-
CASS welcomes XJTU delegation in strategic visit marking new UK–China TNE partnership
Last week, CASS was pleased to welcome a delegation from Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) for a strategic visit focused on strengthening collaboration around our newly co-designed double-degree BSc in Language Science. The programme has recently been approved as part of a competitive group of 50 newly endorsed UK–China transnational education (TNE) partnerships, as announced by…
-
A Break in the Clouds: Behind the Scenes of the LU–XJTU Dual Degree Lancaster Video Shoot
Last Friday, the CASS team filmed the Lancaster segment of a promotional video for the joint Linguistics dual-degree programme in Language Science run by Lancaster University and Xi’an Jiaotong University. Despite a forecast of overcast skies and persistent rain throughout the week, the day of the shoot brought a welcome surprise: by the time filming…
-
CASS Hosts Vice-Chancellor Visit
On Monday 18 May, CASS welcomed Professor Steve Decent, Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University, for a visit focused on the future direction of Linguistics and interdisciplinary research at Lancaster. The visit included a “show and tell” session featuring some of CASS’s most recent research projects alongside key milestones from the history of Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics.…
-
Fully funded PhD opportunity at the CASS research centre
We are delighted to offer a full-time, fully funded PhD studentship (including a Research Training Support Grant) within the group of Dr Isobelle Clarke in the Economic and Social Research Council Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science in Linguistics and English Language. The successful applicant will join a team of researchers based at Lancaster…
-
Representations of obesity in the news
Written by Monika Bednarek and Gavin Brookes. Note: This post was simultaneously published by the Sydney Corpus Lab and by the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science at Lancaster University. It is published under a Creative Commons — Attribution Noncommercial license. If you want to republish it, please follow the relevant licensing guidelines.…
-
Fully funded PhD opportunity at the CASS research centre
We are delighted to offer a fully funded PhD studentship available to both UK and international candidates. CASS has been awarded a prestigious North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP) PhD studentship, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), to begin in October 2026. We are seeking outstanding candidates with experience in…
-
Free Lancaster lectures on corpus linguistics
If you’re interested in accessible lectures from the traditional Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics 2025, covering a wide range of topics, you can watch them online from the links below. You can also join us for the Corpus MOOC 🎓—a free, 8-week online course, now newly available on the edX platform 🌐: Corpus Linguistics…
-
Free Online Lectures on Corpus linguistics – Language & Technology
We are pleased to invite you to join a series of free, livestreamed public lectures during the week of 16 June 2025, as part of the International Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics 2025. Monday 16 June1-2pm UK time Frequency and concordancing: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NzYxODdkNjItODNmMS00MGY1LTg0YzQtYTJmZDg3MTc2NTEx%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229c9bcd11-977a-4e9c-a9a0-bc734090164a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225a9d3247-866e-4535-96a2-2484de7fd09a%22%7d Tue 17 June10.30-11.30am UK time Building your own corpus: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjJiYTliOGMtZmM3YS00N2FjLTg4YTgtNmM2MzEzMWFlZWE3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229c9bcd11-977a-4e9c-a9a0-bc734090164a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225a9d3247-866e-4535-96a2-2484de7fd09a%22%7d 1.30-2.30pm UK…
-
Consul General Visits CASS
On Friday May 30, Mr. David Frous, the Consul General of the Czech Republic visited the Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science (CASS) at Lancaster University. During the visit, we highlighted both Lancaster’s rich history in the development of corpus linguistics and its continuing leadership in large-scale data analysis. Lancaster has played a pioneering…
-
CASS Enters a New Era of Innovation
Leading the Way in Corpus Linguistics The ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science (CASS) at Lancaster University continues to affirm its leadership in the field of corpus linguistics. CASS provides a unique perspective on language analysis using large-scale data (millions and billions of words), cutting-edge computational tools, and specialised software to gain deep…
CASS Briefings
CASS: Briefings is a series of short, quick reads on the work being done at the ESRC/CASS research centre at Lancaster University, UK.