Monthly Archives: July 2024

1. Over two years now since I gave FACTWorld a plug! In their own words, it “is a forum set up to support the teaching of subjects through the medium of a foreign language, bilingual education, immersion education, content and … Continue reading →

1. Inclusive Classrooms is a free TeachingEnglish course that promises to “make your classes inclusive learning spaces by identifying barriers that can affect learning and (suggesting) practical strategies to overcome them”. Totally free; enrol before 21st September! More info and … Continue reading →

1. You need to register for a free account to read this New Statesman piece by Geoff Dyer, but it’s well worth that minimal effort if you haven’t got one already. The shot seen round the world – the photograph … Continue reading →

1. Khawla Badwan from Manchester Metropolitan University has been writing A Poem for Palestine each day since the early days of the current conflict, usually published on LinkedIn. You’ll find the first nine poems for July in the PDF below, … Continue reading →

1. Now that Lucy Letby has been found guilty of another murder, the UK press are free to report the doubts over her conviction first raised by The New Yorker which were censored by the UK government when first published … Continue reading →

Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ 1. The first of two heterodox pieces of research, free-to-read from Language and Intercultural Communication, Working with/beyond ‘language’: insights from a listening walk with young men from asylum-seeking backgrounds in a rural treescape by Khawla Badwan, Caitlin … Continue reading →

1. We need to give small companies the chance to be heard from time to time, so here’s a) Generative AI Misuse: A Taxonomy of Tactics and Insights from Real-World Data from Google DeepMind https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.13843 b) Khan Academy Founder Sal … Continue reading →

1. Transcendence to start with today, transcendence in the AI context, where it means that the machines are taking over. Transcendence: Generative Models Can Outperform The Experts That Train Them https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.11741 PDF below. Abstract: Generative models are trained with the … Continue reading →

1. From the National Centre for Writing (NCW), Meet the ILX 10: Rising Stars of UK Writing https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/ilx10/ “This selection is intended to represent to our international community just how pluralistic, diverse, and globally engaged the UK literature scene is.” … Continue reading →