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Pam Forster

@pamelaforster.bsky.social
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British Academy ECR Network Project Manager (North West & North Wales), PhD student in Linguistics, carer, and cat Mum

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the clock tower at Trinity College, Cambridge It occupies the former gatehouse of King's Hall, which merged with Michaelhouse in 1546 to form Trinity College If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!
An old colour picture postcard showing a medieval clock tower/gatehouse
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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"I'm having a fine time here. Everything is nice. The digs, my landlady and my digmates." @uniofhull.bsky.social #HigherEducationPostcard
An old colour picture postcard showing six different views of student residences, some modern blocks, some older. Printed in a yellow box in the middle is "Hull University Halls of Residence"
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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @uofguelph.bsky.social - that's the University of Guelph, Canada, which is in Ontario, I find Its been a university since 1964, growing out of older colleges If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!
An old colour picture postcard showing a handsome stone building, with a tower and red tile roof. Printed at the foot of the card is Administration Building, OAC, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Carers UK @carers-uk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) can be a lifeline for unpaid carers, helping cover care costs and giving carers a break. Alongside 11 charities, we're urging the Health Secretary to improve the NHS Continuing Healthcare process. Sign our petition: pulse.pulse.ly/s1tni3bm59
Alt text: Graphic with a teal background featuring a call to action, "Fix NHS continuing healthcare. Sign our petition now," accompanied by a pen icon. Below are logos of various organizations including Dementia UK, Dementia Carers Count, The Neurological Alliance, The Lewy Body Society, British Polio Fellowship, Tide, MND Association, Huntington's Disease Association, Spinal Injuries Association, Muscular Dystrophy UK, Parkinson's UK and Carers UK.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
One of my favourite funding schemes! We are offering up to £300k for international interdisciplinary research on the theme of mobilities - the movement of people, things and ideas. Apply by 7 October. Please help spread the word! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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Interdisciplinary Research Projects
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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Our own Prof Claire Nance of @lancslinguistics.bsky.social was on BBC Breakfast this morning talking about changes to local accents, including here in Lancaster 🗣️💬 Watch the segment now from 1hr 50m, or look out for her on BBC North West Tonight this evening!
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Breakfast - 14/04/2026
The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team.
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Jenny Edwards CBE @jennyedwards.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Help RT please. If it's spring where you live & swans are nesting, the male cobs often go walkabout to patrol their territory. They may appear on roads or unsafe places. Best plan is to shepherd them gently into a garden & call your local waterbird or wildlife charity to rescue them. #swans #birds
A swan walking down a road while a police officer watches over him and stops traffic.
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Laura Bailey @linguistlaura.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Hey if you need something to do over this long weekend, have a go at my PhD student Anna-Merete’s survey. It’s sentences to rate, you just need to have any English variety as your first language, and it’ll take you 10–15 minutes. #linguistics docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Can You Say That?
The aim of this project is to investigate the (im)possibilities of sentence structure in English and Danish, and the differences between the two languages. By contributing, you help further our unders...
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Lancaster University Phonetics Lab @phoneticslab.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Last week @clrnance.bsky.social was on BBC Radio Lancashire and Radio Cumbria talking about rhoticity and accent change. If you’re in the UK, you can still catch up on the segment! Link on: phoneticslab.github.io/general/2026...
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Adrian Leemann @adrianleemann.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Come work with us! 🌟 3 Postdoc & 5 PhD positions – deadline for applications: 20 February. www.curlew.info/jobs
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Have you completed a PhD in the last 10 years? Applications are open for our Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship in Sustainability and Environment. Funding covers an £8000 bursary for part-time (0.5) research over 8 months, plus travel expenses. Apply by Monday 9 February. link.bl.uk/VisitingFellowship
An illustration of Battersea power station with a view of a boat from the river.
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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
This is worth a look: Accents at work: share your story | University of Leeds share.google/hXEVtLkkjM0T...
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Accents at work: share your story
UK workers are being asked to share their experiences of how their accents influence life at work in an anonymous survey as part of University of Leeds research.
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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Are you a community group with a passion for heritage? Or a museum, library, gallery or archive with a bold idea for community-led research? The Spaces, Places and Belonging Community Hub is accepting applications for seed corn grants: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/2)
A person holds a large, tanned map (with a red outline) in both hands.
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Babel: The Language Magazine @babelzine.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
📖 Happy World Novel Week 2025! 👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Babel article: Charley Dickens and university slang
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This #InternationalPodcastDay tune into ‘Confessions of an Early Career Researcher’ – a new guide to the world of academia post-PhD. The first three episodes of the podcast are available now. Subscribe for our next episodes, live on 15 October: bit.ly/4pNaTp1
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Are you an early career researcher with an interest in our collection? Apply to develop an independent research project funded by AHRC. Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October: bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...
A group of students sat at a table examining documents and books from the Library's collection.
