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Thursday, 18th December (Cambridge)
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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Tagged Britain's Best High Streets, British Council, Dirty Dozen, education, English UK, Global Perceptions, Globe of History, House of Lords, Ipsos, news, Pesticide Action Network, politics, Some typefaces feel different, sustainability, technology, Veracity Index, Working from home
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Tuesday, 16th December (Richmond)
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
Thursday, 11th December (Cambridge)
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
Thursday, 4th December (Cambridge)
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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Tagged ai, artificial-intelligence, Czech Republic, education, Ipsos, John Kampfner, Linked|In AI course, NATESOL event, news, technology, Theremin, TRIO approach, UKFIET
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Tuesday, 2nd December (Richmond)
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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Tagged Alfred Buckham, Anne Applebaum, BOLD, Dignitas, IATEFL, Ludwig Minelli, Parenting, Steve Witkoff, teachingenglish
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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
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