Paul Rayson
@perayson.bsky.social
Prof of #NLP in School of Computing and Communications @LancasterUni, word boffin, ex-CLARIN Ambassador, Director of @ucrelnlp.bsky.social #NLProc #CorpusLinguistics #DigitalHumanities, Doctor Who & stuff. Ravenclaw.
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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A new league table of UK universities is out and we’re ranked 14th in the UK and top in north-west England! Find out more about our performance in The Guardian University Guide 2026
📰: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster-stays-in-the-top-15-universities-in-the-uk-in-guardian-league-table
📰: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster-stays-in-the-top-15-universities-in-the-uk-in-guardian-league-table
September 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A new league table of UK universities is out and we’re ranked 14th in the UK and top in north-west England! Find out more about our performance in The Guardian University Guide 2026
📰: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster-stays-in-the-top-15-universities-in-the-uk-in-guardian-league-table
📰: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster-stays-in-the-top-15-universities-in-the-uk-in-guardian-league-table
Lots of interest yesterday in our FreeTxt poster at #RANLP2025 You can use the system directly at freetxt.app and the full paper is at github.com/UCREL/FreeTx... with links to the open source code and demo video on YouTube
September 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Lots of interest yesterday in our FreeTxt poster at #RANLP2025 You can use the system directly at freetxt.app and the full paper is at github.com/UCREL/FreeTx... with links to the open source code and demo video on YouTube
Sneaky peak at our two demo paper posters for #RANLP2025 next week ... @dawnknightcl.bsky.social @igezeani.bsky.social @elhaj.bsky.social @johnvidler.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Sneaky peak at our two demo paper posters for #RANLP2025 next week ... @dawnknightcl.bsky.social @igezeani.bsky.social @elhaj.bsky.social @johnvidler.co.uk
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Now that school is starting for lots of folks, it's time for a new release of Speech and Language Processing! Jim and I added all sorts of material for the August 2025 release! With slides to match! Check it out here: web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/sl...
Speech and Language Processing
Speech and Language Processing
web.stanford.edu
August 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Now that school is starting for lots of folks, it's time for a new release of Speech and Language Processing! Jim and I added all sorts of material for the August 2025 release! With slides to match! Check it out here: web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/sl...
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Hello Blueksy! We are the Davy Notebooks Project, a digital humanities project based at @lancasteruni.bsky.social, working on digitising the notebooks of Sir Humphry Davy. Check out the project through our Linktree!
June 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Hello Blueksy! We are the Davy Notebooks Project, a digital humanities project based at @lancasteruni.bsky.social, working on digitising the notebooks of Sir Humphry Davy. Check out the project through our Linktree!
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Check it out - the corpus MOOC is back (15th September) on a new platform (edX) exploring new topics, including AI. One thing has not changed - it is still free to access 😁 Find out more here: www.edx.org/learn/social...
lancasteruniversity: Corpus linguistics and new technologies: data, language and society | edX
In an era of AI and big data, understanding language through data is essential. This hands-on course from Lancaster University—a global leader in corpus linguistics—teaches you to build, query, and an...
www.edx.org
August 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Check it out - the corpus MOOC is back (15th September) on a new platform (edX) exploring new topics, including AI. One thing has not changed - it is still free to access 😁 Find out more here: www.edx.org/learn/social...
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Missed out on #CL2025? Four of our wonderful plenary talks are now available to watch on demand!
YouTube links on conference website and in replies:
www.cl2025.co.uk/home
YouTube links on conference website and in replies:
www.cl2025.co.uk/home
August 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Missed out on #CL2025? Four of our wonderful plenary talks are now available to watch on demand!
YouTube links on conference website and in replies:
www.cl2025.co.uk/home
YouTube links on conference website and in replies:
www.cl2025.co.uk/home
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At #RaAM17 @raammetaphor.bsky.social, I was pleased to present, on behalf of our team, one study from the
4D Picture project, on “Metaphors, identities, and gender in online interactions about cancer”.
It was my first in-person RaAM, and I loved every bit of it.
4D Picture project, on “Metaphors, identities, and gender in online interactions about cancer”.
It was my first in-person RaAM, and I loved every bit of it.
