Becca Gregory

Fan of #placenames, #dogs, #vikings, & general silliness. Architect of ascension. Based at @UoNAppEnglish @UoNEnglish, with a @NameStudies leaning. She/her

[Becca Gregory @beccagregs]

Did a thing. Quite chuffed with it.

[Paweł Szudarski @pawel_szudarski]

Happy to share a publication co-authored with @beccagregs @jessnorledge @PeterJStockwell. Based on our experience of teaching & tutoring distance learners, we discuss digital pedagogy & best practice for teaching linguistics in online & blended contexts
https://t.co/ljOOs6QD1c

[Angela Muir @muirdershewrote]

Please share this amazing opportunity widely! 3 funded MA studentships in Black British Local History for the coming academic year based at @CRLHLeicester (@HyPIRUoL @uniofleicester @LeicesterCSSAH) in partnership with @bcaheritage

More info: https://t.co/D3o4Lu60NO

[SNSBI @SNSBI_official]

#CfP alert. We're pleased to share the details on our forthcoming SNSBI autumn day conference - which will be held in York on Saturday 19 October as a hybrid event. If you would like to present, please find initial details on the poster attached.

[Applied English (MA English) online @UoNAppEnglish]

Huge congratulations to our recent graduate Carolien Wielockx, whose poetry has just been published in the journal New Writing. Carolien's work was undertaken as a creative-critical hexapod project in the third phase of her MA degree. Check it out now:

https://t.co/Dz2kxdGhvl

[Becca Gregory @beccagregs]

Congratulations Dr @kfbullen! Lovely to see you walk across the stage yesterday 💐

[Dr Kathryn Bullen @kfbullen]

Wonderful to celebrate the end of the PhD journey yesterday with fellow PhD friends @Gracewife, @cassidycroci and @WilcocksonAmy, and my supervisors Professor Jayne Carroll and Dr John Baker! Thanks @Midlands4Cities @ahrcpress @UoNCSVA @The_EPNS @SNSBI_official @Northlincmuseum

[Becca Gregory @beccagregs]

The cake was nearly as good as the book...

[ArtsEngaged UoN @EngagedArts_UoN]

'beneath the friendship bracelets and sequins, [Swift's] global Eras Tour makes extensive use of gothic elements to engage her audience and articulate her feminist politics'

@UoNEnglish Matt Green writes for @ConversationUK on Taylor Swift, Eras and the Gothic.

@UoNPressOffice

[Becca Gregory @beccagregs]

Name nerds ftw

[Tristan 'countfingers' Alphey @seaxeducation]

The Medieval Onomastics panel returns to @IMC_Leeds 2025, again kindly sponsored by @NameStudies! Get your proposals in on all things personal and place names, and for a great chance to talk to other name nerds. Please RT!

[Tristan 'countfingers' Alphey @seaxeducation]

The Medieval Onomastics panel returns to @IMC_Leeds 2025, again kindly sponsored by @NameStudies! Get your proposals in on all things personal and place names, and for a great chance to talk to other name nerds. Please RT!

[Uni of Nottingham Press Office @UoNPressOffice]

Is politeness declining? A new book by sociolinguist @louisejmullany @UoNEnglish asks this question.

'Polite: The Art of Conversation at Home at Work and in Public' analyses the important role it plays in our work, relationships and lives.

Read more 🔽
https://t.co/MjAA6bgqSz

[Applied English (MA English) online @UoNAppEnglish]

Hold on to your hats, everyone... here comes a new pathway!

We're thrilled to announce that on our online MA English, you can now specialise in Discourse and Communication! Check out the video for a taster of the pods on offer, or take a look at https://t.co/rXgcuRMflf for more.

[Uni of Nottingham Press Office @UoNPressOffice]

The practice of medicine looked very different in the Middle Ages compared to today.

Dr Christina Lee @UoNEnglish @EngagedArts_UoN joins the @DrugDiscovNews podcast to discuss her research identifying suitable remedies used in medieval medical books. 🌿

https://t.co/SzXwWUiGL4

[Adam Chapman @DrAdamChapman]

It’s a great rabbit hole to go down, to be fair. Welsh accents in Shakespeare, worth a read:

[Becca Gregory @beccagregs]

@timdaw Gorgeous!

[Applied English (MA English) online @UoNAppEnglish]

That's it! Another Summer School over. We've had such a brilliant time - huge thanks to our @UoNEnglish colleagues for running engaging and inspiring sessions all week, and to our students for (as ever) throwing themselves into it all with gusto!

Time for a little lie down... 😴

[Paweł Szudarski @pawel_szudarski]

Fifth (and sadly final) day of @UoNAppEnglish Distance-Learning Summer School 2024 is off to a good start with @chrisjtcollins' session on Ireland and Martin McDonagh's Theatre

[Uni of Nottingham Press Office @UoNPressOffice]

Words We Live By @LGBTQwords is a glossary of words defined by young LGBTQ+ people created by @jones_lucy @UoNEnglish

Read more about the guide which details the words that they think we all need to know if we're to support and understand them better 🏳️‍🌈
https://t.co/mUocsjXET6

[Applied English (MA English) online @UoNAppEnglish]

Now, to the coast!

[Applied English (MA English) online @UoNAppEnglish]

Day 4! @beccagregs is talking to us about ‘Rewilding the namescape’ - wildcats and beavers and bears, oh my!

[Becca Gregory @beccagregs]

Real place-names, fictional maps! Such fun 🌳🌳

[Applied English (MA English) online @UoNAppEnglish]

Presentation time! Scenario 2 - Erosion.