@AdamCSchembri

Easily-distracted Australian professor of linguistics @UniBirmingham, UK.Hearing person interested in sign languages.Opinions my own.He/him.🇦🇺🇲🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈

 Birmingham, England
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Joined September 2011
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Fraser Nelson
@FraserNelsonOct 22
The new crime survey is out - the "Lawless Britain" picture in full - Violence at lowest since records began in 1981 - Corroborated by hospital figures for knife wounds - Robbery: record low - Overall crime 78% below 1995 peak. - Shoplifting up More:- comment.press/lawless

"Lawless Britain" - an update

"Lawless Britain" - an update

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Reiss 🦩@ReissOmariSep 30
Well as predicted, Cadent have come, destroyed less than 3 year old paving and left off leaving tarmac to blight the area. Another one to add to the list
Reiss 🦩@ReissOmariSep 25
So Cadent have absolutely DESTROYED the block paving on Waterloo Street in two separate areas, so just like Colmore Row, prepare for these areas to be replaced with tarmac for the foreseeable future. Fed up of finally getting improvements to the City just for them to be ruined.
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I tried 3 times to get an NHS appointment to discuss the results from my assessment. Once I messed up and missed the date and had to ask to reschedule. The two other times -despite waiting online- the specialist didn’t keep the appointment. They then threw me off the waiting list
Simon J Dixon@WoodinRiversSep 28
Its fine, there isn't really any actual support for neurological disability in adulthood anyway, Daniel's mum just hasn't realise that yet. The cost to the global economy of not treating & supporting ADHD *alone* is estimated to be $123 billion/yr in costs incurred elsewhere.
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Excl: ADHD and autism are not widely overdiagnosed in the UK, a major Government review is expected to find. The report is set to conclude that growing numbers are incentivised to seek an official diagnosis because support can be hard to get without one. inews.co.uk/news/claims-mass…

ADHD is not being overdiagnosed, major Government report set to find

Landmark report expected to rule out mass overdiagnosis but warn support can be hard to obtain

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@NatureSep 14
The UK's universities are under pressure from every direction. We asked eight higher education leaders for their thoughts go.nature.com/4cKLRSJ
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SciTube
@scitube_socialAug 28
Debunking the myths around sign languages. Adam Schembri, Kearsy Cormier and colleagues explore common misconceptions about sign languages and what research reveals about how they really work. Watch: scitube.io/adam-schembri-kea…

Professor Adam Schembri – Professor Kearsy Cormier | Debunking the Myths Around Sign Languages -...

Sign languages are rich, complex languages used by deaf communities all over the world. Yet despite decades of research showing this clearly, many people still hold on to outdated misunderstandings...

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CUP Linguistics@CambUP_LangLingJul 9
Out now! Sign Language Linguistics by Schembri et al. | A uniquely international and comparative introduction to the structure and use of ASL and BSL. Find out more: ☑️ cup.org/4uu0pfg
Cover image of the book titled 'Sign Language Linguistics', by Adam Schembri, Jordan Fenlon, Kearsy Cormier and Trevor Johnston

ALT Cover image of the book titled 'Sign Language Linguistics', by Adam Schembri, Jordan Fenlon, Kearsy Cormier and Trevor Johnston

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21group@21percentgroupJul 13
UK is sabotaging its own future by closing university courses in: Chemistry, Nursing, Physics, Modern Languages, Music Astronomy, Creative Arts, English, History, Classics A gutting of the disciplines that keep people alive, drive discovery & sustain any claim to culture
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Now fix the bloody toilets in Grand Central: it's just appalling how they're falling apart.
Harry Leach@HarrylLeachJul 3
Things you love to see birminghammail.co.uk/news/mi…

New Street station's iconic 'eyes' to return after blackout

Work is underway to switch the station's iconic 'eyes' back on after a three-year blackout

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Electric cars were not invented to save the planet, our lives or our cities. They were only invented to save the car industry. (🖼️ by Antonio Huerta)
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I have a stovetop Moka pot and I live in the JQ.
Ruth Millington@ruth_millingtonJul 3
Birmingham as coffee choices City centre: pods Bournville: cafetiere Stirchley: aeropress Moseley: stovetop Am I right? ☕️🫕
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Rob@carreg_y_defaidJun 9
So... for those not keeping score. He'll retain Shabana's racist, nativist nonsense. He'll retain Reeves' austerity economics. He'll retain Starmer's foreign policy positions. What exactly is the point of Andy Starmer (sorry, Burnham) becoming Prime Minister? No change at all.
The National
@ScotNationalJun 9
Andy Burnham has pledged to make 'greater use' of migrant detention centres if he succeeds Keir Starmer as Prime Minister thenational.scot/news/261780…

Andy Burnham pledges to expand use of migrant detention centres if prime minister

ANDY Burnham has pledged to make “greater use” of migrant detention centres if he succeeds Keir Starmer as prime minister.

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Zack Polanski@ZackPolanskiJun 1
Shabana Mahmood, we’re told will get a senior position in an Andy Burnham government. She needs to explain this strange and worrying decision, and Andy Burnham needs to make his view clear.
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The UK's university system is about to collapse. Discuss.
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So mostly shit coffee and food options. When you think about all the great cafés and restaurants we have in Brum, and yet we see none of them on campus.
Simon J Dixon@WoodinRiversMay 27
University Birmingham now has its own station, a Wetherspoons, 3 Costas, a Starbucks, a subway, and no bookshop.
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Caroline Lucas@CarolineLucasMay 15
I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter dire threat of a Reform UK government theguardian.com/politics/202…

Greens suggest they will properly contest byelection, in blow to Burnham

Statement follows speculation party would not field candidate in Makerfield or barely fight seat

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JN@JonNealeMay 15
More prime ministers were educated at Mason College, the ancestor of Birmingham University, than any English university outside Oxbridge.
Ramin Nasibov
@RaminNasibovMay 12
What historical fact sounds fake but is true?
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Dr Gerald Roche@GJosephRocheMay 9
In contradiction to much popular wisdom, language loss is not an inevitable, spontaneous trend, caused by globalization, modernization, or technological progress. It is the outcome of deliberate policies and practices that aim to eliminate diversity. politicsrights.com/state-sov…

How State Sovereignty Fuels Language Loss: Lessons from Tibet

State sovereignty drives global language loss and fuels attacks on diversity, as shown through fieldwork in Tibet.

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Helen Russell@helengothMay 13
A splash of colour in the grey! 🏳️‍🌈🌈#Birmingham
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There really is no need for the catastrophic redundancies hitting our university sector. The UK is an educational powerhouse and its resources are being squandered.
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