Name: Linguistic superdiversity as a “new” theoretical framework in applied linguistics by University of Birmingham in random ling
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Description: The MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism at the University of Birmingham, was delighted to host Professor Stephen May who is a Professor in Te Puna Wānanga (School of Māori Education) in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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Joe Baker sits down with Professor Dan Oron to discuss the potential of nanophotonics, the study of behaviour of light on the nanometre scale (the distance hair grows in 1 second) and developing next-generation technologies to study the relationship between structure and optical function in biological system. Professor Oron is a world-class specialist at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and excited to share his work and journey with apprising physicists, like PhD researcher Joe Baker.

Studying physics opens a world of possibilities – find out more by visiting the Planet Possibility website at: https://www.planetpossibility.co.uk/.

Episode 1: Dan Oron on the potential of nanophotonics

Joe sits down with Dr Ruchi Gupta to discuss developing revolutionary wearable, implantable and point-of-care sensors and microanalytical systems which can be integrated into the daily life of individuals whilst monitoring health. Dr Ruchi Gupta is an associate professor at University of Birmingham having studied across three continents in her career.

Studying physics opens a world of possibilities – find out more by visiting the Planet Possibility website at: https://www.planetpossibility.co.uk/.

Episode 2: Ruchi Gupta on revolutionary sensors for better healthcare treatment

Joe sits down with Rachel Youngman to discuss how Institute of Physics aims to tackle stereotypes and address the physics skills shortage, particularly in education. Rachel is Chief Executive of the Institute of Physics, having worked in international development and social justice.

Studying physics opens a world of possibilities – find out more by visiting the Planet Possibility website at: https://www.planetpossibility.co.uk/.

Episode 3: Tackling stereotypes and the physics skills shortage with Rachel Youngman

Joe sits down with Professor Kai Bongs to discuss the merging of academia and industrial knowledge to build meaningful quantum technologies for the future – to fight climate change, predict natural disasters and to see what lies beneath the ground. Professor Bongs is Director at the Institute for Quantum Technologies at the German Aerospace Centre. Before this Professor Bongs headed the UK Quantum Technology Hub Sensors and Timing.

Studying physics opens a world of possibilities – find out more by visiting the Planet Possibility website at: https://www.planetpossibility.co.uk/

Episode 4: Merging academia and industry with Kai Bongs

Joe sits down with Abhilash Jha to discuss building the ultimate timekeeper in a transportable atomic clock and working in the University of Birmingham’s clock laboratory – one of the coldest places in the known universe! Abhilash Jha is early-stage researcher at the UK Quantum Technology Hub Sensors and Technology.

Studying physics opens a world of possibilities – find out more by visiting the Planet Possibility website at: https://www.planetpossibility.co.uk/.

Episode 5: Abhilash Jha and the ultimate timekeeper

We’re excited to launch our brand new podcast mini-series, Decolonial Dialogues, from Birmingham Business School’s Decolonisation Project, to understand in depth what decolonising the business school means from different perspectives.

In this episode, we contextualise the project, and our understanding of decolonisation within a Business School, as well as share a bit more about how the project launched, and what listeners should expect from the series. 

Learn more about Birmingham Business School’s Decolonisation Project: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/business/research/research-projects/decolonising-the-business-school

To get in touch, please email Anita Lateano, from the Decolonisation Project, at: a.lateano@bham.ac.uk

This episode was produced and hosted by Birmingham Business School’s Decolonisation Project.

The music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/yasumu/blue-waters License code: QGWG3Y8D0JBENZSK.

Decolonising the Business School: Introduction to our new podcast

In the first episode of the new Decolonial Dialogues mini-series, hear what decolonising the business school means from one of the leading voices in the field, Professor Bobby Banerjee in conversation with Birmingham Business School’s Professor of Inclusive Leadership, Donna Ladkin.

In this episode, we delve into what decolonising the business school looks like from the perspective of an educator. We speak to Professor Bobby Banerjee, where his research focuses on sustainability, climate change, and postcolonial and decolonial movements. He joins us from Bayes Business School, formally Cass Business School, whose name change in the wake of June 2020’s Black Lives Matter movement, sparked conversation within the wider business school environment. Bobby is a leading voice in the debates surrounding decolonising the business school, who has inspired our own journey through his ‘Manifesto for Decolonising the Business School’ and work with ETHOS: The Centre for Responsible Enterprise. Bobby and Donna discuss their journeys toward decolonial thinking, the balance between working in a business school and critiquing its operations, and Bobby’s multi-cultural student experience. Reflecting on his own journey with decolonisation, through academia, activism and as an educator, this conversation between Professor Bobby Banerjee and Professor Donna Ladkin gives listeners a deeper understanding of what decolonising is, the challenges the business school faces in decolonising, and practical steps we can all take to get there.

