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Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New interview with me in Interia Minęło 61 dni od zmiany (It's been 61 days since the change) By Wojciech Albert Łobodziński 19/09/2026 tygodnik.interia.pl/tygodnik/new... @sosslancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

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Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Just saw that the podcast I did with Talking Terror (TERC) was added to the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation – managed by the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs - as a learning resource. Aaron Winter: The Extreme Right home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/networks/eu-...

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Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy to announce that I've been made Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. It's a huge honour. Thanks to my nominators & the AcSS. Congratulations to the other new fellows @lancasteruni.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social @sosslancaster.bsky.social www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/social-...

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Social scientists recognised for outstanding contributions - Lancaster University

Two Lancaster academics are among 74 ‘outstanding’ social scientists to be recognised for excellence in their fields.

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Yufeng Liu (Kiki)劉雨鳳 @kikiliu.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New in Journal of Pragmatics: how ChatGPT handles metaphors in health talk. 1. It recognises & reuses metaphors. 2. It also creates new ones. 3. Replies sound supportive. 4. Yet they remain predictable. Sounding human ≠ understanding human experience. authors.elsevier.com/a/1nfkC1L-nh...

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Justin Lo @justinjhlo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Got 3 minutes? 🐦🐦 We're working on building tools to visualise both linguistic and vocal variation and could really use your help! We're looking for people who grew up in the UK and speak English as a main language. Interested? All the details + sign-up: bit.ly/MindViss Please share!

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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Prof. Jonathan Culpeper gave a fascinating presentation on “Variational (Im)Politeness in England: Some Corpus-Based Explorations." @jculpeper.bsky.social

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This was really fun and a real honour to get to share my work on dementia representation on the Life & Language podcast, with @michamahlberg.bsky.social! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @sosslancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

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

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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

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

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Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🎓📖 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/

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Food Security for Equitable Futures @foodequity.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🍽️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

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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

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

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Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

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...

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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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Dr Esmorie Miller @esmoriemiller.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

#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

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@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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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

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

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The problem with grade differentiation: from affirmative to transformative change | Centre for Global Higher Education

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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

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/

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PhD HEREE Applicant Webinar - 25th March 2026 Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement, Wednesday 25 March, 9:00am - Lancaster University

Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...

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Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

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...

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Jim Diamond | Global Player

Listen to Jim Diamond for free on Global Player.

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

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

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Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

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...

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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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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

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

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Decolonising Lancaster University @decolonisinglu.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

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

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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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/...

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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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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

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...

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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

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...

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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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Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

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/...

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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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Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

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/...

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Three Counties Radio - Listen Live - BBC Sounds

Listen live to Three Counties Radio on BBC Sounds

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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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...

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PhD HEREE Applicant Webinar - 26th February 2026 Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement, Thursday 26 February, 5:00pm - Lancaster University

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

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!

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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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...

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Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education

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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

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

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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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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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

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Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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

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Registration – Corpora & Discourse International Conference 2026

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Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🎓✨ 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...

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

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!

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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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School of Social Sciences at Lancaster University @sosslancaster.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

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...

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School of Social Sciences at Lancaster University @sosslancaster.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Interested in a PhD in Education and Social Justice in our Educational Research discipline? Join our Applicant Webinar on Mon 2/2 @ 10am(GMT) to explore the programme, ask questions and see how your research passions can fit with our work. Registration for the webinar: lnkd.in/evsn6kNA

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