ULAB Events
Since the summer of 2020, ULAB has been hosting an exciting range of online events to connect linguists both within the UK and around the world. The most up-to-date details for all our events can always be found on our Facebook page.
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CV Workshop (Members Only)
Online (Members-only; link to be sent to all members prior to the event)
More informationNeeding to write a CV/resume but not know where to start? In this online workshop, we will be sharing tips and tricks on how to make your CV the best it can be, both for jobs outside of academia, and postgraduate study and academic positions.
This event is members only, and the link will be sent to all members before the event. If you're not a member yet and want to attend, membership is £7.50 for undergraduates and £10 for everyone else. -
Online Post-Uni Panel
Online
Don’t know what to do after you finish your linguistics degree? Fear not! Come and join us for this post-uni panel discussion where you can ask questions to people who are doing (or have done) masters’ degrees, PhDs and linguistics related jobs! -
ULAB Puzzles Workshop + Games Night!
More informationEver wanted to learn how to write a linguistics puzzle? Now's your chance! ULAB is running a puzzle-writing workshop for beginners! Dr Pavel Iosad and Prof. Graeme Trousdale of the University of Edinburgh will first talk about how to start writing a linguistics puzzle. There will then be time for you to start writing a puzzle, either on your own or in a group, based on a given language and dataset. A number of puzzle-writing experts will be on hand to give feedback and advice throughout. Afterwards there will be a short break, before ULAB's online games night! The workshop will take place online at on 18th August, from 3pm BST, and is expected to last roughly 2 hours. Be there or be a vowel trapezium! (P.S. attendance at the games night afterwards is completely optional). Link will be shared closer to the time. -
LIFE AND LINGUISTICS 4: Interviewing Like You're Worth It
Online
More informationTalking yourself up, finding the line between too quiet and overconfident, convincing an interviewer that you're the best possible candidate for a position... it might not be easy, but it's a skill you can hone with practise! If you're looking for some pragmatic and helpful advice from two students who've been through their fair share of interviews (and come out the other side!) come and join us for the FINAL of our Life And Linguistics workshops!
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LIFE AND LINGUISTICS 3: Pimp My LinkedIn Profile!
Online
More informationLinkedIn is often used by job recruiters, and it's a fantastic tool to show off the skills and experience you've gained over the time you've been studying linguistics. But where do you start, and how do you make your profile look as interesting as possible to potential hiring managers?If you want some tips, tricks, and general wisdom for all things concerning the world of LinkedIn, come and join us for the third of four Life And Linguistics workshops, run by postgraduate students ready to answer all of your burning questions!
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LIFE AND LINGUISTICS 2: CVs and Cover Letters To The Stars
Online
More informationCVs and cover letters can be tricksy and difficult, depending on the position that you're applying for. As a current linguistics student, maybe you know what you want to do after you graduate, and maybe you don't have a clue... but either way, come and get some tips, tricks, and support in the second of four Life And Linguistics workshops, run by postgraduate students who've been in your position before!
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LIFE AND LINGUISTICS 1: Abstract Writing for Undergrads!
Online
More informationInterested in submitting your work to the upcoming ULAB 2022 conference? Out of practise writing abstracts, or don't quite know where to start? Regardless of your level of expertise, come and join us for the first of four Life And Linguistics workshops - guaranteed pragmatic and useful advice from two postgraduate linguistics students who've been in your position before!
