Robert Sharples

PhD researcher @UoPHumSS. Interested in language, teaching, politics & اللغة العربية

[Robert Sharples @rob_sharples]

I'm really excited to be starting a PhD at @UoPHumSS. I'll be using tools and techniques from linguistics to compare how the media cover news about terrorism in Western Europe and North Africa.

[Robert Sharples @rob_sharples]

@Adikastakes The point is to win games of football, not for an academy grad to play some nice touches in the middle of the park!

[Robert Sharples @rob_sharples]

@edcmpbl "Gaza independent MP - dire reporting

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

The link between the daily inhumanity being metted out to Palestinians and rising Islamophobia in the UK, are not unconnected.

The inhumanity being shown to one is giving ‘permission’ for the other.

These actions diminish us all.

[Robert Sharples @rob_sharples]

Another excellent thread by @marcowenjones

[Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones]

🧵🚨I wanted to do another thread on the account @EuropeInvasionn. It's been one of the most widely viewed anti-immigrant & anti-muslim disinfluencers on X since the #Southport murders. Read more to learn about its shocking reach, disinformation, & hate speech #UKRiots

[Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones]

This is incredible. "The BBC journalists said that across British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) platforms, terms like “massacre” and “atrocity”, have been reserved “only for Hamas, framing the group as the only instigator and perpetrator of violence in the region. This is inaccurate but aligns with the BBC’s overall coverage”."

[hossam bahgat حسام بهجت @hossambahgat]

Take 2 minutes to watch this BBC dispatch on the last 24 hours in Gaza
It’s the least you can do

[Robert Sharples @rob_sharples]

@Lowkey0nline Source? You're an important voice on this issue. Don't share fake news.

[Robert Sharples @rob_sharples]

Enjoying a really thought-provoking panel on power and otherness and exclusion at @BRAIS_UK conference

[Lynda Taylor @LyndaTa72742819]

For your diary: Colloquium jointly organised by UKALTA, EALTA, ALTE & BC to explore aligning language education to the CEFR. Date: Fri 29 Sept 2023. Venue: CRELLA, Luton, UK. Mode: in-person & online. No attendance fee. Book the date! More info available soon… @UKALTA2

[Robert Sharples @rob_sharples]

Excited to begin this course on Assessment in Online Courses with Aga Khan University looking forward to learning about tech, assessment and learning #AKUOTHE

[Shanaz Cassum @ShanazCassum]

#AKUOTHE # Excited to welcome all participants to the Assessment in Online Course! Online assessment is not about replacing traditional testing methods, but leveraging technology to enhance the assessment experience of learners and teachers.

[Graham Hall @ghinwhitleybay]

Shameless self-promotion! A British Council ELT Research Report put together by, erm, me...

Teachers’ engagement with published research: how do teachers who read research navigate the field, what do they read, and why?

Freely available at https://t.co/UIafOaoG0s

[Talia Isaacs @TaliaIsaacs]

Our article on the relationship between international students’ scores on @DuolingoENTest & their academic grades is generating interest in #EAP circles @baleap @taf_sig @TESOL_Assn #academicEnglish. Headline findings available in @OASIS_Database summary: https://t.co/Vwpega08dI

[Robert Sharples @rob_sharples]

Sadly, an excellent example of how the BBC normalizes the situation in East Jerusalem.

[Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot]

✅"Clashes"
✅"Contested"
✅Framing with Israeli police reports
✅Not interviewing Palestinian eyewitness
✅ Not giving essential context around policing and provocation in E J'lem

Today we're playing bad BBC reporting bingo.

[Robert Sharples @rob_sharples]

This looks like a fascinating set of titles from @ibtauris on Islamic history

[I.B. Tauris (former imprint of Bloomsbury) @ibtauris]

📚 GIVEAWAY 📚

This month we're giving away copies of 3 books in the World of Islam series!

To enter, simply retweet and comment on this tweet before 1st March, 23:59 GMT. Competition open to UK residents only.

Good luck!

[Robert Sharples @rob_sharples]

I am excited to start today Aga Khan University's short course on facilitating online courses with @kevincpitts and colleagues! #AKUOTHE

[Robert Sharples @rob_sharples]

@guardian_sport @seaningle never thought I'd see the day a Guardian journalist uses the phrase 'play the racism card'. Not a strong look imho.

[Dr Maria Fotiadou @DrFotiadouM]

I'm so excited! My book, 'The Language of Employability' is finally out. #thelanguageofemployability #criticaldiscourseanalysis #corpuslinguistics #employability #neoliberalism #highereducation

https://t.co/Lbc8XEsE0t

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia https://t.co/gtHvhNsnuT

Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people.

A thread:

[Robert Sharples @rob_sharples]

@jburnmurdoch Fascinating article and makes more even more interesting reading comparing with France/Germany/Netherlands imo. What does 'disposable income' refer to? Income after tax/NI etc, or after other costs like housing have been deducted?

[Robert Sharples @rob_sharples]

@mrsneamaamin @morsidemocracy شكراً!