solidarity with all colleagues and students at Nottingham who are having their jobs and degrees destroyed by management. the relentless annihilation of language provision in UKHE is something that *every* academic should be calling out and pushing back against.
Since January 2022, we (me, 93% Club & SS) have been working a project that tackles accent bias in Higher Education, focusing on the 'elite' institution where we're based. Today, we're launching the project website which brings together all our work:
accentbias.ed.ac.uk
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Looking for some reading to celebrate #internationalworkersday #MayDay?
The Journal of #Sociolinguistics has a brilliant back catalogue of research on #language, #labour and #workers 💪
Take your pick from the suggestions below, or visit our website for more!
Linguist, feminist activist and author of influential books on how language can shape gendered experiences