The Forum for Research in the Languages of Scotland and Ulster is holding a one-day symposium that will be of great interest to anyone who is researching aspects of the Scots language. Entitled ‘Language Attrition, Dialect Attrition’, this symposium will be held at the AK Bell Library, Perth, 10am to 5pm on Saturday 4 December. For details of the papers please see our news story. The cost of the symposium is £30 but students, unwaged and senior citizens can obtain tickets for £25. The price includes a sandwich lunch. For more information please contact Dr Robert McColl Millar (University of Aberdeen) at r.millar@abdn.ac.uk or phone 01224 273909.