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Zara Fahim

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AHRC Midlands4Cities-funded PhD linguistics (modern languages) @ uni of nottingham 🗣️🇦🇹🏔️• activities secretary @ LAGBPSC • linguist • language contact | MFL uptake & policy • she/her •🪴☕️🐹🌷🦍 www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/student_p…

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LAGB Postgraduate Student Committee @lagbpsc.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
HAPPY LINGUISTICS DAY!🥳🎉🗣️ @lagbling.bsky.social @baal-linguistics.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org and the University of Birmingham are running two competitions in linguistics for ALL UG/PGT/PGR students and ECRs to enter! find details on both competitions below 👇🏽 Good luck! 💸
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
it’s been a very sad day within our v big, v active (with v strong record of funding!) linguistics/modern languages group at nottingham💔 still just so lost for words at how incredulous this is (esp finding out via an instagram bbc news post & STILL not from uni comms…) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham - BBC News
In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".
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Sascha Stollhans @saschastollhans.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Truly awful news. Ruthless, short-sighted and ill-informed. I remember working at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social about a decade ago and the University taking great pride in being one of the biggest languages departments in the country… Where’s that pride gone?! www.bbc.com/news/article...?
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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".
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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
FYI: LAGB Student Event Sponsorship – Applications open until Nov. 15th
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FYI: LAGB Student Event Sponsorship – Applications open until Nov. 15th
We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for LAGB sponsorship for student events. Who can apply: Students organising linguistics conferences, workshops, or other academic events for fellow students, in the UK. Deadline: 15/11/2025 Apply here: https://www.lagbpsc.co.uk/resources/conference-funding The LAGB invites applications for funding to support linguistics events by students, for students. Please note that this funding is intended for event organisers, not for i
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Louis Cotgrove @leftyveggie.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Das crazy! Ich wurde für die SZ zum Thema Jugendwort des Jahres interviewt - hier ohne Paywall (checke hätte gewonnen 🥀) archive.ph/202510171219...
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
somewhat poignant yet comforting end to our AHRC Midlands4Cities returners day in Birmingham, from a room full of incredible, impostery phd students all just muddling through.🥹❤️‍🩹 and now i officially enter second year… what!! 😵‍💫
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
conference clash week in linguistics for me🐝 started with a fab few days in rainy oxford ☔️ at @ags-gbi.bsky.social @oxfordgerman.bsky.social presenting what i’ve been up to in Y1 of my phd🇦🇹🏔️🗣️✨ next stop LAGB! 🔜 (ps oxford johns is nice n all but I was def at the better johns in cam… just saying🤪)
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
🔔 LAST DAYS TO REGISTER 🔔 Don’t miss our @lagbling.bsky.social summer school for 2025 including a range of academic & developmental talks below @linguistlaura.bsky.social 👇🏽 Reserve your spot today!* *The full conference package does not include the summer school. Please register for this separately
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
had a nightmare last night about results day (??) where i opened my results live on TV, saw i didn’t get an A* in my french a level and meant i couldn’t do my c19th french gorilla placement anymore 🦍 what 😭 your honour take me away i fear i’ve officially lost the plot with this sodding gorilla- 😵‍💫‼️
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I welcome the UK Government’s commitment to recognise the State of Palestine, but it shouldn’t be subject to conditions. It must be unequivocal, irreversible and backed by sanctions on Israel. Israel must agree to a ceasefire now and allow more aid into Gaza to stop starvation.
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
When I pointed out King’s will lose 90% of its AHRC student-led places under the new scheme, I got piled on by the AHRC Chair claiming I was wrong and scaremongering. It wasn’t quite 90%. This year King’s students got 27 AHRC student-led scholarships. Next year they’re giving us 3. So 89% then.
