Author Archives: roycross

Tuesday, 24th June (Cambridge)

Posted on June 24, 2025 by roycross

1. Compare and contrast, if you will, the latest edition of Ethan Mollick’s Guide to AI … https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/using-ai-right-now-a-quick-guide Interesting that Mollick very confidently declares: For most people who want to use AI seriously, you should pick one of three systems: … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 19th June (Cambridge)

Posted on June 19, 2025 by roycross

1. Here’s a piece by Johanna Alonso from Inside Higher Ed (IHE), The Handwriting Revolution https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/curriculum/2025/06/17/amid-ai-plagiarism-more-professors-turn-handwritten-work Five semesters after ChatGPT changed education forever, some professors are taking their classes back to the pre-internet era. A free account with IHE allows … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 17th June (Richmond)

Posted on June 17, 2025 by roycross

1. This Thursday, 19th June, at 15:30 UK time there’s the last NATESOL event of this academic year, an interestingly different ‘special panel discussion’ with Robert Merrell from Manchester Adult Education Services and two adult ESOL learners, Rabia and Lul, … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 12th June (Cambridge)

Posted on June 12, 2025 by roycross

1. The June issue of HLT (Humanising Language Teaching) has just come out and is as good as ever https://www.hltmag.co.uk/jun25/ but I’m ashamed to say that I missed the April issue, which was a wonderful tribute to one of the … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 10th June (Richmond)

Posted on June 9, 2025 by roycross

1. I’m publishing early today, in the hope that some of you get chance to attend Geoff Mulgan’s UCL ‘Lunch Hour Lecture’, Shaping Better Public Institutions, at 13:00 UK time today, Tuesday 10th June. More info and registration here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunch-hour-lecture-shaping-better-public-institutions-tickets-1364004055849?aff=oddtdtcreator … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 5th June (Cambridge)

Posted on June 5, 2025 by roycross

1. An OECD report on the growing disjunct between education and employment, The State of Global Teenage Career Preparation https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/the-state-of-global-teenage-career-preparation_d5f8e3f2-en.html PDF below as well. This report sets out key findings from PISA as they relate to teenage career development. The … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 3rd June (Richmond)

Posted on June 3, 2025 by roycross

1. First up today, the recordings of three good talks from this year’s Cambridge Festival https://www.festival.cam.ac.uk/: Hiranya Peiris, Professor of Astrophysics at Cambridge, on Decoding the Cosmos https://youtu.be/PtYHKPGPh3U Philippe Sands, Professor of Laws (plural!) and Director of the Centre on … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 29th May (Cambridge)

Posted on May 29, 2025 by roycross

1. Paths to Restitution is a piece about the Africa Museum in Brussels by Jeremy Harding for the London Review of Books https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n10/jeremy-harding/paths-to-restitution The museum’s acquisition of works by contemporary Congolese artists is a consequence of the long effort to turn … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 27th May (Richmond)

Posted on May 27, 2025 by roycross

1. A measured but firm response from Harvard University President Alan Garber to the latest assault on his university by the Trump administration https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/05/Letter-from-Harvard-President-Alan-M.-Garber-to-the-Honorable-Linda-E.-McMahon.pdf PDF also below. Harvard’s efforts to achieve (its) goals are undermined and threatened by the federal … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 22nd May (Richmond)

Posted on May 22, 2025 by roycross

1. Short notice of tomorrow’s (23rd May) TeachingEnglish series of three mini-webinars from 12:00 to 15:30 UK time on AI for inclusion https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-events/webinars/webinars-teachers/ai-inclusion-webinars Presenters from Vietnam, Greece, Spain, India and Myanmar! Details of the TeachingEnglish programme up till the end … Continue reading →

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