One for the calendars 📅 #IVACS2026 will take place in Malta, July 1-3 2026! I'm honoured to be among the plenary speakers. More details on the conference and call for papers here: www.um.edu.mt/events/ivacs...

I am seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the ESRC-funded project 'Writing Tasks at School and University'. The post is full-time and will run from 1st November 2025 to 31st January 2029. See below for a brief overview of the project. jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

In case anyone needs some weekend reading, my contribution to a special issue of Applied Corpus Linguistics, dedicated to corpus research into children's writing, is now available open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Happy to share my review of 'Vocabulary, Corpus and Language Teaching', just out in ELT Journal. #artificialintelligence #ChatGPT #elt academic.oup.com/eltj/advance...

Call for papers: BAAL SIG Vocabulary Studies Annual Conference 2025 Teaching, Learning, and Assessing Vocabulary in Multilingual Contexts, 28-30 May 2025, University of Edinburgh, UK A title and a 300-word abstract should be submitted tinyurl.com/BAALVOCABSIG... by the 19th of February 2025.

Our recent webinar for those interested in applying for a Hornby scholarship is now available online...https://youtu.be/yEQq1iqaYq0?si=RMoQrEzqjOlBvL8j

My recent inaugural lecture on corpus research into academic language is now available on YouTube... youtu.be/hlonWrFVgQo?...

Newcastle shrinks ‘unfunded’ research time under £30m cuts. University tells staff to reduce research activity without external funding, amid potential for 300 redundancies www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Deadline extended until Jan 31!

We are delighted to announce that the applications for the free Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics 2025 are now open! Join us this summer at @lancasteruni.bsky.social to learn more about corpora and their applications. 16-20 June 2025 More information: wp.lancs.ac.uk/corpussummer...

Hornby Scholarships for international ELT professionals from middle- and low-income countries to study MEd TESOL at Exeter University. For more information and guidance, you are welcome to attend a webinar 28 Jan 1200-1300 (UK time). Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Deadline extension: Register and task variation in Learner Corpus Research (VAR4LCR), Louvain-la-Neuve, 7-8 July 2025: Final deadline 31 January 2024. Conference website: uclouvain.be/en/research-...

A.S. Hornby Trust: The Trust is pleased to be offering 10 Hornby Scholarships to study for the Master’s degree in TESOL at the University of Exeter, UK, for the 2025-26 academic year. (deadline 26th Feb) www.hornby-trust.org.uk/ma-tesol-sch...

Both training course & symposium are *free* to attend! Help us spread the word! #digitalhumanities #corpuslinguistics #concordancetools @lanthony.bsky.social @schtepf.bsky.social @anteangaeile.bsky.social @proftaylor.bsky.social @violawiegand.bsky.social

FreeTxt supports the analysis and visualisation of free-text data in both English and Welsh (e.g. data from surveys, questionnaires, feedback fora): freetxt.app

One week left to submit abstracts / proposals for #CL2025!

Call for Papers: Applied Corpus Linguistics special issue on corpus research into children's writing. For details, see phildurrant.net/special-issu... If you are interested in contributing, please send a 300-word abstract to me ([email protected]) by 31 January.

Are you an #appliedlinguist #SLA looking to make a career move as Associate or Full Prof? A rare opening at a prestigious #RussellGroup university in the charming West Country, a gorgeous part of the UK-much more affordable than London & Oxbridge. Deadline: Feb. 2 jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Our new paper out now in Applied Linguistics… academic.oup.com/applij/advan...

Adjective + noun collocations in L2 spoken English. How robust is the role of proficiency? A great addition to the literature on collocation use and L2 proficiency. www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...

📣CALL FOR PAPERS📣 Register and task variation in Learner Corpus Research (VAR4LCR), Louvain-la-Neuve, 7-8 July 2025: uclouvain.be/en/research-...