We are very sad to announce the death of Professor James Law, who has made a major contribution to understanding language development and to children's services. Here is a link to the announcement and
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Dr Sam Jones and Prof Gert Westermann published an Learning the meanings of words: The state of the art in a recent edition of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists' Bulletin magazine.…
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We are currently recruiting two postdocs at the University of Manchester. The first is looking at the acquisition of complex syntax and pragmatics with Anna Theakston and Silke Brandt. The other…
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Our very own Prof Ben Ambridge presents a series of short films for BBC Tiny Happy People on baby development and language milestones. Each of the five short videos covers a communication milestone…
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We are currently recruiting a Centre Manager to take over my role, as I'm leaving next month for a role elsewhere at the University of Manchester. Full details are below. The deadline for applications
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Prof. Padraic Monaghan from Lancaster University, Psychology Department spoke about how children's language development has been affected by lockdown. Listen to the interview on BBC Radio…