Only 5 sleeps until this year's @edreslancaster.bsky.social Summer School. Are you joining us on campus or online? Give us a shout out now so we know you are coming!!! Cannot wait to meet you all (some again) and celebrate our amazing community of EdRes doctoral scholars. @sosslancaster.bsky.social

I am truly delighted that my PhD student Yuhong Lei passed her PhD viva- Forthwith. Yuhong's thesis is: A Discovery of Chinese Undergraduates’ Engagement on Campus. @edreslancaster.bsky.social. Many thanks to the engaged and thoughtful examiners: Bruce Macfarlane & @paulashwin.bsky.social

🎓📖 New blog post now live: Highlights from the Vice-Chancellor’s visit to @corpussocialsci.bsky.social, including a research “show and tell” @lancasteruni.bsky.social cass.lancs.ac.uk/cass-hosts-vice-chancellor-visit/

🍽️Curious about Food Security & Nutrition❓ Explore our starter pack and join the conversation on these rising global challenges, especially in the context of the climate crisis and conflict. 🔗 👉Starter pack: go.bsky.app/9mZrrpQ #FoodSecurity #Nutrition #Inequality #SDG2 @sosslancaster.bsky.social

Food Security for Equitable Futures@foodequity.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Prof Jasmine Fledderjohann has compiled a Starter Pack on Food Security and Nutrition – perfect for anyone looking to learn, connect with experts & engage in meaningful dialogue. 🔗 Explore the starter pack & follow the experts: 👉 go.bsky.app/9mZrrpQ #FoodSecurity #Nutrition #Inequality #FoodEquity

MP @catsmithmp.bsky.social attended the participatory #photography exhibition on reproductive justice curated by our very own Prof @jfledderjohann.bsky.social & Dr Patterson. #ReproNorth #ReproductiveJustice #PAR #ReproJustice @sosslancaster.bsky.social Details👇 www.catsmith.co.uk/latest/2026/...

Cat Attends Reproductive Justice Photo Exhibition! - Cat Smith - Cat Smith

It was fantastic to meet with Prof. Jasmine Fledderjohann and Dr Sophie Patterson at Lancaster University to discuss their upcoming photo exhibition on reproductive justice; confronting and challengin...

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Really looking forward to this talk and the discussion to follow. You can join by Teams or in person if you are near Oxford.

CGHE@cghe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How fair and meaningful are the grades we assign in higher education? 📅 Tuesday, 5 May 🕑 2pm - 3pm (UK time) 📍 Hybrid Find out more/register: shorturl.at/WHMLG

I was interviewed for this La Tribune article on the #TogetherAlliance March Against the Far Right À Londres, des milliers de manifestants se rassemblent pour dire « no » à l’extrême droite - by Manon Hilaire @sosslancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social www.latribune.fr/article/la-t...

À Londres, des milliers de manifestants se rassemblent pour dire « no » à l’extrême droite

Des dizaines de milliers de personnes se sont rassemblées samedi 28 mars dans la capitale britannique pour s’opposer aux mouvements et partis xénophobes.

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#HCNet is back. Join us Wednesday (25.03.'26) to hear as Dr Mark Briskey discuss 'Murder and Masculinity in a 1920 South East Queensland Timber Cutter’s encampment.' Mark joins us from Murdoch University Indo-Pacific Research Centre @11am BST. You can sign up here: www.trybooking.com/uk/FISG

@BSC #HCNet Speakers’ Series: 2025/2026

What role can a historical criminology platform have in matters of contemporary concern? Where do our contemporary concerns with topics such as...

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Looking forward to giving another @cghe.bsky.social seminar - it's been a while! www.researchcghe.org/events/the-p...

Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I'll be hosting an applicant webinar from 9:00-10:00 (UK time) Wednesday 25th March: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-sciences/events/phd-heree-applicant-webinar-25th-march-2026-higher-education-research-evaluation-and-enhancement/

I was on @lbc.co.uk News on Monday discussing the Reform UK Leader's speech with Jim Diamond ahead of the Gorton and Denton by-election. Listen here. I'm on at 1.5 hrs in. @neonuk.bsky.social @sosslancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social share-gp.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbcn...

Jim Diamond | Global Player

Listen to Jim Diamond for free on Global Player.

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Out now: 'Discursive Perspectives on Assisted Dying', chapter with David Wright in Handbook of Language and Death (eds. D. Galasiński & J. Ziólkowska). Author accepted version available #openaccess here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-disco.... @sosslancaster.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

Off to York to give a talk as part of the @yorkstjohn.bsky.social Discussing Decolonisation series. Looking forward to it. Racism, Reaction & Resistance: Reflections on the Mainstreaming of the Far Right Aaron Winter @sosslancaster.bsky.social 24 Feb 5:30-7pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discussing...

Discussing Decolonisation: A guest lecture by Dr Aaron Winter (Lancaster)

A guest lecture by Dr Aaron Winter on racism, resistance and the mainstreaming of the Far Right

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Out now: 'Dementia, Death and Discourse', chapter with @emma-putland.bsky.social in Handbook of Language and Death, ed. by @dgalasinski.bsky.social & Justyna Ziółkowska. See OA pre-print below, and make sure to look up the rest of the volume! @sosslancaster.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

Public Discourses of Dementia@pubdiscdementia.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Our team, @emma-putland.bsky.social and @gavinbrookes.bsky.social, have a new chapter out! 'Dementia, Death and Discourse' in The Bloomsbury Handbook of Language and Death, ed. by D. Galasinski and J. Ziólkowska. The chapter pre-print is available #openaccess here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-disco...