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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
💡 'It can feel weird asking for help... and intimidating as an Early Career Researcher.' Dr Pavan Mano (@kingsinterhums.bsky.social), Dr Leonie Smith & Professor @annavignoles.bsky.social discuss academic funding on the new @britishacademy.bsky.social & @leverhulme.ac.uk podcast ⤵️ shorturl.at/FGNct
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public. Starting this week:
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Events
Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Alongside the ‪@leverhulme.ac.uk, we invite postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Application deadline is 5 November. Apply now: bit.ly/3K4kEyA
White banner with an image of a researcher focused on his work. The words 'BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants' are written on the right-hand side.
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The disappearance of arts, humanities and social science degree courses in some parts of the UK means that thousands of students will be unable to pursue these subjects, the British Academy has warned. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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Arts and humanities cold spots ‘depriving whole areas of courses’ - Research Professional News
Shape subjects are a “bellwether” for financial pressures on higher education, British Academy warns
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/09/2025
“It’s a secret garden”: National Theatre turns roof into a riot of colour with dye plants
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“It’s a secret garden”: National Theatre turns roof into a riot of colour with dye plants
Textile artists are reshaping how the theatre makes its costumes with the aim of replacing harsh synthetic dyes
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
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British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Keen to reach new audiences? We are offering up to £8k to humanities and social sciences researchers to deliver public engagement projects working in partnership with a gallery, archive, library or museum. Deadline 15th Oct www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...
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SHAPE Involve and Engage
A funding programme for innovative public engagement from the British Academy.
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sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
question for ultrasound users 🐦🐦 - has anyone successfully mounted a mirror at 45 degrees on the stabilization headset so that the front-facing camera gets a front and side view of the mouth? (paging @awrench.bsky.social @samkirkham.bsky.social and sorry to anyone I am forgetting)
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The British Academy is running an informative webinar on the Wednesday 24 September for UK-based, humanities and social sciences researchers interested in applying for the ERC Starting Grants 2025 call. Find out more on our website and register your interest: buff.ly/VHCnyaY
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Pam Forster @pamelaforster.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Hello, I’m a hero in action film. I know how to use every computer system without any training to download/print the information I’m stealing within seconds. Thankfully, nobody hinders this by locking their laptop or PC. Hurrah!
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network is delighted to host the National Postdoctoral Conference on Thursday, 18 September 2025. The event is free to early-career researchers in both SHAPE and STEM fields. Register your interest: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/natio...
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National Postdoctoral Conference for ECRs
The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network is delighted to host the National Postdoctoral Conference on Thursday, 18 September 2025, at the British Academy in London. Free event.
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Alongside the Leverhulme Trust, we invite postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Application deadline is 4 June. Apply now: buff.ly/FM5QWoL
White banner with an image of a researcher focused on her work. The words 'BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants' are written on the right-hand side
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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
We had a brilliant time at Lancaster University's public engagement festival, Campus in the City, yesterday! We engaged with 260 people in Morecambe with ultrasound, nasalance, accent quizzes, gender and language, and a grammar escape room! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @phoneticslab.bsky.social
A group of 10 colleagues in a room. Most of us are wearing red Lancaster Phonetics Lab t-shirts. I am holding an ultrasound probe and Sam Kirkham is holding a nasalance device.
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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The call for papers for UKLVC15 is open! Deadline: 21st March. Join us in Lancaster 2nd-4th September 2025 for sociolinguistic research on any language. Hosted by @lancslinguistics.bsky.social and University of Central Lancashire. More information and keynote presenters: wp.lancs.ac.uk/uklvc15/
A view of the River Lune in Lancaster on a very still day in winter. The blue sky is reflected in the river water. There is an architecturally unusual footbridge over the river called the Millennium Bridge. It has two vertical posts with suspension wires attached. Some houses and buildings are visible in the background.
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Justin Lo @justinjhlo.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
The call for papers for #UKLVC15 is out: Submit by March 21st and come to Lancaster in September so we can learn all about new, wonderful sociolinguistic work! wp.lancs.ac.uk/uklvc15/call...
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Call for Papers – United Kingdom Language Variation & Change 15
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Mercedes Durham @drswissmiss.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Another chance for me to talk about attitudes towards the Welsh accent www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Traitors: Is a Welsh accent really more trustworthy?
Will swapping a southern English accent for a Welsh lilt work to gain opponents trust?
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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
New paper out with colleagues from @phoneticslab.bsky.social 'Articulatory phonetics in the market: combining public engagement with ultrasound data collection' doi.org/10.1515/ling... @samkirkham.bsky.social @takayukinagamine.bsky.social @pamelaforster.bsky.social @justinjhlo.bsky.social
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Articulatory phonetics in the market: combining public engagement with ultrasound data collection
This paper is a methodological contribution outlining an approach we have developed to recording ultrasound tongue imaging and audio research data as part of public engagement work. The paper is based...
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind. Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.
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Pam Forster @pamelaforster.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Really helpful training course on carrying out oral history interviews with the Oral History Society at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social yesterday. Lovely to meet up with Jane and Takayuki afterwards too! 😀 @NWCDTP @phoneticslab.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
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Pam Forster @pamelaforster.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Completed Sighted Guide training with @guidedogsuk.bsky.social today. Really valuable experience which brings home some of the difficulties blind and partially sighted people face in all aspects of their daily lives.
My certificate of achievement from Guide Dogs after completing the Sighted Guide training
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