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On Tuesday 10 June 2026, the Language@Leeds PGR Group hosted a beginner-level R training workshop targeting social scientists led by Dr Chris Norton. The session brought together 16 postgraduate researchers from across the University for an introduction to R and its applications in research. The two-hour workshop focused on learning through practice. PGRs were guided...
Following the strong enthusiasm for the Research Pitch Perfect event, the Language@Leeds PGR community brought it back this semester. The event was held in the Emmanuel Centre at the University of Leeds led by L@L research intern Mian Feng, once again creating a supportive space for postgraduate researchers to develop their research communication skills. PGRs...
The first PGR event of the 2025/26 academic year was successfully held by the Language@Leeds PGR Reps Mian Feng, Gergely Kajos, and Annabel Pickard on 13 November in the Michael Sadler Building at the University of Leeds. We gathered an enthusiastic group of postgraduate researchers to explore how to communicate research clearly, confidently, and creatively,...
All researchers and scholars working on language-related projects at the University of Leeds are invited to submit a poster (or several posters) about their research and scholarship projects. The showcase, entitled: "Language research to address regional and global challenges", will be an in-person public event held at Nexus on 1 April 2025, 4-6:30pm. Guidance Please...
Would you like to co-lead the L@L PGR Group? Do you have a supervisee who would? The L@L PGR Group brings together PGRs working on language-related topics across the University and provides them with opportunities to discuss their needs and challenges and receive tailored support, e.g., specialised training, writing sessions, practice talks. As a L@L...
The first Language@Leeds PGR event took place last Thursday 12 October 2023 and it was a huge success! Around 40 PGRs from 7 different Schools met over lunch to connect and discuss interests, challenges and opportunities. The L@L PGR Reps, Kelly and Nathalie, are already planning the next event: a writing retreat. Hope to see...
Thea Pitman, Diane Nelson and Janet Watson are on the supervisory team for the new Leverhulme-funded Extinction Studies Doctoral Training Programme (PL Graham Huggan). The DTP will host PGR projects that deal with extinction – biological, cultural and linguistic – from a range of perspectives that cut across Social Science, Natural Science and the Humanities. This exciting new interdisciplinary...
We are pleased to announce that the Arabic Language@Leeds PGR Satellite has launched a new series of videos on VideoLeeds, the official University of Leeds video channel. Every month we will upload the recordings of our Research Talks, which hosts scholars from the Middle East, Europe and North America. The first Research Talk, hold in...
The Arabic Language@Leeds PGR is an interdisciplinary group of PhD students meeting twice a month to discuss various issues in Arabic language and linguistics. The group is a great opportunity to showcase your research with other PGRs and staff involved in research on Arabic, as well as providing you with valuable feedback and networking activities....
One of our LCS White Rose award PhD students, Natalia Parker, (supervised by James Wislon and Clare Wright) is to be a published language textbook author with Routledge: The book is due to be released at the end of May. https://www.routledge.com/Russian-in-Plain-English-A-Very-Basic-Russian-Starter-for-Complete-Beginners/Parker/p/book/9780367415402