1. The latest edition of Oxford University Press’s English Language Teaching Online Conference, ELTOC begins next Thursday, 24th October. More info and registration here https://elt.oup.com/feature/global/eltoc/?cc=gb&selLanguage=en
Topics to be covered include ‘How AI can save your time’, ‘Video and multimodal literacy’ & ‘The power of concept-based inquiry’.
2. The Carbon Brief strapline is ‘Clear on Climate’. They’re offering a webinar at 15:00 UK time next Tuesday, 22nd October: What to watch at COP16. Registration here https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5817289937503/WN_PIykxVlUTZKt5vip5YzEjw#/registration
Carbon Brief’s specialist team of food, land and nature journalists has travelled to Cali, Colombia to cover the COP16 UN biodiversity summit. They are hosting a free webinar where they will discuss the key issues facing negotiators in Cali, plus what outcomes to expect from the summit. They will also be answering your questions.
3. Two free-to-view pieces from The Paris Review:
A conversation between Merve Emre & Sally Rooney, Loving the Limitations of the Novel https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/10/09/loving-the-limitations-of-the-novel-a-conversation-between-sally-rooney-and-merve-emre/
Unlocked for this week only, a short story by Morgan Thomas, ‘Everything I Haven’t Done’ https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/8326/everything-i-havent-done-morgan-thomas
4. McKinsey have just issued a new report, The Skills Revolution and the Future of Learning and Earning https://tinyurl.com/5eysf8ue PDF below.
As companies in all sectors deploy new technologies including automation and artificial intelligence (AI), workers need to adapt their capabilities continuously. Private- and public-sector leaders have a critical role to play in helping prepare the workforce of tomorrow for this skills revolution. Based on the latest McKinsey research, this paper examines trends across the major stages of education, from early childhood to lifelong learning, with a particular focus on the Middle East and North Africa. It highlights the growing importance of skills at all these learning stages and examines how new technologies and approaches can help students prepare for the future.
5. And, finally and possibly unexpectedly, the Kate Bush experience of your dreams, Baby Bushka, is finally here! https://www.ilovebabybushka.com/
Thanks to Neil Cooper for that one, from his blog, The Noise of Art https://neilcooper.substack.com/
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