"Modern Foreign Languages have the largest cold spots in the UK ... with Linguistics, Anthropology and Classics showing similar declines. If current trends continue, subjects like English, History and Drama could follow." @britishacademy.bsky.social

We've got a chunky @britishacademy.bsky.social report out looking at the emergence of 'cold spots' where you can't study arts, humanities or social science subjects close to home. We call for an urgent review of HE funding & monitoring of at risk subjects www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/univers...

After a brilliant week in Glasgow @baal2025.bsky.social, we’re already looking forward to next year’s conference at Aston University! #BAAL2025 ➡️ #BAAL2026 @stephenpihlaja.bsky.social

My new special issue "At the interface: discourse at the intersection of digital design and user agency" published by @dcmjournal.bsky.social, co-edited with Göran Eriksson and Camilla Vásquez www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... Free access to the editorial: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hello UK friends - please, please could you sign this petition against the job cuts at my place of work - 1 in 4 us will be out of a job by August next year if we don't stop the cuts. And once you've signed it, please share. We need your help! www.change.org/p/stop-mass-...

Upcoming GenAI conference at OU in November - in person and online! Submit now: eurocall-languages.org/events/genai...

📣 Call for papers! Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI - Deadline May 16 Hybrid @The Open University 13-14 Nov'25 Details & submission: eurocall-languages.org/events/genai...

A compelling case for linguistic and cultural skills in a 'precarious and rapidly changing world' and against damaging recent university course closures

Thoroughly enjoyed making this podcast with @oliviakellyou.bsky.social on WhatsApp and wellness - I hope you enjoy listening to it 😊

CFP for the GOTH* SYMPOSIUM 💀 *Gender and Otherness in the Humanities Open University, 15-16 May Deadline for submission: 28 February All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/5th-an...

Learn more about why modern language degrees at Cardiff University should be saved at www.savecardifflanguages.org #Languages #SaveCardiffLanguages #CardiffUniversity #Japanese #JapaneseStudies #French #German #Italian #Portuguese #Chinese #Spanish #Translation #TranslationStudies

Hi All! The call for papers for this years BAAL conference has now been published on our website. Please follow the link to find out more: baal2025.wordpress.com

The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts | Letters www.theguardian.com/education/20...

@artsandhums.bsky.social Challenging reckless HE cuts on behalf of BAAL and other #artsandhumanities associations

Call for papers: Corpus Linguistics 2025 #CL2025 Birmingham, UK First week of July 2025 Submissions welcome for papers, posters, thematic panels and pre-conference workshops! www.cl2025.co.uk/call-for-pap...

Cardiff is planning to cut all modern languages. I’m afraid it will not be the last time we’ll see these announcements, with severe consequences for students’ prospects, researchers and staff but also our understanding of different cultures. A reminder that these courses were introduced after WWI.

The devastating decline of modern languages provision in the UK continues - please support the wonderful and highly respected colleagues in languages and translation facing the closure of their department at Cardiff University: chng.it/t5xsFHPFcb