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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · 2d

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 · Sep 3

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 · Aug 21

🔔 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 · Aug 14

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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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · Aug 7

Please find all information on our website www.lagbpsc.co.uk/events/apply... and email us with any further queries at [email protected]

hopefully see you later! ☺️

www.lagbpsc.co.uk

Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · Aug 7

apologies for the delay - was on annual leave and then sick leave and only seeing this now! Please find all information on our website www.lagbpsc.co.uk/events/apply... and email us with any queries at [email protected]

hopefully see you later! ☺️

LAGB Postgraduate Student Committee - Applying for PhDs

Applying for PhDs Series In line with the 2026 PhD application cycle we are running a talk series to guide you through the labyrinth of UK university admissions. Over the six sessions of this series w...

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · Jul 29

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 · Jul 21

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.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jul 21

'The number of student-initiated PhD scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is set to fall by 60 per cent when new doctoral training arrangements come into effect next year, new figures show.' 1/3

‘Student-led’ AHRC PhD places ‘to fall by at least 60 per cent’

Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · Jul 18

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 · Jul 10

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 · Jul 9

✨ 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

LANGUAGES, SOCIETY AND POLICY - HOME | LSP

Languages, Society and Policy

www.lspjournal.com

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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · Jun 29

thanks Danny!!☺️☺️ same for you this week - so many linguistics things happening in oxford this week it seems haha. i got back to london last night - have you left already?

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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · Jun 28

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 · Jun 24

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

lagbpsc.co.uk

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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · Jun 19

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 · Jun 17

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

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

ow.ly

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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · May 28

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 · May 23

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...

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 · May 17

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✨

Eurovision Song Contest @eurovision.tv · May 17

We have a winner 🇦🇹

Congratulations to Austria's JJ, who has won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest with the song Wasted Love.

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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · May 14

amazing!! can we get a signed copy for trent office..?? 🤩

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Julia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social · May 13

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 📻🎧

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 · May 14

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...

Navigating Academia with more possibilities

YouTube video by LAGB Postgraduate Student Committee

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Zara Fahim @zarafahim15.bsky.social · May 13

‘gosh, what a week!’ she says. on a tuesday. 😵‍💫

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LAGB Postgraduate Student Committee @lagbpsc.bsky.social · May 9

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 · May 7

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

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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