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
SO excited to share our new series on ‘Applying for a PhD in Linguistics’ with Fae @lagbpsc.bsky.social @lagbling.bsky.social on all from choosing a project & supervisor to hopefully deciding between offers! Join our first session (07/08) where we’ll explore PhDs in the UK & choosing a supervisor!👇🏽🌟
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
happening in one hour! come join us for our final ‘careers for linguists’ talk of the series today, 10 July at 16:30 BST. joining details are on our @lagbpsc.bsky.social website! 👇🏽👇🏽 www.lagbpsc.co.uk/events/caree... @lagbling.bsky.social
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Languages, Society and Policy @lspjournal.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
✨ The Languages in UK Education special issue is now complete! Many thanks to our guest editors @wendya-b.bsky.social & @cforsdick.bsky.social for compiling this important collection, and to every contributor for sharing bold ideas to shape language education policy. 🔗 www.lspjournal.com
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LANGUAGES, SOCIETY AND POLICY - HOME | LSP
Languages, Society and Policy
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
excited to be sharing preliminary research from my PhD (on language contact in Vienna) at the @oxfordgerman.bsky.social ‘German Graduate Symposium’ in a v sunny oxford today☀️, with broader themes of ‘constructions of sameness, constructions of difference: identity discourses in Germanophone culture’
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LAGB Postgraduate Student Committee @lagbpsc.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Hello hello, our final event of this Careers Event series will be on the 10th of July at the usual time in the usual place! More details to come, or you can check out our website lagbpsc.co.uk
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
so many chaotically nonsensical (but v exciting!) things going on in the phd over the next few months that i fear i’m entering whatever the academic equivalent is of a brat summer💚
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Find out how to embrace the diverse cultural and linguistic perspectives of your students and prepare them to thrive in an interconnected world, with this guide from educators at @sfu.ca : ow.ly/NXMm50WaGUK #highered #language #inclusion #edusky #academicsky #teaching
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A practical guide to creating a linguistically inclusive classroom
Here’s how to embrace the cultural and linguistic perspectives of your students and prepare them to thrive in an interconnected world
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Such fun discussions today at the Natural History Museum (London) on ‘named historical animals’ & my AHRC-funded M4C placement w/ Nottingham Museums/Uni of Nottingham (with Dr Holly Miller), in which I’ll be researching & decolonising the C19th history of George the Gorilla. Next stop: Paris..?🇫🇷🦍🔎
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Archie Crowley @archiecrowley.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I have a new paper out in the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (and it's open access!): "“And it just becomes queer slang”: Race, linguistic innovation, and appropriation within trans communities in the US South" doi.org/10.1111/jola...
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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology | AAA Journal | Wiley Online Library
This article examines how seven transgender South Carolinians drew on racialized conceptions of linguistic ownership during metalinguistic discussion about queer and trans language during ethnographi...
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
so in the same week as me winning a travel scholarship to part-fund my phd fieldwork in vienna next year, austria has also just won #eurovision (and thus hosting next year while i’m there)…. don’t give me ideas… 👀🏔️ what a slay✨
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Julia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
As many federal governments slow — or reverse — climate action, Austria's capital, Vienna, wants to show how cities can take the lead. 🍃🇮🇩 The first in a series (!) of positive climate solution stories, only on @npr.org 📻🎧
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This country is slowing climate action. Its capital city is stepping up
As many federal governments slow — or reverse — climate action, Austria's capital, Vienna, wants to show how cities can take the lead.
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LAGB Postgraduate Student Committee @lagbpsc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Don't worry if you couldn't make it to our last careers event, Navigating Academia with more Possibilities, you can ow check it out on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RiE...
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Navigating Academia with more possibilities
YouTube video by LAGB Postgraduate Student Committee
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
‘gosh, what a week!’ she says. on a tuesday. 😵‍💫
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LAGB Postgraduate Student Committee @lagbpsc.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
We need a new treasurer! If the idea of managing the finances of a national postgraduate linguistics society sounds fun check out our website for details of the application.
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wendya-b.bsky.social @wendya-b.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
How do we meet the challenge of language teacher shortages? Read Lisa Panford's new thought-provoking piece in LSP on the recruitment of teachers of Colour: www.lspjournal.com/post/the-rec... @cforsdick.bsky.social @lspjournal.bsky.social
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The Recruitment and Retention of Languages Teachers of Colour from the Global South in England
In the following opinion article Lisa Panford finds that urgent intervention is needed to address the conditions into which languages teachers of Colour from the Global South are inducted. Further, th...
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LAGB Postgraduate Student Committee @lagbpsc.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
!! Careers Event incoming !! Join us on Thursday for a panel discussion of tips and tricks for navigating academia. 1630-1745 link on our website
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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The School of History at Leeds is offering a BAME Doctoral Scholarship starting in October 2025! Potential postgraduate researchers from Black, Asian and other minoritised ethnic groups who are eligible for the Home/UK rate of tuition fees can read more and apply here:
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School of History BAME Doctoral Scholarship 2025
Project opportunity - School of History BAME Doctoral Scholarship 2025 at the University of Leeds
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Emma Humphries (she/her) @emhumps.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Five year olds! More accent diversity and less prescriptivism in popular culture, please! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Five year olds 'link accents with intelligence'
A study finds young children think someone with a
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
The basic foundation of DEI is that bringing people with different experiences together to solve pressing social problems is a good thing and that structural barriers need to be addressed for this to become a reality. The fact that this is controversial is an indictment on this country.