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ULAB Virtual Dinner
Online
More informationCome and join us for a virtual dinner and a cozy evening in! It's a great opportunity to catch up with fellow ULAB members and make some new friends. Home-cooked food and takeaways are both welcome - if you don't know what to cook or want to branch out and try something new, here's a good old British classic suggested by Tom, our Journal Editor!Classic toad in the hole: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/sams-toad-hole
Vegan version: https://www.bbc.co.uk/.../vegan_toad-in-the-hole_56207
Gluten-free version: https://realfood.tesco.com/.../gluten-free-tomato-toad-in...Whatever food you bring, we can't wait to see you there! -
Study Skills Workshop
Online
More informationIt's that time of year where deadlines are fast approaching... and after studying online for so long, it's not been easy to get back into the rhythm of university. So why not come and join our Study Skills event on Tuesday 30th November? There'll be a presentation from Eloise, who started a PhD in Linguistics this January, followed by an informal open chat about study skills!Whether you're a fresher, veteran postgrad, or anywhere in between, come along to meet and learn from fellow students, or share some study tips and tricks of your own! -
ULAB Welcome Social
Online
More informationJoin us for a linguistics-themed (ish) quiz and a chance to meet some of the ULAB National Committee and other linguistics students from around the country. We hope to see you whether you’re a returning member or a new face! -
Back To Uni Quiz
Online
More informationUni is just about to start back up, so the best way to spend your last days of the summer holidays is obviously answering linguistics questions! Come join us, meet new people, and have an amazing start to the 2021/2022 academic year! -
Collaborative Escape Room!
Online
More informationHave you ever successfully completed an escape room? Whether you're a seasoned escape room veteran or totally new to this, come and join us for our next event! We'll all be trying to solve the same digital escape room, so there's lots of opportunity for a chat and a laugh with your fellow ULAB members - and you don't need to know anyone to be able to participate! -
ULAB Summer Social!
Online
More informationCome and join us for our summer social! Hilarity, chatting, and a Kahoot quiz guaranteed - plus the chance to meet some of the ULAB 2021-22 committee. Whether you're a seasoned ULAB member or this is your first event, a postgrad or a first year, come along and have some fun! You don't need to know anyone to be able to participate. After an intense year, we promise that only a few questions will be about linguistics... no matter what your level, there are questions for everyone to enjoy. After the quiz, stick around to chat with your fellow ULAB members in breakout groups!With regards to accessibility, the introduction and quiz section will be auto-captioned, and breakout rooms will be captioned as needed. Access breaks will be scheduled between quiz rounds. -
JoULAB Issue #1 Release Party
Online
More informationJoULAB first issue is about to be released after months and months of hard work from so many people so join us in this wild, non-stop, exciting, unique, once in a life time event. -
ULAB Puzzles Workshop
Online
More informationDr Graeme Trousdale and Dr Pavel Iosad are back to give us a second workshop on creating language puzzles!This session will be more practical and so you’ll need to do a bit of preparation beforehand. The brief for the workshop is to create a puzzle based on the verbal morphology of Pite Saami. There is an open-access grammar of the language here: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/17. It’s up to you to decide on the kind of puzzle to create, but some possibilities for this data are scrambled translations or very simple Rosetta puzzles (puzzles where the data is given with English translations and the solver must work out the grammar and answer some additional translation questions).Before the workshop you should familiarise yourself with the data and try to come up with a first draft of a puzzle, and you can do this individually or in a group.All language enthusiasts welcome - you don't have to have been at the first puzzles workshop to come along!The event will take place online and the link will be posted on the Facebook page on the day. -
ULAB Conlanging Event with David Peterson
Online
More informationJoin us for an epic conlanging event! We will begin with a talk given by David J. Peterson, creator of the Dothraki and Valyrian languages of Game of Thrones! This will be followed by a practical conlanging activity in groups.This is a free event and everyone is welcome! The joining link will be posted on the Facebook on the day. -
ULABake-Off!