Learn more about Birmingham Business School’s Decolonisation Project: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/business/research/research-projects/decolonising-the-business-school

Relevant links:
Professor Bobby Banerjee profile: https://www.bayes.city.ac.uk/faculties-and-research/experts/bobby-banerjee
Professor Donna Ladkin profile: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/business/ladkin-donna
ETHOS workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_Z10IdkePQ&t=2s
Manifesto for Decolonising the Business School: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/it-possible-decolonise-business-curriculum
Bayes Business School’s name change statement: https://www.bayes.city.ac.uk/about/more/our-name-change
Accounting for Slavery, Caitlin Rosenthal: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674972094

This episode was produced and hosted by Birmingham Business School’s Decolonisation Project. It was edited by Chris Lateano. The music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/yasumu/blue-waters License code: QGWG3Y8D0JBENZSK.

Decolonising the Business School: Perspectives from an educator

In the second episode of the Decolonial Dialogues mini-series, we hear from the Decolonisation Project team at Birmingham Business School. Dr Caroline Chapain, Dr Emma Surman, Dr Rweyemamu Ndibalema and Anita Lateano discuss their own journeys into decolonisation work, to where they are now and reflect on the wider project within Birmingham Business School.

From our own points of departure to reflections on race and positionality whilst engaging in decolonial work, the Decolonisation Project team explore their own learnings and speculations on what decolonising the Business School means to them, as well as hopes for the future.

Find out more about the Decolonial Dialogues mini-series here. Learn more about Birmingham Business School’s Decolonisation Project here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/busine…usiness-school

Relevant links:

Dr Caroline Chapain: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/business/chapain-caroline
Dr Emma Surman: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/business/staff/profile?ReferenceId=173888
Dr Rweyemamu Ndibalema: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/business/ndibalema-rweyemamu-alphonce
Anita Lateano: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/business/staff/profile?Name=anita-lateano&ReferenceId=200210
Cultural Animation workshops at Birmingham Business School: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/decolonising-birmingham-business-school-a-students-perspective

This episode was produced and hosted by Birmingham Business School’s Decolonisation Project. The music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/yasumu/blue-waters License code: QGWG3Y8D0JBENZSK.

Decolonising the Business School: Perspectives from a researcher

Decolonising the Business School: Perspectives from a business leader with Dujon Smith, Global Co-lead for Accenture’s Black Founder’s Development Program

In this episode of the Decolonial Dialogues mini-series, hear what decolonising the business school means from one of the leading voices working within the field of diversity, inclusion and representation within the consulting industry, Dujon Smith.

Dujon Smith is joining us in conversation today with Birmingham Business School BSc Economics Graduate and Decolonisation Project Student Intern, Susan Njuguna to explore what decolonisation means to business and business leaders today. Dujon is the Global Co-Lead for Accenture’s Black Founder’s Development Programme, a new initiative helps improve Black communities’ ability to create wealth for those who previously did not have a seat at the table and enable the next generation of innovation. He is passionate about connecting technology, culture and education within communities, and recently joined the Birmingham Business School Advisory Board. This conversation between Dujon and Susan explores the importance of decolonising from a business perspective, and how representation within the curriculum can have hugely positive repercussions for universities, businesses and wider industry.

Find out more about the Decolonial Dialogues mini-series here. Learn more about Birmingham Business School’s Decolonisation Project here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/business/research/research-projects/decolonising-the-business-school

Relevant links:
Dujon Smith LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dujoncsmith/
Accenture’s Black Founders Development Program: https://www.accenture.com/gb-en/insights/technology/black-founders-development-program 
My Block Skin Sunscreen: https://myblockskin.co.uk

This episode was produced and hosted by Birmingham Business School’s Decolonisation Project. It was edited by Chris Lateano. The music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/yasumu/blue-waters License code: QGWG3Y8D0JBENZSK.

Decolonising the Business School: Perspectives from a business leader with Dujon Smith

The ‘Decolonise the University’ movement originally came from students, starting in South Africa with ‘Fees Must Fall’ and ‘Rhodes Must Fall’, which later gained traction within UK universities. In this episode, we’re exploring what decolonising the business school looks like from the perspective of business school students. Mukuka Kasonde, PhD Candidate at University of Huddersfield joins Susan Njuguna, a recent BSc Economics graduate from Birmingham Business School and Student Research Intern on the Birmingham Business School Decolonisation Project. Mukua’s research investigates and evaluates calls for the decolonisation of higher education by exploring the attitudes and everyday experiences of academic practice and pedagogy within the business school. We’ll hear about both their experiences studying with the business school, and understand their views on the movement, and why they believe business schools should be embracing decolonisation.

