Pam Forster
@pamelaforster.bsky.social
British Academy ECR Network Project Manager (North West & North Wales), PhD student in Linguistics, carer, and cat Mum
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📖 Happy World Novel Week 2025!
👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
October 14, 2025 at 5:43 AM
📖 Happy World Novel Week 2025!
👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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This #InternationalPodcastDay tune into ‘Confessions of an Early Career Researcher’ – a new guide to the world of academia post-PhD.
The first three episodes of the podcast are available now. Subscribe for our next episodes, live on 15 October: https://bit.ly/4pNaTp1
The first three episodes of the podcast are available now. Subscribe for our next episodes, live on 15 October: https://bit.ly/4pNaTp1
September 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This #InternationalPodcastDay tune into ‘Confessions of an Early Career Researcher’ – a new guide to the world of academia post-PhD.
The first three episodes of the podcast are available now. Subscribe for our next episodes, live on 15 October: https://bit.ly/4pNaTp1
The first three episodes of the podcast are available now. Subscribe for our next episodes, live on 15 October: https://bit.ly/4pNaTp1
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Are you an early career researcher with an interest in our collection? Apply to develop an independent research project funded by AHRC.
Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October: bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...
Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October: bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...
September 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Are you an early career researcher with an interest in our collection? Apply to develop an independent research project funded by AHRC.
Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October: bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...
Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October: bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...
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💡 'It can feel weird asking for help... and intimidating as an Early Career Researcher.'
Dr Pavan Mano (@kingsinterhums.bsky.social), Dr Leonie Smith & Professor @annavignoles.bsky.social discuss academic funding on the new @britishacademy.bsky.social & @leverhulme.ac.uk podcast ⤵️
shorturl.at/FGNct
Dr Pavan Mano (@kingsinterhums.bsky.social), Dr Leonie Smith & Professor @annavignoles.bsky.social discuss academic funding on the new @britishacademy.bsky.social & @leverhulme.ac.uk podcast ⤵️
shorturl.at/FGNct
September 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
💡 'It can feel weird asking for help... and intimidating as an Early Career Researcher.'
Dr Pavan Mano (@kingsinterhums.bsky.social), Dr Leonie Smith & Professor @annavignoles.bsky.social discuss academic funding on the new @britishacademy.bsky.social & @leverhulme.ac.uk podcast ⤵️
shorturl.at/FGNct
Dr Pavan Mano (@kingsinterhums.bsky.social), Dr Leonie Smith & Professor @annavignoles.bsky.social discuss academic funding on the new @britishacademy.bsky.social & @leverhulme.ac.uk podcast ⤵️
shorturl.at/FGNct
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History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public.
Starting this week:
Starting this week:
Events
Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research
www.history.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public.
Starting this week:
Starting this week:
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Alongside the @leverhulme.ac.uk, we invite postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Application deadline is 5 November. Apply now: https://bit.ly/3K4kEyA
September 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Alongside the @leverhulme.ac.uk, we invite postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Application deadline is 5 November. Apply now: https://bit.ly/3K4kEyA
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The disappearance of arts, humanities and social science degree courses in some parts of the UK means that thousands of students will be unable to pursue these subjects, the British Academy has warned.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Arts and humanities cold spots ‘depriving whole areas of courses’ - Research Professional News
Shape subjects are a “bellwether” for financial pressures on higher education, British Academy warns
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The disappearance of arts, humanities and social science degree courses in some parts of the UK means that thousands of students will be unable to pursue these subjects, the British Academy has warned.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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“It’s a secret garden”: National Theatre turns roof into a riot of colour with dye plants
“It’s a secret garden”: National Theatre turns roof into a riot of colour with dye plants
Textile artists are reshaping how the theatre makes its costumes with the aim of replacing harsh synthetic dyes
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“It’s a secret garden”: National Theatre turns roof into a riot of colour with dye plants
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Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
September 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
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Keen to reach new audiences? We are offering up to £8k to humanities and social sciences researchers to deliver public engagement projects working in partnership with a gallery, archive, library or museum. Deadline 15th Oct
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...
SHAPE Involve and Engage
A funding programme for innovative public engagement from the British Academy.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Keen to reach new audiences? We are offering up to £8k to humanities and social sciences researchers to deliver public engagement projects working in partnership with a gallery, archive, library or museum. Deadline 15th Oct
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...
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question for ultrasound users 🐦🐦 - has anyone successfully mounted a mirror at 45 degrees on the stabilization headset so that the front-facing camera gets a front and side view of the mouth? (paging @awrench.bsky.social @samkirkham.bsky.social and sorry to anyone I am forgetting)
August 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
question for ultrasound users 🐦🐦 - has anyone successfully mounted a mirror at 45 degrees on the stabilization headset so that the front-facing camera gets a front and side view of the mouth? (paging @awrench.bsky.social @samkirkham.bsky.social and sorry to anyone I am forgetting)
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The British Academy is running an informative webinar on the Wednesday 24 September for UK-based, humanities and social sciences researchers interested in applying for the ERC Starting Grants 2025 call.
Find out more on our website and register your interest: buff.ly/VHCnyaY
Find out more on our website and register your interest: buff.ly/VHCnyaY
July 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The British Academy is running an informative webinar on the Wednesday 24 September for UK-based, humanities and social sciences researchers interested in applying for the ERC Starting Grants 2025 call.
Find out more on our website and register your interest: buff.ly/VHCnyaY
Find out more on our website and register your interest: buff.ly/VHCnyaY
Hello, I’m a hero in action film. I know how to use every computer system without any training to download/print the information I’m stealing within seconds. Thankfully, nobody hinders this by locking their laptop or PC. Hurrah!
