Monthly Archives: December 2025

Thursday, 18th December (Cambridge)

Posted on December 18, 2025 by roycross

This slightly longer than normal Free Resources message will be the last one till Tuesday 6th January. If you’re celebrating Christmas, be sure to make the most of it, and I wish everyone peace and happiness for 2026! 1. The … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 16th December (Richmond)

Posted on December 16, 2025 by roycross

1. A Guardian ‘long read’ first today, What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’, by Deepak Varuvel Dennison https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/18/what-ai-doesnt-know-global-knowledge-collapse Dad’s tumour showed signs of being malignant, so the hospital doctors and my sister (also a … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 11th December (Cambridge)

Posted on December 11, 2025 by roycross

1. A sample from a wondrous (and wondrously expensive) book by David B. Wilson, The Experience of Expatriate English Language Teaching https://cspcontents.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/master/samples/978-1-0364-4603-1-sample.pdf Teaching English overseas is a funny old business. Funny-ha-ha in that it has been a rich source of … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 9th December (Richmond)

Posted on December 9, 2025 by roycross

1. First out of the blocks today, an article by Uwe Pohl, Developing teacher presence: nature or nurture? PDF below – thank you, Uwe! – and also to be found here, in Klančnik, R.N. and Leva, B. (eds.), Selected Proceedings of … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 4th December (Cambridge)

Posted on December 4, 2025 by roycross

1. We’re not an especially happy bunch here in the UK at present. Here’s the latest Ipsos survey of UK public opinion, taken following last week’s budget https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/britons-more-pessimistic-about-economy-post-budget-though-some-individual-measures-supported 56% say they are ‘more concerned’ about the economy post budget and … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 2nd December (Richmond)

Posted on December 2, 2025 by roycross

1. Two pieces from BOLD to start with today: There’s no single right way to parent by a team from the School of Psychology at Sheffield University https://boldscience.org/theres-no-single-right-way-to-parent/ The pressure on parents to get parenting ‘right’ is immense. Many people … Continue reading →

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