1. I’ve quite often included UKFIET https://www.ukfiet.org/ blog posts. For a change, here are videos of the plenary talks from their recent joint conference in Oxford with BAICE https://baice.ac.uk/ (the British Association for International & Comparative Education) https://www.ukfiet.org/2023/plenary-videos-from-ukfiet-2023-conference/

This powerful performance by Basirat Razak-Shuaib of her own poem, ‘I ain’t no afterthought’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bxL0ZxMMsQ formed part of …

… the BAICE Presidential Address by  Nidhi Singal, Reimagining Inclusive Education: multiplicities of seeing, being and doing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceztT6nIdkk

and here’s brief summaries of many of the talks given at the conference https://www.ukfiet.org/cop/ukfiet-conferences/2023-ukifet-conference/

2. Here’s the Autumn 2023 issue of TTJ (Teacher Trainer Journal) https://edition.pilgrimsttj.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=71a6c067-3831-46b6-bba0-13c4c6296ad0

Try the piece by Simon Borg and Daniel Xerri on p15, Supporting Teacher Educators: insights from the British Council’s work, that suggests more needs to be done to support those who support teachers. PDF below in case that’s easier.

You access the TTJ archives by clicking on the ‘archive’ icon in the menu bar for the current issue – in between the ‘download’ and the ‘share’ icons at the top on the right!

3. Take a look over the fence into the English school system with the latest weekly Teacher Tapp blog post. The two key current issues are budgets and student behaviour – sound familiar? https://teachertapp.co.uk/articles/voting-behaviour-budgets-and-if-you-could-fix-one-problem/

4. I trust The Conversation. Here’s a selection of recent pieces on the Israel-Hamas war (and I’m aware that term is itself very problematic) that I’m going to read over the weekend, starting with a podcast discussion between an Israeli professor of historical and cultural studies and a Palestinian professor of geography and urban planning:

Why the Israel-Gaza conflict is so hard to talk about https://theconversation.com/why-the-israel-gaza-conflict-is-so-hard-to-talk-about-216149

Israel-Gaza conflict: an expert Q&A on how it could change the Middle East’s political landscape https://theconversation.com/israel-gaza-conflict-how-could-it-change-the-middle-easts-political-landscape-expert-qanda-215473

Israel-Hamas war: hard experience says a land war won’t go well – and faltering international support suggests the world knows it https://theconversation.com/israel-hamas-war-hard-experience-says-a-land-war-wont-go-well-and-faltering-international-support-suggests-the-world-knows-it-216582

Israel-Hamas war: Lebanese peace plan reflects country’s lack of appetite for more conflict https://theconversation.com/israel-hamas-war-lebanese-peace-plan-reflects-countrys-lack-of-appetite-for-more-conflict-216850

Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’: how Hamas and Tehran are attempting to galvanise their allies against Israel https://theconversation.com/irans-axis-of-resistance-how-hamas-and-tehran-are-attempting-to-galvanise-their-allies-against-israel-216670

What the Israel Defence Forces can expect when they enter the ‘Gaza Metro’ tunnel system https://theconversation.com/what-the-israel-defence-forces-can-expect-when-they-enter-the-gaza-metro-tunnel-system-216767

How Israel underestimated Hamas’s intelligence capabilities – an expert reviews the evidence https://theconversation.com/how-israel-underestimated-hamass-intelligence-capabilities-an-expert-reviews-the-evidence-215646

Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership is questioned even as Israelis rally round the flag https://theconversation.com/benjamin-netanyahus-leadership-is-questioned-even-as-israelis-rally-round-the-flag-216844

5. And, finally, a list of ten books from Henry Tinker that I just stumbled across, 10 Books From My English Degree I Wish More People Knew About https://medium.com/@henrytinker/10-books-from-my-english-degree-i-wish-more-people-knew-about-e019f932a9f3 Henry’s English degree ranged much more widely than my own did!