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
actually cannot believe katy perry has spent more time in space this week than i’ve spent working on my thesis 😔
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
never again am i coming to nottingham on a weekend (with no direct trains) 😵‍💫 london is rammedddd especially today 😵‍💫
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
love having non-academia friends bc wdym i have to explain with nonchalance that all my stresses atm are coming from a stuffed 19th century (supposedly french) gorilla?? 🦍
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School of PPLS at The University of Edinburgh @schoolofppls.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Lecturer in #Sociolinguistics @christianilbury.bsky.social leads the charge against linguistic prejudice in academia. At Speaking Out, researchers & students came confronted #accentbias - that unfairly links how we speak with how we're judged. Read More: edin.ac/3Ei04Zc
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Tackling Accent Bias at an Elite University
Lecturer in Sociolinguistics, Dr Christian Ilbury, describes Speaking Out, an event designed to address class-based prejudice within the University.
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LAGB Postgraduate Student Committee @lagbpsc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
One week to submit your abstracts for LAGB2025! You definitely don't want to miss this one (or the amazing summer school we'll be putting on!)
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
my toxic trait is thinking i’m now fluent in spanish after successfully getting by with a mix of french/italian while on holiday in spain☀️🏝️ (i’ve never taken a spanish lesson in my life)
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Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Swahili? Mandarin? The UK is increasingly multilingual – yet our politicians won’t talk about it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Swahili? Mandarin? The UK is increasingly multilingual – yet our politicians won’t talk about it | Laura Spinney
Even the census ignores them, but multilinguals could hold the key to Britain’s social and economic future, says science journalist Laura Spinney
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
someone on tiktok tried to classify the ✨english uni rah girl✨ as either southern (rah/vocal fry), southern (posh), southern (farmer), southern (gemma collins😭) or southern (generic) and can’t stop thinking about it bc why does it lowkey work
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
as a german linguistics debutante (if you will), feels somewhat fitting in this #ShoutOutForGerman week that i introduced some preliminary research from my phd at our @uniofnottingham.bsky.social modern languages department research seminar today, wonderfully chaired by @k8ybirch.bsky.social 😇🇦🇹🏔️🗣️
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Louis Cotgrove @leftyveggie.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Abogeil! The language of German teens on YouTube is now out 🎉🎉🎉 Open access here: doi.org/10.14618/ama... Please buy it for your libraries here: buchshop.ids-mannheim.de/publikatione... @idsmannheim.bsky.social #openaccess
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Niki Cheong @nikicheong.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Master's scholarship at King's College London for Black, Asian and minority home students! My faculty (Arts & Humanities) is offering three postgraduate taught programmes scholarships (fees) - closing day is 14 May. Details here: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
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KING’S BRIDGE Scholarships
Arts & Humanities Faculty Master’s Scholarships for Black, Asian, and Minority Home Students
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
respectfully refusing to accept any more online calls from now bc every teams call i’ve sat on this week i’ve noticed a brand new grey hair shine through😔 the disrespect 😔😔
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Linguistics @ QMUL @qmullinguistics.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Want to know how language has changed in London? Devyani Sharma's Generations of London English Project, run at @qmullinguistics.bsky.social with the University of York at generationsoflondonenglish.org @samhellmuth.bsky.social @qmulhss.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk #linguistics #london #langsky
Photograph of London's East End with multicultural crowds in a market
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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
And over 65 million people in Britain cannot speak any Welsh, Gaelic, Cornish, or Scots, nor sign in British Sign Language.
Daily Mail news headline 'Almost one MILLION people in Britain cannot speak English, figures show'
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
thought being an intercity commuter student meant i look really cool and mysterious but i fear it’s actually giving flustered & overloaded year 7 student with food tech and swimming on the same day instead😔😵‍💫🤪
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wendya-b.bsky.social @wendya-b.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
In our postface to the LSP journal special collection on languages in UK education, @cforsdick.bsky.social and I pull out some of the key threads and policy recommendations from the 11 policy papers. Read it here: www.lspjournal.com/post/languag...
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Languages in UK Education: Postface
Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Charles Forsdick | 14th February 2025 | Policy CollectionThe eleven papers in this special collection cover a wide range of languages – indigenous (including British Sign Langu...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/02/2025
The death of capital letters: why gen Z loves lowercase
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The death of capital letters: why gen Z loves lowercase
Young people have ditched capitalisation in favour of a writing style that reflects their values and attitudes to tradition. Will this change our language for ever?
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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
if you told me when applying for phds that i’d end up doing a whole new project in a diff language, diff discipline, diff uni & now also doing an international placement in the museum sector researching the heritage of a gorilla in paris 🦍🇫🇷 alongside i’d be speechless bc none of that makes sense??😭
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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Nothing says linguistics in 2025 is a problematically divided field in the UK more than having major conferences on sociolinguistics, general linguistics, and applied linguistics all on during the same week at three different locations across the UK.
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Emma Humphries (she/her) @emhumps.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Introducing my new project… Your Wrong (yourwrong.co.uk). It’s all about the language rules and judgements that appear in different forms of popular culture. Films, series, podcasts, music, books, even graffiti! I’d love your help to find examples!
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Your Wrong
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