1. Ever been to a conference and regretted not being able to go to two concurrent sessions at the same time? Here’s the recordings of all the sessions, concurrent or otherwise, at Trinity’s 8th Future of English Language Teaching Conference (FOELT) 2023 earlier this month. A truly global collection of speakers, covering most topics one could imagine! https://resources.trinitycollege.com/foelt/events/2023

2. How about an exploration of the principles of effective continuing professional development for teachers in low- and middle-income countries? What does the evidence tell us is most likely to be effective CPD for these teachers? Answer(s) here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/publications/case-studies-insights-and-research/exploring-principles-effective-continuing PDF below.

3. Non-state or low-cost private education plays an increasingly important role around the world, no longer stigmatised as a purely profit-driven enterprise with no interest in student outcomes. Here’s a recent Global Schools Forum report on the topic, Regulating non-state education which looks at low-fee private schools, school networks, and schools operating within public-private partnerships in Colombia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Uganda https://www.globalschoolsforum.org/page/Regulating_non-state_education PDF below.

4. Thanks to Cecilia Nobre for the heads-up on this one. Two new publications in the Cambridge Elements series, free to download for the next two weeks: New Frontiers in Language and Technology by Christopher Joseph Jenks https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/new-frontiers-in-language-and-technology/67A70193E5EEEFDB809CF3F8ACF12F1E and Collocations, Corpora and Language Learning by Paweł Szudarski https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/collocations-corpora-and-language-learning/7876732E8021897423EDB4555C470CD8 PDFs of both below.

5. And, finally, here’s a NYT gift article for the weekend: Barbie, Her House and the American Dream https://tinyurl.com/2bbt6r89