1. The first of two events next Thursday, 27^th 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 creating caring classrooms and integrating multimodal approaches that mirror the realities of today’s learners”. https://www.languagecert.org/en/about-us/events/2025/voices-in-education-teacher-edition-event-2025

2. Elements in Research Methods in Education from Cambridge University Press is at 13:00 UK time next Thursday https://cambridge-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/2517628788668/WN_wadYrSq6TrSYlx9hN0fq1w#/registration

Sal Consoli & Samantha Curle will celebrate the inaugural volume in the series ‘Elements in Research Methods in Education’ series and interview the author of How to Use Generative AI in Educational Research, Dr Jasper Roe, to explore why he chose this specific topic, the writing process behind this book, and how he hopes it will influence educational researchers and practitioners. Whether you’re an early-career scholar or an established researcher looking to author your own Element in Research Methods for Education, you’ll find insights, a dash of inspiration and some practical advice.

3. Here’s a recently published White Paper from Sage by Tom Chatfield, AI and the Future of Pedagogy https://www.sagepub.com/explore-our-content/white-papers/2025/11/03/ai-and-the-future-of-pedagogy PDF below

This paper explores how education can respond wisely and imaginatively to the rise of AI in general, and generative AI in particular. Its recommendations are rooted in two principles: a) innovation must draw on what we know about how humans learn; b) AI’s power must not be allowed to hollow out the very skills required to navigate an AI age successfully. The tension at the heart of the second principle bears spelling out. Within the space of a few years, it has become possible to simulate knowledge and understanding of almost any topic while possessing neither. Freely available tools can be used to complete conventional assignments and assessments with ease, in the process potentially preventing students from gaining the very skills required to use AI adeptly: critical discernment, domain expertise, research and verification, analytical reasoning.

4. A wonderful teaser for her new (not yet written) novel by Elif Shafak on her blog, Unmapped Storylands, If You Ever Meet A Literary Ghost https://elifshafak.substack.com/p/if-you-ever-meet-a-literary-ghost

I knew then that I should have stayed. I should have talked to him. Fear does strange things to us, I wish I could have the courage to overcome my fear because, you see, he was someone I have always loved. Since then I have been reading and rereading everything about him—his letters, his novels, his travel notes….

Who do you think the ghost she saw was?

5. And, finally, Alexander Pushkin’s ‘The Coffin-Maker’ https://americanliterature.com/author/alexsander-pushkin/short-story/the-coffin-maker

Plus, Pushkin’s Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin