www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Last few spaces left for the MFL teacher conference on 20th June at the University of Leeds! Registration is free but places are limited! With presentations from @joedale @rashasoliman04 & many more!! Have a look at our programme! 👇artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk/our-activiti... #mfl #mfltwitterati

‘The language is part of my life’: Gwenno shares songs in Cornish to inspire new generation #languages #cornish #mfl www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Are you a fluent Bulgarian-English bilingual? Are you between the ages of 18 and 35? Do you reside in the UK? Take part in a paid language study! Form for expression of interest: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share with others! Thank you 😊 #bulgarian #linguistics #languages

La Sociedad Española de Beneficencia en Bélgica (SEBB) ofrece una bolsa de ayuda educativa para españoles residentes en Bélgica. 👉Consulta requisitos y envío de solicitudes en: sebbelgica.com/fr/programas... @educaciongob.bsky.social #educación #becas #español

'Nierozpoznani' (The Unrecognised) by Magda Abakanowicz is such an eerie and astonishing installation in Poznan’s citadel park! So glad I got to see these 112 headless iron cast figures

📩 El lector Elias Arab López escribe desde Santiago de Chile sobre la exposición a las pantallas de los niños. Puedes leer más cartas aquí social.elpais.com/ja06t4

Have you signed up to the MFL teacher conference on 20th June? Registration is free but places are limited! Have a look at our programme! With presentations from @rashasoliman04, @joedale Antonio Martinez-Arboleda & many more!! artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk/our-activiti... #mfl #mfltwitterati

Please join in, sign the petition and share!!

Day 2 #30dayswildmultilingual: look for (or draw) daisies and name them in different languages. Maybe one big classroom daisy with different languages on each petal? #30dayswild

In German POW camps, prisoners "developed a lingua franca made up of a mixture of German words and borrowed words from other languages. This #conlang was known as lagerszpracha and was created out of Polish, Yiddish, Hungarian, Silesian dialects, and other languages spoken in any given camp…"

¿Se puede vivir 100% en catalán? Estos hablantes quieren demostrarlo. Una iniciativa llama a mantener el catalán como lengua de uso en todos los ámbitos para demostrar que demasiadas veces las conversaciones viran al castellano por inercia o por prejuicios

Come and join the @ucflangs.bsky.social family! Hiring a new Vice Chair Research, Vice Chair External Engagement and Comms, Slavonic Rep, Early Career Rep, & Project Coordinator! Make a difference at a crucial time for UK languages in HE! @ucflangs.bsky.social @ucfl-eca.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social

This is it - the start of #30dayswildmultilingual - 1 post a day in June, encouraging multilingualism in schools. Download here: www.multilingualism-in-schools.net/30-days-wild... Today: Cloud spotting. How many words for "cloud" can your class come up with? Dictionaries encouraged :) #30dayswild

Have you signed up to the MFL teacher conference on 20th June? Registration is free but places are limited! Have a look at our programme! With presentations from Rasha Soliman, @joedale.bsky.social Antonio Martínez-Arboleda & many more!! artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk/our-activiti... #mfl #mfltwitterati