{"id":2,"date":"2017-12-21T13:39:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T13:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:42:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:42:54","slug":"about-the-summer-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics 2026<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics<\/strong> are held annually during the summer at Lancaster University. Taking part in the summer schools offers a wonderful opportunity to learn about corpus linguistics and their applications from leading scholars in the field and meet many other participants working on exciting projects and topics.\u00a0 Lancaster summer schools are a truly international event, each year welcoming participants from over 30 countries in the world. While the participants come to Lancaster to learn about corpus linguistics and their applications in different fields, the summer schools are also a place for developing new academic collaborations and building new friendships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-906\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Paul-Rayson_lab-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Paul-Rayson_lab-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Paul-Rayson_lab-676x507.jpg 676w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Paul-Rayson_lab.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-905\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Luke_online-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Luke_online-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Luke_online-676x507.jpg 676w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Luke_online.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-904\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Lanaster-walk_group-photo-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Lanaster-walk_group-photo-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Lanaster-walk_group-photo-676x428.jpg 676w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Lanaster-walk_group-photo.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-902\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Andrew-hardie-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Andrew-hardie-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Andrew-hardie-676x443.jpg 676w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Andrew-hardie.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">In 2026, our annual Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics in Lancaster will take place <strong>in person<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The programme includes both lectures and practical sessions that introduce the latest developments in the field and practical applications of cutting-edge analytical techniques. The summer schools are taught by leading experts in the field from Lancaster University. The summer schools are open to <strong>undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students<\/strong> as well as <strong>postdoctoral researchers and senior researchers<\/strong>. The summer schools are <strong>free to attend<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">In 2026, we will offer the following two summer schools (for further details, click through to each Summer School&#8217;s full description):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/language-discourse-society\/\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">Corpus linguistics for analysis of language, discourse and society<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/language-testing-with-corpus-linguistics\/\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px\">Corpus linguistics for language teaching, testing and assessment\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">If you are interested in <strong>studying corpus linguistics at Lancaster University<\/strong>, you can also consider different ways of joining us such as our <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/corpus-linguistics-mooc\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">MOOC in Corpus Linguistics<\/span>,<\/a> and our <strong>two distance postgraduate programmes<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/ma-in-corpus-linguistics-distance\/\">MA in Corpus Linguistics<\/a><\/span> (a two-year programme) and <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/pgcert-in-corpus-linguistics-distance\/\">Postgraduate Certificate in Corpus Linguistics<\/a><\/span> (a one-year programme), both delivered fully online. It is also possible to take <strong>postgraduate courses<\/strong>\u00a0in corpus linguistics for <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/courses-for-credit\/\">institutional credit<\/a><\/span>. You can also check the various <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/online-resources\/\">online resources<\/a><\/span> we have put together for those interested in learning more about different methods and applications of corpus linguistics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-865\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Design_copyright-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Design_copyright-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Design_copyright-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Design_copyright-676x384.jpg 676w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Design_copyright.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-845\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Teaching_DDL-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Teaching_DDL-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Teaching_DDL-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Teaching_DDL-676x393.jpg 676w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Teaching_DDL.jpg 981w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-819\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Fundamentals_castle-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Fundamentals_castle-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Fundamentals_castle-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Fundamentals_castle-676x411.jpg 676w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Fundamentals_castle.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-913\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/MA-welcome-pack-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/MA-welcome-pack-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/MA-welcome-pack.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-843\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Discouse_PB-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Discouse_PB-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Discouse_PB-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Discouse_PB-676x391.jpg 676w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/Discouse_PB.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Dates:<\/strong> 15-19 June 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Application:<\/strong> The applications process for the summer schools is now open &#8211; to apply, please fill in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/registration\/\">online application form<\/a>. Please note, that while the summer schools are free to attend, there are unfortunately no additional sources of funding available to support the summer school participants, e.g. their travel or accommodation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Organising committee:<span style=\"color: #800000;font-size: 14pt\"> <a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/linguistics\/about\/people\/dana-gablasova\">Dr Dana Gablasova<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong> corpus-summer-school@lancaster.ac.uk<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">When tweeting about the event, please use: #LancsSS26<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The summer schools takes place under the aegis of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"http:\/\/cass.lancs.ac.uk\/\">The ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(CASS), which is the recipient of The Queen\u2019s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education. CASS is investigating the use of language related to important social topics such as healthcare, climate change, poverty, hate crime, education and language learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-857 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/CASS_history-300x186.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/CASS_history-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/CASS_history.png 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-855 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/CASS_Buckingham-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/CASS_Buckingham-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/CASS_Buckingham.png 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-860 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/CASS_website-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/CASS_website-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/CASS_website-1024x459.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/CASS_website-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/CASS_website-1536x689.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/CASS_website-676x303.jpg 676w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/corpussummerschools\/files\/2023\/12\/CASS_website.jpg 1804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics 2026 Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics are held annually during the summer at Lancaster University. 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