August 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
At #RaAM17 @raammetaphor.bsky.social, I was pleased to present, on behalf of our team, one study from the
4D Picture project, on “Metaphors, identities, and gender in online interactions about cancer”.
It was my first in-person RaAM, and I loved every bit of it.
4D Picture project, on “Metaphors, identities, and gender in online interactions about cancer”.
It was my first in-person RaAM, and I loved every bit of it.
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🥳 🎉 ❤️ The ACL 2025 Proceedings are live on the ACL Anthology 🥰 !
We’re thrilled to pre-celebrate the incredible research 📚 ✨ that will be presented starting Monday next week in Vienna 🇦🇹 !
Go and start exploring 🚀
#NLProc #ACL2025NLP #ACLAnthology
We’re thrilled to pre-celebrate the incredible research 📚 ✨ that will be presented starting Monday next week in Vienna 🇦🇹 !
Go and start exploring 🚀
#NLProc #ACL2025NLP #ACLAnthology
July 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🥳 🎉 ❤️ The ACL 2025 Proceedings are live on the ACL Anthology 🥰 !
We’re thrilled to pre-celebrate the incredible research 📚 ✨ that will be presented starting Monday next week in Vienna 🇦🇹 !
Go and start exploring 🚀
#NLProc #ACL2025NLP #ACLAnthology
We’re thrilled to pre-celebrate the incredible research 📚 ✨ that will be presented starting Monday next week in Vienna 🇦🇹 !
Go and start exploring 🚀
#NLProc #ACL2025NLP #ACLAnthology
Interesting lecture of the day: Alan Turing Lecture 2025 by Sandi Toksvig youtu.be/AGGu8x7MzFg
Alan Turing Lecture 2025 by Sandi Toksvig
YouTube video by King's College, Cambridge
youtu.be
July 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Interesting lecture of the day: Alan Turing Lecture 2025 by Sandi Toksvig youtu.be/AGGu8x7MzFg
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Preparations for the 2026 Corpora and Discourse International Conference at Lancaster University are under way! We will be sharing information on dates for your calendars, plenary speakers, and the upcoming call for papers very soon. Follow here for updates, and please share widely! #CADS2026
July 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Preparations for the 2026 Corpora and Discourse International Conference at Lancaster University are under way! We will be sharing information on dates for your calendars, plenary speakers, and the upcoming call for papers very soon. Follow here for updates, and please share widely! #CADS2026
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It was great to meet new faces and familiar faces on Tuesday while presenting our poster:
"DR-LIB: CLARIN knowledge centre for digital resources for the languages in Ireland and Britain" at #CL2025!
Presenting 2 papers Wednesday.
cc: @gaois.bsky.social ✌️
"DR-LIB: CLARIN knowledge centre for digital resources for the languages in Ireland and Britain" at #CL2025!
Presenting 2 papers Wednesday.
cc: @gaois.bsky.social ✌️
July 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
It was great to meet new faces and familiar faces on Tuesday while presenting our poster:
"DR-LIB: CLARIN knowledge centre for digital resources for the languages in Ireland and Britain" at #CL2025!
Presenting 2 papers Wednesday.
cc: @gaois.bsky.social ✌️
"DR-LIB: CLARIN knowledge centre for digital resources for the languages in Ireland and Britain" at #CL2025!
Presenting 2 papers Wednesday.
cc: @gaois.bsky.social ✌️
Home now after a brilliant @cl2025.co.uk conference and reflecting on meeting up with old friends and lots of interesting research talks. Many many thanks to @robbielove.org and all the organisers! #CL2025
July 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Home now after a brilliant @cl2025.co.uk conference and reflecting on meeting up with old friends and lots of interesting research talks. Many many thanks to @robbielove.org and all the organisers! #CL2025
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My slides from #cl2025 The Creation and Validation of ConPlex (the Construction Complexity Calculator)
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The Creation and Validation of ConPlex (the Construction Complexity Calculator)
PDF | In recent years there has been a growing interest in the use of complexity measures, which represent theoretical perspectives of language... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Re...
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July 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My slides from #cl2025 The Creation and Validation of ConPlex (the Construction Complexity Calculator)
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Less than a week to go until #CL2025!
