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If you’re an academic supervising undergraduate students who is concerned about the potential rise of text generative AI, please click this link (Turnitin website) for a host of discussions and information on the subject.

Words you did not know came from… the Vikings. .

RIP Queen Elizabeth II. If you have ever wondered what most middle class or upper class English (not British) grandparents sounded like, listen to this BBC broadcast here made when Princess Elizabeth was 14 years old in 1940. We call … Continue reading →

The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. This research is made possible by volunteers — more than a million people around the world who come together to assist professional researchers. Click here for some … Continue reading →

If you have watched the excellent ‘Arrival’ at home or at the cinema, you may want to dive further into the linguistic issues touched upon and read this article on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

Postdoc or professor, the self-promotion struggle is real. So, how can academics promote themselves without sounding too ‘sales-y’? Click here to view this article from The Campus (part of Times Higher Education) which could help answer the question.

Is it ‘Ukraine’ or ‘The Ukraine’? Please click here to see and share our video from our Facebook page for an explanation. 🤓

Watch and listen to podcasts of a wide variety of events held at the world-renowned London School of Economics. Click here to access.

Babel is the quarterly language magazine that brings you cutting-edge linguistic research in an accessible and colourful format. The Best of Issue is available for free, with features taken from across the first 32 issues. You can read it online … Continue reading →

This BBC Radio 4 documentary is an interesting exploration of the impact of Sci-hub on science and the Open Access Movement – please click here.