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Tony McEnery
This is a great read with a conclusion that rings like a fire alarm “an object lesson for other universities from the UK … Overseas markets may not yield the fruits expected … troubles in the home campuses … can damage perceptions and stakeholder approvals”
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Who broke Nottingham University, Vol 3?
Vice Chancellor Shearer West presided over property expansion & vanity projects that have caused near-bankruptcy
And the landing spot?
Vice Chancellorship of Leeds Uni
It's important to know when to skip out
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Just out:
Kim, Larsson, Kaatari, Wang, & Sundqvist (2026). Introducing and Evaluating a Measure of Lexical Diversity Across Word Classes
Available OA:
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Tony McEnery
It's official: after 22 (!) years at @lancslinguistics.bsky.social, I will start as Professor of Organisational Communication at @sdu.dk's Department of Language and Culture on 1 September this year. 1/2
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Financial crisis at Nottingham University stems from poor decisions under Vice Chancellor Shearer West
Shearer's moved on & upward, leaving staff facing consequences of her reckless management
There are cuts in Arts & Humanities as well as Sciences
nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/...
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Geoffrey Williams and Murray Hunter: Nottingham University is an object lesson for other universities from the UK and elsewhere who may be considering or even undergoing international expansion.
Lexical diversity (LD) has been shown to be a strong predictor of second language (L2) proficiency. However, most current indices combine all word classes into a single measure and thus only capture ....
Research within the department covers the areas of American Studies, Business Language, Classical Studies, Communication, Comparative Literature, Culture, Danish, English, German, History, Middle East...
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