The conference programme and book of abstracts are now available: www.cl2025.co.uk/programme
The conference programme and book of abstracts are now available: www.cl2025.co.uk/programme
June 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Less than a week to go until #CL2025!
The conference programme and book of abstracts are now available: www.cl2025.co.uk/programme
The conference programme and book of abstracts are now available: www.cl2025.co.uk/programme
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Only two weeks to go!
We're working away to finalise the conference programme, featuring:
• 200+ paper presentations
• 50+ poster presentations
• 7 thematic panels
• 5 plenary talks
• 5 pre-conference workshops (29th June)
See you all soon! #CL2025
www.cl2025.co.uk/home
We're working away to finalise the conference programme, featuring:
• 200+ paper presentations
• 50+ poster presentations
• 7 thematic panels
• 5 plenary talks
• 5 pre-conference workshops (29th June)
See you all soon! #CL2025
www.cl2025.co.uk/home
CL2025
Welcome to the thirteenth international Corpus Linguistics conference (CL2025), co-organised by Aston University, Birmingham City University and the University of Birmingham.
CL2025 will take place fr...
www.cl2025.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Only two weeks to go!
We're working away to finalise the conference programme, featuring:
• 200+ paper presentations
• 50+ poster presentations
• 7 thematic panels
• 5 plenary talks
• 5 pre-conference workshops (29th June)
See you all soon! #CL2025
www.cl2025.co.uk/home
We're working away to finalise the conference programme, featuring:
• 200+ paper presentations
• 50+ poster presentations
• 7 thematic panels
• 5 plenary talks
• 5 pre-conference workshops (29th June)
See you all soon! #CL2025
www.cl2025.co.uk/home
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So, Mrs Turtle and I have been hanging out in Camley Street Nature Reserve, 3 minutes from the Eurostar check-in, but a world away. Because that is sort of our challenge on #ContinentHop24 - to get a world away. Or at least, to get to another continent in 24 hours solely by surface public transport.
June 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
So, Mrs Turtle and I have been hanging out in Camley Street Nature Reserve, 3 minutes from the Eurostar check-in, but a world away. Because that is sort of our challenge on #ContinentHop24 - to get a world away. Or at least, to get to another continent in 24 hours solely by surface public transport.
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PALA is thrilled to finally be on Blue Sky!! Feel free to follow and/or suggest followees! 🥳🎉
June 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
PALA is thrilled to finally be on Blue Sky!! Feel free to follow and/or suggest followees! 🥳🎉
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Lancaster University has been chosen by the National Police Chiefs' Council and @ukri.org as one of nine Policing Academic Centres of Excellence in the UK!
The three-year award will go to a multidisciplinary team at Lancaster University, including @hshawberry.bsky.social and @drmcdaniel.bsky.social
The three-year award will go to a multidisciplinary team at Lancaster University, including @hshawberry.bsky.social and @drmcdaniel.bsky.social
Lancaster to become Policing Academic Centre of Excellence - Lancaster University
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has chosen Lancaster University as one of nine Policing Academic Centres of Excellence (P-ACEs) sharin...
www.lancaster.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Lancaster University has been chosen by the National Police Chiefs' Council and @ukri.org as one of nine Policing Academic Centres of Excellence in the UK!
The three-year award will go to a multidisciplinary team at Lancaster University, including @hshawberry.bsky.social and @drmcdaniel.bsky.social
The three-year award will go to a multidisciplinary team at Lancaster University, including @hshawberry.bsky.social and @drmcdaniel.bsky.social
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We've officially opened one of the largest educational computer and cyber security facilities in the country! 🎉
The facilities will help train the next generation of computer science and cyber security students.
The facilities will help train the next generation of computer science and cyber security students.
Lancaster University unveils cutting-edge computing and cyber security facilities - Lancaster University
Lancaster University has officially opened one of the largest educational facilities in the country to help train the next generation of computer science and cyber security students.
www.lancaster.ac.uk
April 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We've officially opened one of the largest educational computer and cyber security facilities in the country! 🎉
The facilities will help train the next generation of computer science and cyber security students.
The facilities will help train the next generation of computer science and cyber security students.