Prof. Lee Bosher

Power Dynamics are Everywhere, and Language is no Exception We can talk in English, but can we talk about English? By Basile Boulay (part 3 of 3) Facilitating publication in English for non-native speakers is important: as we saw in the previous post (1st p…

“Although we cannot ignore the practical gains that English as a lingua franca brings for research, we can’t turn a blind eye to the fact that this hegemony creates serious problems for everyone, native speakers included.”

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Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns University sector, which is reliant on overseas students for a quarter of income, key to economic activity in cities like Leicester and Hull

Using the word *crackdown* about international students is a pretty strong indicator of how far gone the UK is. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Affluent Areas Benefit More from Flood Solutions Funding

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#NbS #England #Flooding #NFM #IMD

This! All day every day.

Excellent new paper led by Dr Bart Hill in Nature Comms “Market-based instruments to fund nature-based solutions for flood risk management can disproportionately benefit affluent areas” #NbS #NFM #equity #IMD #England (free to download) 👇🏼

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Hero And Heroine
Strawbs
1974 - A&M
Saddened to hear of the passing of David Cousins today at the age of the 85. One of the most distinctive voices in prog rock.
#vinyl #WOYTT #nowspinning

Charnwood Forest: Bid to win Unesco status for historic landscape Charnwood Forest has been put forward to be considered as a Unesco Global Geopark.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A map of the southern central Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. Bright red lines mark the currently active eruptive fissures. Darker red lines show guard walls meant to keep lava away from infrastructure. Lava flows from this current eruption are shaded purple; the flows are mostly moving eastward, away from roads and infrastructure. Darker gray shading shows all of the lava that has erupted out of the Sundhnúksgígar fissure in the 9 eruptions since December 2023. To the east, shaded in lighter gray, are the lava flows from the three Fagradalsfjall eruptions in 2021-2023.

⚒️🧪🌋🇮🇸 The fissure slowly extended to the north over the past hours. It is 2.4 km long now, and also extends further north than any of the previous fissures.
This new map shows a smaller lava cover area than has been the case in the earlier stages of previous eruptions.
www.vedur.is/um-vi/fretti...

AGU is deeply disappointed in SCOTUS decision to overrule the order blocking the dismantling of fed agencies until we could make our case about the President’s unlawful actions. 

The harm this will cause is shocking. However, we will continue to fight for the rule of law.

The disaster denialism continues.

There are still plenty of opportunities to catch Quorn in preseason action as we host Hinckley AFC, Anstey Nomads, Corby Town & OJM CFC. There are also visits to Shepshed Dynamo and Alfreton Town to come.

#WeAreQuorn #QuornFC #TheMethodists⛪ #TheReds🟥 #TheStottoStadium🏟

Carsington Water triathlon cancelled due to water levels Organisers say they are "dropping quickly", leaving thick mud and weeds along the shorelines.

Carsington Water triathlon cancelled due to water levels

😬

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Six business cards covering jobs at the universities of Middlesex and Loughborough since 2001.

While clearing out some old boxes, I found these mementos of the fun and rewarding academic journey that I’ve travelled since 2001. #BusinessCard
#academiclife

SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

The U.K. cannot continue to pretend it can make a “deal” with these people.

Quake Hits Myanmar, Shaking Buildings in Thailand, Vietnam A strong earthquake struck close to Mandalay in Myanmar, shaking buildings in neighboring Thailand and Vietnam.

BREAKING: A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.7 has hit Myanmar, shaking parts of Thailand and Vietnam.

BREAKING: USGS upgrades magnitude of Myanmar earthquake to 7.7

Oooof. A massive earthquake at shallow depth pretty much right beneath Mandalay - Myanmar’s second largest city - that has a population of 1.6 million people. This country has gone through so much terrible upheaval over recent years - today’s earthquake could well be catastrophic

Brilliant afternoon at QuornAFC as they secured a 3-0 win and became league Champions. 🍾
To make a special day even better, Phil Annets was handing out signed copies of his excellent book about the FA cup 👏🏼
Decent, but quite damp, attendance of 476
What an amazing day 😃

Intensity map of the Great Tohoku-oki M 9.1 Earthquake in 2011 in Japan.

Big poster by the USGS explaining the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake

Today 14 years ago the M 9.1 Tohoku-oki #earthquake occured in #Japan, one of the biggest ever recorded. It triggered a devastating tsunami up to 40 m run-up height. These events killed over 19k people and also caused the Fukushima Nuclear disaster. ⚒️ 🧪 (1/4)

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Rainbow Warrior arrives in Marshall Islands to call for nuclear and climate justice on 40th anniversary of Rongelap evacuation - Greenpeace International The arrival of the Rainbow Warrior marks 40 years since Greenpeace crew evacuated over 300 people from the Rongelap atoll to Mejatto island, after toxic nuclear fallout from the Castle Bravo test rendered their ancestral lands uninhabitable.

It is 14 years ago that an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan causing devastation taking thousands of victims. It also triggered the #Fukushima #nuclear disaster. We will never forget, like all other nuclear catastrophes. www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

Former students work to turn tsunami-hit elementary school into social hub One former student felt the school has become increasingly defined solely by the tragedy.

Former students of a school in Miyagi Prefecture where 84 children and staff lost their lives in the tsunami triggered by the March 11, 2011, earthquake are working to turn the site into a community hub.

A Straightforward Climate Fix Hits Another Setback Cutting down emissions of planet-warming methane from oil and gas production was supposed to be relatively simple. It hasn’t worked that way.

Trump sabotages climate change fix: the methane fee would have led to emissions reductions of 1.2 million tons of methane over the next 10 years, roughly equivalent to removing 8 million gas-powered cars from the road for one year. Trump ended it. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/c...

OTD in 1946, 33 people died at Burnden Park during a FA Cup match between Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City. The subsequent official report by Moelwyn Hughes recommended more rigorous control of crowd sizes. #NeverForget

“Scientists, stay in your lane!”
goes the refrain.
Well, we won’t - and Kit Yates eloquently lays out why we absolutely shouldn’t. Science IS political.

Major incident declared over large #sinkhole, in Godstone, Surrey (affected road shaded in red). This area was formerly a sandpit so it would be interesting to hear what specialist ground works were undertaken in this area, specifically for the relatively new buildings?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New report uncovers concerning insurance trend that could soon impact countless American homeowners: 'They're doing it because they have no choice' “New Jersey isn’t there yet, but it could go in that direction.”

Disastrous markets: three New Jersey counties — Cape May, Hudson, and Atlantic — were among the top 100 counties with the highest nonrenewal percentage for insurance from 2018 to 2023 (with a minimum of 10,000 policies) www.yahoo.com/news/report-...

REPORT: Quorn 3-0 Corby Town. Noble scored a brace for the second game in a row and Goodson struck a goal of the season contender to round it off. A solid performance also saw a 14th cleansheet for the Reds.

www.quornfc.co.uk/news/report-...

#WeAreQuorn #QuornFC #TheMethodists⛪️ #TheReds🟥#100Years

YouTube video by Songs of the Sufi Songs of the Sufi | Trailer

SAVE THE DATE - 20 Feb

If anyone in London wants to see our award-winning film Songs Of The Sufi there will be a screening at the @agakhanfoundation.bsky.social Aga Khan Centre near King’s Cross on 20 Feb.

Save the date and watch this space for booking details

youtu.be/YKLNlxkibeg?...