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Monthly Archives: November 2025
Thursday, 27th November (Cambridge)
1. First of three pieces on potential future uses of AI, Job for 2027: Senior Director of Million-Dollar Regexes from Tim O’Brien https://www.oreilly.com/radar/job-for-2027-senior-director-of-million-dollar-regexes/ I don’t understand all of it, not even the title, but I get the gist! 2. Secondly, … Continue reading
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Tagged A I, art, books, Cognitive decline, education, Fenix, Geoff Mulgan, Language Teaching and English Literature, Migration, The Flynn effect, writing
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Tuesday, 25th November (Richmond)
1. This Demos report, Inside the mind of a 16-year-old: From Andrew Tate to Bonnie Blue to Nigel Farage – what do first time voters think about social media, politics, the state of Britain and their futures?, is encouraging overall … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Carbon Brief, COP30, Demos, Inside the mind of a 16-year old, James Watson, Middle East Monitor
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Thursday, 20th November (Cambridge)
1. The first of two events next Thursday, 27th November, with an early 08:00 UK time start for this one from LanguageCert, Creating Spaces for Conversation with Anna Hasper & Kieran Donaghy who “will share practical frameworks and strategies for … Continue reading
Tuesday, 18th November (Richmond)
1. The Cambridge Dictionary ‘word of the year’ is one I’ve never heard or read or used https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-dictionary-reveals-word-of-the-year-2025 Should I be worried, I wonder? 2. The Flipping Book Club “is free and is intended for those who wish to practice … Continue reading
Thursday, 13th November (Cambridge)
Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ 1. Here’s the second pair of Cambridge Elements that I promised on Tuesday: Harriet Jacobs by Alan M. S. J. Coffee https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/harriet-jacobs/36A28B248321946C492A2BBF3EC86268 (PDF below.) Long celebrated for her heroic feat of endurance in escaping slavery and subsequent … Continue reading
Tuesday, 11th November (Richmond)
1. The Cambridge Elements series is a treasure trove. Here’s two (very different) Elements that are currently available to download free (and I’ll post two more on Thursday): Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss by Beth Malory (PDF below.) https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/language-gender-and-pregnancy-loss/255AC3C75D78AD4783578BAED4CF1537 ‘Miscarriage … Continue reading
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Tagged Booker Prize, Cambridge Elements, David Szalay, Flesh, Orde Wingate, Palestine 36, Raag Jog
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To NILE with Love: Stepping Stones in Trainer Development
Margit Szesztay and Uwe Pohl are organising an event from Budapest at 16:00 UK time tomorrow, Saturday 8th November, in celebration of NILE’s 30th anniversary, To NILE with Love: Stepping Stones in Trainer Development. Home made PDF attached and registration … Continue reading
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Tagged Budapest, Jamie Keddie, Jeremy Harmer, Margit Szesztay, NILE, Trainer Development, Uwe Pohl
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Thursday, 6th November (Cambridge)
1. On Thursday next week, 13th November, at 15:00 UK time there’s an ECML webinar for teachers and teacher trainers at primary and secondary level on “Mediation in teaching, learning and assessment” which will present the achievements of the ECML … Continue reading
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Tagged ai, artificial-intelligence, ECML, education, John Kampfner, learning, Little |Berlin, Mediation, Sahrawi, teaching, teachingenglish, technology, Western Sahara
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Tuesday, 4th November (Richmond)
1. You get generous (and nonetheless slightly frustrating) extracts from the London Review of Books Novel Approaches podcast here https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/close-readings/ Try the latest one on Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Kidnapped’ with Andrew O’Hagan, Tom Crewe and Clare Bucknell https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/close-readings/novel-approaches-kidnapped-by-robert-louis-stevenson 2. This … Continue reading
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Tagged 'V' Levels, Amol Rajan, Data centres, education, Katharine Birbalsingh, Kidnapped, learning, LRB, Robert Louis Stevenson, teachers, teaching, technology
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