1. Here’s a useful tip from Russell Stannard, Twee: A.I. Powered Tools For English Teachers https://twee.com/

plus introductory video here https://youtu.be/5IOb5Xxk2Hk?feature=shared

2. Jessica Mackay has done a great job again this month, bringing together a very wide range of (mainly) free CPD opportunities in this blog post https://eim-ub.blogspot.com/2023/09/opportunities-autumn-2023-upcoming-cpd.html

Keep it up please, Jessica!

3. Here’s an engaging MUBI podcast interview with the film director Ken Loach, who claims he’s approaching the end of his career https://mubi.buzzsprout.com/1788738/13675694-ken-loach-calls-for-solidarity-in-the-old-oak?t=0

Loach looks back on a long career spent telling the stories of working people and considers why it might end with his most recent film, The Old Oak, which is a call for solidarity in a northern industrial town.

4. This country runs on 98 percent renewable energy is the title of a TED talk by Ramón Méndez Galain, who led Urugay’s successful and astonishingly quick energy transformation https://www.ted.com/talks/ramon_mendez_galain_this_country_runs_on_98_percent_renewable_energy

5. And, finally, are you up to speed on optimal stopping theory? Just one of the topics Hannah Fry discusses in her talk, The mathematics of love https://youtu.be/N37x4GgDVBM?feature=shared