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Short visit to the University of Indonesia in Jakarta. Lovely students and cats.

Imagine the banality of a university where the only ratified areas of study are ‘complex analysis’ and ‘critical thinking’. Thinking about what? We have already seen what happens when we unleash a cadre of overrated, narrowly-educated adolescents whose only thought is of their own exceptionalism.

"Labels dehumanise us and inevitably lead to deficit narratives"

🗣️ Ramzi Merabet's brilliant keynote at BALEAP 2025 problematizing the 'international student' label 🏷️

@ramzimerabet.bsky.social @wilhardman.bsky.social

I'm not expert on these matters... having read an article where the author berates the field for not acknowledging their contribution to the field (in so many words) their article includes 30% self-citation. I know average %s vary depending on the field and status of the academic but seems odd to me

You might be interested in the volume Laetitia Monbec and I co-authored and just published. Monbec, L. & Ding, A. (2025). Recovering Language in Higher Education: Social Justice, Ethics and Practices (Palgrave Macmillan).
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So glad this is out and we can offer a platform for colleagues to share their scholarship on Spanish language teaching and learning: cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza/bi...

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/profs-bee-... Bee Bond & I are giving a hybrid talk ‘Language & Legitimation in Higher Education’ Wednesday, November 20 5-7pm at the University of Leeds This is our joint inaugural public lecture to mark our promotion to Professor of EAP details in the link

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/profs-bee-... Bee Bond & I are giving a hybrid talk ‘Language & Legitimation in Higher Education’ Wednesday, November 20 5-7pm at the University of Leeds This is our joint inaugural public lecture to mark our promotion to Professor of EAP details in the link

www.theguardian.com/education/20... It would be interesting to know the socio-economic backgrounds of academic staff and how many had been educated in private schools. And whether there are disciplinary differences in staff privately educated

🧵It was a pleasure to write this with Laetitia and she was very much the architect of this book. I’m glad I could contribute to it. It was also uncomfortable to write as we came to arguments and conclusions that we think will provoke. A short extract ...

🧵We have tried to discuss social justice and Higher Education by considering the role of language ontology, of ethics and social theory, and of pedagogy. We use social semiotics and Bourdieu's field theory to address these issues.

🧵It’s an uncomfortable read and as we write ‘the opinion and judgments expressed in the volume might go against readers’ positions, or unquestioned thoughts’.

🧵Laetitia Monbec and I have just submitted our manuscript to Palgrave and our book ' Recovering Language in Higher Education: Social Justice, Ethics and Practices' should be published in the next few months.

'Only a cog in a machine?: Reappraising institutionalized EAP teacher identities in a transnational context' doi.org/10.1016/j.je... An interesting read for EAP practitioners and anyone involved in EMI