Online
More informationCome and bake some linguistics-themed foods with us! We will post some recipes before the event, so that you have time to get the ingredients, and we'll all spend a nice evening making cookies shaped like IPA symbols and other linguisticy foods together.This event will be online, and we will post the joining link on Facebook, around 10 minutes before the start of the event. Everyone is welcome! -
ULAB Online Pub Quiz
Online
More informationJoin us at Ye olde Vowele Quadrilateral for our very first event of 2021: another online quiz! As always, there will be a bunch of questions on topics both within and outside of linguistics.We will put you into teams at the beginning of the event and give you plenty of time to befriend your teammates, so don't worry if you don't know anyone else going!The link will be posted on the Facebook event on the day. -
ULAB Abstract Writing Workshop
Online
More informationAs we have recently opened abstract submissions for our 2021 conference, it is time to talk about how to write a convincing abstract. That could be an abstract for our amazing conference that you definitely should not miss, for a journal submission, or for anything else that you might need a great abstract for.The session will be hosted online and all you need to participate is a good internet connection. During the session, our host Tom will explain what makes a great abstract, how you should write it and you will also have time to ask questions. -
Workshop: How to Create a Language Puzzle
Online
More informationJoin us for an exciting online workshop in which Professor Graeme Trousdale and Dr Pavel Iosad teach us how to create language puzzles! -
ULAB Pub Quiz
Online
More informationWe're holding another pub quiz! Get ready to answer a bunch of questions on topics both within and outside of linguistics!We'll organise teams during the event, and we'll give you plenty of time to get to know your fellow team mates, so don't worry if you don't know anyone else going! -
The Big ULAB Meet and Greet!
Online
More informationIf you're a linguistics student at any stage in your degree, at any institution, ULAB invites you to our Big Meet and Greet!We will have a range of breakout rooms for you to choose between, depending on whether you just want to chat to people or if you'd rather get to know people through playing games such as Skribbl and Among Us, to avoid the awkward silences!
Whether you've been studying linguistics for ten years or ten days you are welcome to this event, and we can't wait to see you all there! -
Postgraduate Studies Panel
Online
More informationIf you're an Undergraduate or Master's student and are considering undertaking further study in linguistics once you graduate, then come along to our Postgraduate Studies Event!We have a panel of friendly Master's and PhD students lined up, ready to talk about their experiences with postgraduate studies and answer any questions you may have, either about the application process or postgraduate study itself. Our panel members are studying at a range of institutions, both within the UK and further afield. -
ULAB Summer Send Off!
Online
More informationOur Summer Send Off event is back, but this time online! Join us for what promises to be nice relaxing evening of chat and doodling on the BBB blackboard, before we all head back (or maybe for the first time?) to our respective unis! You are welcome to drop in at any time throughout the evening, so don't worry if you can't be there for the start or stay for the whole duration. -
TaskmArtie: a ULAB taskmaster event!
Online
More informationULAB is proud to present our idea for the next online social: Taskmaster but linguistics edition!The idea is simple: you will be split into teams and given super fun linguistics-related tasks to do within a set time limit, and the team who does the best gets the most points!Be there or be a vowel trapezium! -
ULAB Pub Quiz Social
Online
More informationWe are so excited to announce our first online social. Mark the date cause we are having a PUB QUIZ!!We have been working super hard on some fun questions for all of you and we hope to see as many of you there as possible. Don't worry about finding a team to attend with, we will organise teams during the social and will give you all plenty of time to get to know your teammates and mingle with fellow linguistics students!Due to the current pandemic and the fact that we wanted to make this event as accessible to everyone as possible, we have decided to make this an online event. More details about the platform this will take place on will be announced closer to the date.We can't wait to get to know our ULAB community better and to see you all at the social! -
ULAB Careers Extravaganza!
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Edinburgh
More informationULAB is hosting a Careers Extravaganza in Edinburgh on 13th and 14th January 2023! There will be representatives from companies which hire linguistics graduates, as well as postgraduate study programmes in linguistics and adjacent fields. The event will be relevant to linguistics undergraduate students, postgraduate students and recent graduates. -
ULAB Talk Series: A Guest Lecture by Rhys Sandow (University of York)
Online (Zoom link to be provided)
Over the next couple of months, speakers from different universities across the UK will hold short hybrid talks about different topics in linguistics which you can attend online or in-person! The ULAB Talk Series is starting out strong with a Rhys Sandow from the University of York presenting about Anglo-Cornish Dialect Lexis!
Title: Anglo-Cornish Dialect Lexis: Variation, Change, and Social Meaning
Follow the Zoom link here to join: https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92556226010