Resources

Regular Student Conferences in the UK

There are a number of regularly occurring linguistics conferences in the UK organised by students for students. These are a great place to make your conference debut as audiences and reviewers tend to be much more lenient and supportive. The conferences below occur at regular intervals ((bi)annually) one off events will be advertised separately.

• Edinburgh Linguistics and English Language Postgraduate Conference (LELPGC)

• Lancaster Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching (LAELPGC)

• Language at the University of Essex Postgraduate Conference (LangUE)

• Manchester Forum in Linguistics (mFiL)

• Newcastle and Northumbria Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics (NNPCiL)

• Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics (LingO)

• Postgraduate Academic Researchers in Linguistics at York (PARLAY)

• Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain (ULAB) Conference

• Warwick International Conference in Applied Linguistics (WICAL)

Jobseeking as a Postgraduate Linguist

Slide Presentations from the LAGBPSC Event at the 2013 LAGB Annual Meeting:

• ‘What to Look for in Your Job Interview‘ by Maggie Tallerman

• ‘Getting into Academia‘ by Sandra Jansen

Linguistics Career Launch - from our friends at the Linguistics Society of America

• Their resources, which are a goldmine for free advice,  ideas, and careers counselling

• Their YouTube channel, exhibiting recorded sessions from their annual events about getting linguists jobs post-PhD, which are a goldmine for industry-specific guidance and jobseeking coaching

• Their podcast, which interviews linguists who transitioned from academia to industry