Hello. I am an expendable character in an action film. If you shoot me with a regular gun I will scream in pain before I die. But if you shoot me with a silencer I will - obligingly - just let out a quiet gasp.
Hello. I am a person in a film or television drama. I never use the toilet.
July 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hello, I’m a hero in action film. I know how to use every computer system without any training to download/print the information I’m stealing within seconds. Thankfully, nobody hinders this by locking their laptop or PC. Hurrah!
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The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network is delighted to host the National Postdoctoral Conference on Thursday, 18 September 2025. The event is free to early-career researchers in both SHAPE and STEM fields.
Register your interest: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/natio...
Register your interest: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/natio...
National Postdoctoral Conference for ECRs
The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network is delighted to host the National Postdoctoral Conference on Thursday, 18 September 2025, at the British Academy in London. Free event.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
May 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network is delighted to host the National Postdoctoral Conference on Thursday, 18 September 2025. The event is free to early-career researchers in both SHAPE and STEM fields.
Register your interest: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/natio...
Register your interest: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/natio...
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Alongside the Leverhulme Trust, we invite postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Application deadline is 4 June. Apply now: buff.ly/FM5QWoL
April 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Alongside the Leverhulme Trust, we invite postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Application deadline is 4 June. Apply now: buff.ly/FM5QWoL
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We had a brilliant time at Lancaster University's public engagement festival, Campus in the City, yesterday! We engaged with 260 people in Morecambe with ultrasound, nasalance, accent quizzes, gender and language, and a grammar escape room! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @phoneticslab.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We had a brilliant time at Lancaster University's public engagement festival, Campus in the City, yesterday! We engaged with 260 people in Morecambe with ultrasound, nasalance, accent quizzes, gender and language, and a grammar escape room! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @phoneticslab.bsky.social
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The call for papers for UKLVC15 is open! Deadline: 21st March. Join us in Lancaster 2nd-4th September 2025 for sociolinguistic research on any language. Hosted by @lancslinguistics.bsky.social and University of Central Lancashire. More information and keynote presenters: wp.lancs.ac.uk/uklvc15/
January 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The call for papers for UKLVC15 is open! Deadline: 21st March. Join us in Lancaster 2nd-4th September 2025 for sociolinguistic research on any language. Hosted by @lancslinguistics.bsky.social and University of Central Lancashire. More information and keynote presenters: wp.lancs.ac.uk/uklvc15/
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The call for papers for #UKLVC15 is out: Submit by March 21st and come to Lancaster in September so we can learn all about new, wonderful sociolinguistic work!
wp.lancs.ac.uk/uklvc15/call...
wp.lancs.ac.uk/uklvc15/call...
Call for Papers – United Kingdom Language Variation & Change 15
wp.lancs.ac.uk
January 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The call for papers for #UKLVC15 is out: Submit by March 21st and come to Lancaster in September so we can learn all about new, wonderful sociolinguistic work!
wp.lancs.ac.uk/uklvc15/call...
wp.lancs.ac.uk/uklvc15/call...
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Another chance for me to talk about attitudes towards the Welsh accent www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Traitors: Is a Welsh accent really more trustworthy?
Will swapping a southern English accent for a Welsh lilt work to gain opponents trust?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Another chance for me to talk about attitudes towards the Welsh accent www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New paper out with colleagues from @phoneticslab.bsky.social
'Articulatory phonetics in the market: combining public engagement with ultrasound data collection'
doi.org/10.1515/ling...
@samkirkham.bsky.social @takayukinagamine.bsky.social @pamelaforster.bsky.social
@justinjhlo.bsky.social
'Articulatory phonetics in the market: combining public engagement with ultrasound data collection'
doi.org/10.1515/ling...
@samkirkham.bsky.social @takayukinagamine.bsky.social @pamelaforster.bsky.social
@justinjhlo.bsky.social
Articulatory phonetics in the market: combining public engagement with ultrasound data collection
This paper is a methodological contribution outlining an approach we have developed to recording ultrasound tongue imaging and audio research data as part of public engagement work. The paper is based...
doi.org
December 19, 2024 at 10:28 AM
New paper out with colleagues from @phoneticslab.bsky.social
'Articulatory phonetics in the market: combining public engagement with ultrasound data collection'
doi.org/10.1515/ling...
@samkirkham.bsky.social @takayukinagamine.bsky.social @pamelaforster.bsky.social
@justinjhlo.bsky.social
'Articulatory phonetics in the market: combining public engagement with ultrasound data collection'
doi.org/10.1515/ling...
@samkirkham.bsky.social @takayukinagamine.bsky.social @pamelaforster.bsky.social
@justinjhlo.bsky.social
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Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind.
Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.
Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.
December 7, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind.
Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.
Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.
Really helpful training course on carrying out oral history interviews with the Oral History Society at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social yesterday. Lovely to meet up with Jane and Takayuki afterwards too! 😀 @NWCDTP @phoneticslab.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Really helpful training course on carrying out oral history interviews with the Oral History Society at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social yesterday. Lovely to meet up with Jane and Takayuki afterwards too! 😀 @NWCDTP @phoneticslab.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
Completed Sighted Guide training with @guidedogsuk.bsky.social today. Really valuable experience which brings home some of the difficulties blind and partially sighted people face in all aspects of their daily lives.
November 14, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Completed Sighted Guide training with @guidedogsuk.bsky.social today. Really valuable experience which brings home some of the difficulties blind and partially sighted people face in all aspects of their daily lives.