Medical students lose their empathy – here’s what can be done about it

  Jeremy Howick, The Conversation, 23 April 2023 A lack of empathy in healthcare can be disastrous. In the UK, between 2005 and 2009, hundreds of avoidable deaths occurred at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. The Francis report, which investigated the causes of the failings, concluded that a lack of empathy contributed to the catastrophe. More recently, dozens of tragic, unnecessary […]

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Corpus Linguistics and Translation Tools for Digital Humanities

Contributors Stefania M. Maci (Anthology Editor), and Michele Sala (Anthology Editor) ISBN 9781350275225 Published 11 Aug, 2022 by Bloomsbury Publishing Description Presenting the digital humanities as both a domain of practice and as a set of methodological approaches to be applied to corpus linguistics and translation, chapters in this volume provide a novel and original framework to triangulate research for […]

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Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics 2022

Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics are held annually during the summer at Lancaster University. Taking part in the summer schools offers a wonderful opportunity to learn about corpus linguistics from leading scholars in the field and meet many other participants working on exciting projects and topics. Lancaster summer schools are a truly international event, each year welcoming participants from over […]

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