Join the University of Sanctuary (UoS) team as a Co-Researcher and help shape our institutional submission. Apply here: temps.lancaster-university.co.uk/vacancies/19... #LancasterUniversity #UniversityOfSanctuary #PostgradOpportunity #SocialJustice #EquityInAction #ResearchRole #PhDLife

Thoughtful and critical of our book by @jimdickinson.bsky.social on @wonkhe.bsky.social. Addressing issues related to poverty and material need is incredibly important to a meaningful education wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

Is the "doom spiral" about curriculum or poverty?

There’s a super new book out from Lancaster Professor of Higher Education Paul Ashwin (and nine colleagues) about what higher education does to the people who go through it.

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Out now: 'Critical Discourse Studies and Health Communication'. Chapter in Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies, ed. by B. Forchtner and F. Zappettini. Honoured to publish in this book alongside many whose work has inspired me. Chapter pre-print #openaccess here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-disco...

I have written @hepi-news.bsky.social blog that attempts to outline the central argument of our new book "Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education": www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/13/r...

Realising the educational potential of mass higher education - HEPI

This blog was kindly authored by Paul Ashwin, Lancaster University. It is based on a new Open Access book Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education which was written by an internati...

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Here is my interview about Sir Jim Ratcliffe's anti- immigrant comments on BBC Three Counties Radio - The JVL Show - from yesterday. I am at 2h.22mins in: @sosslancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The JVS Show - Do you think Sir Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for his anti-immigration comments? - BBC Sounds

JVS fights for your consumer rights, plus Beds, Herts and Bucks big conversation.

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I'll be on BBC Three Counties Radio with Jonathan Vernon Smith at 12:05 today discussing Sir Jim Ratcliffe's anti-immigration comments and calls for him to apologise. @lancasteruni.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social @sosslancaster.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Three Counties Radio - Listen Live - BBC Sounds

Listen live to Three Counties Radio on BBC Sounds

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Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 17:00-18:00 (UK time) on Thursday 26th February: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...

Out now! Special issue of @registerstudies.bsky.social, edited with @shelleystaples.bsky.social on Register and Professional Discourse. Papers address register in a range of contexts, inc. architecture, business, higher education, journalism, legal practice & virtual workspaces. Read more below!

Register Studies@registerstudies.bsky.social · 6mo ago

As part of our Special Issue on Register and Professional Discourse (guest editors @shelleystaples.bsky.social and @gavinbrookes.bsky.social), a series of papers tackle questions related to communication within a range of specialized settings🧵 share.google/A5uSLNgI5boz...

I am delighted that our new open access book “Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education” has been published by @bloomsburyaced.bsky.social. www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

Delighted my article 'The definition of educational quality in a quasi-marketised HE system: stumbling towards a knowledge crisis' is now published open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... & even happier it's part of a brilliant special issue edited by @jo-annebaird.bsky.social & Gemma Moss

The definition of educational quality in a quasi-marketised higher education system: stumbling towards a knowledge crisis

In this article, I examine the definition of educational quality in the English higher education system. I examine three phases in the measurement of educational quality, each prompted by the repor...

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Out now: 'Multimodal irony in public responses to digitally mediated NHS COVID-19 messages' - article with @shayuze.bsky.social in Discourse, Context & Media. You can read it #openaccess through the link below. @sosslancaster.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

Yuze Sha@shayuze.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I am genuinely so happy to announce that my latest article, co-authored with my PhD supervisor, @gavinbrookes.bsky.social, has now been published in Discourse, Context & Media 🎉🎉 The project was such a joy to work on! Check it out: 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Registration for the 2026 Corpora and Discourse Conference is now... open! Please follow the link below to register, and do so by 5th April to get the early bird price! wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/reg... @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @sosslancaster.bsky.social

🎓✨ Fully Funded PhD Opportunity (UK & International applicants) ✨🌍 A PhD studentship is available @corpussocialsci.bsky.social starting Oct 2026. We’re seeking outstanding candidates in #corpuslinguistics, #languagetesting, or #appliedlinguistics 📊💻 🔗 More info: cass.lancs.ac.uk/fully-funded...

Out now: 'What is good care, and who is it good for? A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of UK care home websites'. Chapter led by @emma-putland.bsky.social with Kevin Harvey in the Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han.... Accepted version in original post below!

Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies

‘Featuring an impressive line-up of contributions, this comprehensive Handbook showcases the diversity, richness and discipline-spanning flexibility of Critical Discourse Studies (CDS). Originally org...

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Public Discourses of Dementia@pubdiscdementia.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Our team, @gavinbrookes.bsky.social and @emma-putland.bsky.social, have a new chapter with Kevin Harvey! 'What is good care, and who is it good for? A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of UK care home websites' Interested? You can read the author copy here wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-disco...

Very many congratulations to Dr Steven Graham who successfully defended his thesis yesterday and was awarded his PhD "Forthwith". He completed a #PhDinSociology and was supervised by Stefanie Doebler, Bob Jessop and Claire Waterton. www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/postgr...

An interesting read by @clrnance.bsky.social and Malika Mahamdi .......

Journal of Sociolinguistics@jslx.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Fancy some weekend reading on historical sociolinguistics? Check out our latest #earlyview paper by Claire Nance and Malika Mahamdi on accent change and derhoticisation in post-Industrial Revolution Lancashire 🏭! 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...