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Nick Riches

@NickRiches1

Linguist/developmental psycholinguist at Newcastle Uni. Interests:
linguistics, literature, music, guitar, art, running, dogs, beer. ADHDer. Opinions my own.

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Stop University of Chichester’s axing of the MRes History of Africa & the African Diaspora - Sign the Petition! chng.it/wPztRqjK via Change.org UK

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UCAS personal statements are two paragraphs long. Seriously -- how long does the Guardian expect admissions tutors, experts in parsing text, to read two paragraphs?

This is non-news.

theguardian.com/education/2023…

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Come and join us at CLS 2024 in Newcastle! Follow the CLS 2024 twitter account or join the mailing list to stay up to date.

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I just signed the petition calling on Boris Johnson's resignation honours to be blocked. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/bloc… via 38 Degrees

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Exciting news! The Child Language Symposium returns in 2024, organised by colleagues from NCL School of ECLS and Language & Linguistics at Newcastle. If you want to keep up date with emails and announcements, join the JISC list here: jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadm…

English at Newcastle

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Ask Labour peers to back the Fatal Motion in the Lords. Defend Parliamentary Democracy - Sign the Petition! chng.it/96yxMjZW via Change.org UK

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What do language teachers actually think about the use of translation technology in classrooms? Views are cautious but broadly positive. Creative Multilingualism
castledown.online/reference/jalt…

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RUDE

I had the good fortune earlier this week to be visited here in Rome by an ex-student who was brought up in Nigeria and has been working on a novel set there. I’ve only read the beginning of the book and have been unable to read more. (At the moment I can’t read much because…

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My diagnosis was conducted privately. My clinician was a practising NHS clinician. To prescribe they needed the following tests from my GP: thyroid function, liver function, kidney function and ECG. A far cry from unregulated market depicted by BBC Panorama

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🧵 Let's talk about

Many of us have asked 'why are there so few men in SLT?'. What we should be asking is 'why do so few men know about SLT?'

We can't join a profession we don't know about. Here are some reasons why most men don't know about SLT: (1/4)

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The growth on this petition over the weekend was spectacular.

If you’ve not yet signed it - here’s the link: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6282…

And note that it’ll be debated (+ live-streamed) in Parliament today at 4:30pm.

The growth on this #BrexitInquiry petition over the weekend was spectacular. If you’ve not yet signed it - here’s the link: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6282… And note that it’ll be debated (+ live-streamed) in Parliament today at 4:30pm.
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Much excitement in the family whatsapp group this morning at the prospect of an Indian and a Pakistani bringing about the partition of Britain

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