Find out more about the Decolonial Dialogues mini-series here. Learn more about Birmingham Business School’s Decolonisation Project here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/business/research/research-projects/decolonising-the-business-school

Relevant links:

Mukuka Kasonde’s profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mukukakasonde/

This episode was produced and hosted by Birmingham Business School’s Decolonisation Project. It was edited by Chris Lateano. The music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/yasumu/blue-waters License code: QGWG3Y8D0JBENZSK.

Decolonising the Business School: Perspectives from a student with Mukuka Kasonde

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/linguistics-name-calling.

Sticks and bones may break your bones, but names can also hurt you. And language gives us surprisingly many ways to deride, hurt and demean – from a subtly sneering intonation to hurtful and offensive names. How does such language work? And why is there so much of it around these days? Has our acerbic political culture ushered in a new era of name-calling? Or is name calling a phenomenon as old as language itself? John and Ken welcome back linguist and NPR commentator Geoffrey Nunberg, author of "Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, The First Sixty Years."

The Linguistics of Name Calling

The MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism at the University of Birmingham, was delighted to host Professor Stephen May who is a Professor in Te Puna Wānanga (School of Māori Education) in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland, New Zealand. 

Linguistic superdiversity as a “new” theoretical framework in applied linguistics

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/can-speech-kill.

Free speech is one of the core tenets of our democracy. We’re inclined to think that more speech is always better. Although the Supreme Court has outlined some minor restrictions to our right to free speech, the most courts are willing to admit is that speech can lead to violence—it cannot itself do violence. But is it possible for speech to do both? If hate speech is used against a marginalized group, couldn’t the speech act literally do harm? And how does the answer to this question affect our commitment to free speech in a liberal democracy? The Philosophers do no harm with Lynne Tirrell from the University of Connecticut, author of “Genocidal Language Games.”

Can Speech Kill?

Evolving English: Linguistics at the Library Podcast

Episode 1
The first episode of Linguistics at the Library introduces the British Library’s Evolving English Collection, which is a sound archive capturing the diversity of English accents and dialects. Podcast hosts Andrew Booth and Rowan Campbell are working with this archive as part of a PhD placement, and every few weeks will be bringing you a fresh discussion about linguistics and how to identify different accents. 

This week’s ‘What’s the feature?’ used a clip from:

BBC Voices Recording in Newcastle. BBC, UK, rec. 2005 [digital audio file]. British Library, C1190/32/01. Available: http://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/BBC-Voices/021M-C1190X0023XX-0101V0

Interesting links: 
The glottal stop in Glasgow: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/17/glasgow-accent-scottish-dialect-homogenised-london 
The Bristol ‘l’: http://blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-vision/2014/03/bristolian-my-ideal-of-an-idea-dialect.html 
An in-depth look at the Newcastle accent: http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/case-studies/geordie/

Evolving English: Linguistics at the Library - Episode 1

Evolving English: Linguistics at the Library Podcast

Episode 2

In the second episode of Linguistics at the Library, Andrew and Rowan discuss some of the differences between regional accents and ‘RP’ (Received Pronunciation), and why people might feel that they have to change the way they speak to work in certain jobs. Using clips from the British Library’s Evolving English Collection, we look at the concepts of stigma and prestige, and how social factors can influence the way we perceive accents.

Tweet us your questions! @ VoicesofEnglish

This week’s ‘What’s the feature?’ used a clip from:

BBC Voices Recording in Driffield. BBC, UK, rec. 2004 [digital audio file]. British Library, C1190/16/02. Available: http://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/BBC-Voices/021M-C1190X0016XX-0201V0

Interesting links:
Have you experienced discrimination due to your accent? Submit your story to the Accentism Project: http://accentism.org/ 

Peter Trudgill’s piece on modern RP: http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/estuary/trudgill.htm 

Social Mobility Commission report: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/less-affluent-kids-are-locked-out-of-investment-banking-jobs

Prejudice against English teachers with Northern accents: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/research-exposes-prejudice-over-teachers-with-northern-accents/

Overt and covert prestige: https://linguistics.knoji.com/language-and-socioeconomic-status-overt-vs-covert-prestige/

Evolving English: Linguistics at the Library - Episode 2

Professor Errington is interested in the linguistic dimensions of social life, ranging from the social implications of patterns of verbal communication, to forms and uses of sociolinguistic hierarchies, to the linguistic effects of large scale dynamics. His research and writing have focused on linguistic dimensions of modernization and identity in Java and Indonesia, reflecting his broader interests in semiotics and the politics of language. We talk with Professor Errington about his book, Linguistics in a Colonial World: A Story of Language, Meaning, and Power.

Joseph Errington: Linguistics in a Colonial World: A Story of Language, Meaning, and Power

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