Marc Alexander
@marcalexander.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Heriot-Watt University, researching interaction, long-suffering NCFC fan, and Oxford comma late-adopter #DiscursivePsychology #EMCA https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/persons/marc-alexander
Honestly, might be better if government ministers kept their half-baked views on education to themselves
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4w agoA cheery message from the new minister responsible for research funding for the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences (and the subjects that the majority of UK taught undergraduate and Masters students study).
Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...
Inside Britain's university crisis
As teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter
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PhD course: April 7-9, 2026 Conversation analysis and the analysis of interaction in everyday and institutional contexts, USN Norway Application deadline: March 1, 2026. www.usn.no/activities/p...
PhD course: Conversation analysis (CA) and the analysis of interaction in everyday and institutional contexts - Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge
This course is aimed at PhD candidates who investigate interaction in various everyday- and institutional contexts.
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ICYMI: UKRI pauses several funding calls amid priorities shake-up. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
UKRI pauses several funding calls amid priorities shake-up - Research Professional News
“Period of transition” at funding agency sees some Medical Research Council funding opportunities on hiatus
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I largely stopped using X in November 2024. I keep an account there to research the far right (they're all active there, for some reason...) I'm deleting all of my tweets now - Private Eye reports they will now be used to train Grok, Musk's perverted AI monster. Whether you like it or not. Grim.
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
Excellent DP/CA Heriot-Watt representation at the BPS Social Psychology Section Conference this year! #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
🗨️Forensic Conversations 17th of September, Lboro/Online 📆Abstracts due 15th of June ⏰Just 10 days left to craft and submit an abstract Coming in person and want to host a data session on the 18th? Perfect! 📋Registration is also OPEN. Details below👇
Fellow discursive psychologist, Sadvansha Munshi, is organising an Open Science event concerning experimental research with human participants! Join the event on Friday 20th June, 9:30–12:30 at the PG Centre (Heriot-Watt Edinburgh Campus). Registration link: forms.office.com/e/PHU4YqegAw
Come and learn about conversation analysis and discursive psychology in my Discourse Analysis course at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh! Part of a Masters programme that develops advanced qualitative and quantitative research skills. #EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology www.hw.ac.uk/study/postgr...
MSc Social and Behavioural Research Methods
Study MSc Social and Behavioural Research Methods at Heriot-Watt University
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There are still places available for this event. Scan the QR code or follow this link to register forms.office.com/e/PHU4YqegAw
Marc Alexander@marcalexander.bsky.social · last yr.We are excited to announce an interaction-based open science sandpit event! Insights from ongoing discourse analysis and experimental research Experimental researchers' experiences of the project. Open discussions on future funding opportunities for researchers. #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
#AcademicSky Regular reminder to check your Google Scholar page for incorrect entries in your publications list. GS algorithms often add papers to your list that you didn't write, they belong to someone with the same initials+surname as you. Select the checkbox next to it and click Delete to remove
We are excited to announce an interaction-based open science sandpit event! Insights from ongoing discourse analysis and experimental research Experimental researchers' experiences of the project. Open discussions on future funding opportunities for researchers. #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
Come and learn about conversation analysis and discursive psychology in my Discourse Analysis course at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh! Part of a Masters programme that develops advanced qualitative and quantitative research skills. #EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology www.hw.ac.uk/study/postgr...
MSc Social and Behavioural Research Methods
Study MSc Social and Behavioural Research Methods at Heriot-Watt University
hw.ac.uk
(via John Heritage) For those of you who cannot attend this event, a livestream will begin May 18th at 2:15 Pacific on: youtube.com/live/ldel0Ea... Please pass this on! @iscaupdates.bsky.social #emca
#discourse and #tiktok people. Can anyone point me to publications offering methodologies for doing (critical) discourse analysis of TikTok posts and comments - ideas for scraping, quant/qual analysis, problems faced, etc. Asking for 4 very motivated undergrads.
The UK government is proposing to finally finish off its universities by further tightening the terms of the graduate visa route. The stupid fools. Playing with dangers they don't even understand. www.ft.com/content/f441...
UK Home Office’s reform of graduate visas runs into opposition
[FREE TO READ] Education department at odds with plan to curb number of overseas students allowed to stay in Britain
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Hard to read this by @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social and not wonder whether Labour has, in fact, lost the next general election less than a year out from winning the last one. mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/03/labo...
Labour’s strategic error on tax
Two things have become clear to many people since Labour came to government. The first is that the party had done less preparation work fo...
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One week left to submit an abstract for this Palgrave edited collection of DP research in educational settings. Contact Katarina Eriksson Barajas (see details in link) or via me if you're interested. liu.se/en/article/d...
Discursive Psychology and Education
We are pleased to invite researchers to submit chapters for an edit volume on Discursive Psychology and Education, which will be submitted to the Palgrave Studies in Discursive Psychology.
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**Updated #EMCA Starter Pack** We're almost at the 150 max and therefore onto a second! Please repost to keep building our 🦋 community. If you're a #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology researcher and want to be added (or removed!), reply below. go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
Thank you to everyone who attended @darg-sessions.bsky.social today for your insightful comments on my mental health helpline data. #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
Interested in conversation analysis but don't know where to start? The next "CA for beginners" online one day workshop may be for you. Thursday 16th January 2025 emcawiki.net/CA_for_Begin... Registration £40 at: store.lboro.ac.uk/product-cata...
CA for Beginners January 2025 - emcawiki
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1/ As I seem to have a few more followers (thanks!), I thought I'd highlight my research interests... *I analyse human interaction (helplines, emergency calls) *I use conversation analysis and discursive psychology *My current focus is on mental health talk *Check out our latest article 👇
How are mental health problems (e.g., depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts) articulated in calls to a housing helpline? And how does mental health talk feature in establishing the 'vulnerability' of callers? Check out our new open access article👇 @derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
Marc Alexander@marcalexander.bsky.social · 2y ago1/ Our new ROLSI article examines how mental health talk features in establishing the basis for 'vulnerability' in calls to a housing helpline. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
How are mental health problems (e.g., depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts) articulated in calls to a housing helpline? And how does mental health talk feature in establishing the 'vulnerability' of callers? Check out our new open access article👇 @derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
Marc Alexander@marcalexander.bsky.social · 2y ago1/ Our new ROLSI article examines how mental health talk features in establishing the basis for 'vulnerability' in calls to a housing helpline. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
Would love to gather here with people working in this area to keep up on events, publications etc. If this is for you 👇 go.bsky.app/7uv6H2M
Just did an update for new #EMCA folks to the list - let me know if you'd like me to add you and I'll do another round as people join - and please RT the list!
Elizabeth Stokoe@lizstokoe.bsky.social · 2y agoHere's an #EMCA #conversation analysis and #ethnomethodology #StarterPack #AcademicSky Please RT and QT and add more to grow our community on here! 🦋 go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
1/ Our new ROLSI article examines how mental health talk features in establishing the basis for 'vulnerability' in calls to a housing helpline. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
