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Thursday, 23rd April (Brighton)
1. The three plenary talks so far from the IATEFL conference here in Brighton: Patricia Angoy’s talk on Tuesday, English language – the coloniser. A black female leader’s response https://youtu.be/75qt67_iBWc Danny Norrington-Davies and Richard Chinn’s talk on Wednesday, Emergent language: … Continue reading
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Tagged A I, ai, Brighton Rock, chatgpt, Communities of practice, E L T J, formative assessment, GenAI, Graham Greene, I A T E F L, Nik Bear Brown, Pearson, technology
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Tuesday, 21st April (Cambridge)
1. A TED talk by Peter Steinberger on his creation, Open Claw https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_steinberger_how_i_created_openclaw_the_breakthrough_ai_agent OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger takes us back to the transformative moment he let his AI agent loose on the internet, igniting one of the world’s fastest-growing open-source … Continue reading
Thursday, 16th April (Cambridge)
1. Two from The Conversation to start with today: First, a piece by Sam Wass from the University of East London, UK parents urged to curb fast‑paced screen content for small children – neuroscientist who advised government explains why https://theconversation.com/uk-parents-urged-to-curb-fast-paced-screen-content-for-small-children-neuroscientist-who-advised-government-explains-why-278732 … Continue reading
Tuesday, 14th April (Cambridge)
1. Now this is what could and should be done in schools with AI! Thai Oral History – Hua Dong Storylines: Weaving Memories with AI https://thai-oral-history-web.vercel.app/ Welcome to our storytelling space! This website is like a living archive of “Hua … Continue reading
Thursday, 9th April (Cambridge)
1. First up today, Li Wei in conversation with Zeinab El-Khateeb on The power of language, identity and education https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2026/mar/power-language-identity-and-education-academia-et-al This conversation traces Professor Li Wei’s path from classroom teacher to Director and Dean of the UCL Institute of Education, … Continue reading
Tuesday, 7th April (Cambridge)
1. I found this piece by John B. Judis, Trump as Alexander the Great: A Theory That Explains Iran (And Everything Else): Hegel figured it all out 200 years ago, really quite convincing https://www.notus.org/perspectives/trump-as-alexander-the-great-a-theory-that-explains-iran-and-everything-else (…) too many Democrats are missing … Continue reading
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Thursday, 2nd April (Cambridge)
1. Jim McKinley is giving the next (online) seminar in UCL’s Academic Writing series at 16:00 UK time on 9th April on Beyond polishing: Generative AI, academic voice, and the future of student writing. More info and registration here https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2026/apr/beyond-polishing-generative-ai-academic-voice-and-future-student-writing … Continue reading
Tuesday, 31st March (Cambridge)
1. Short but not too short notice, I hope: How much education does a teacher need? is the intriguing title of the OECD webinar tomorrow, 1st April, at 09:00 UK time with speakers from South Africa, Estonia, Australia and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Brock 'Re Education', education, Education quality, Ethnologue, learning, N A T E S O L, O E C D, OLDaily, teachers, teaching, writing
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Thursday, 26th March (Cambridge)
1. Rachael Fionda introduced me to Gwich’in language and culture and its rich website https://gwichin.ca/ in her NILE webinar on Language Policy and Language Pedagogy earlier this week. The Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik (the Gwich’in language) is spoken by fewer than … Continue reading
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Tagged Amjad Iraqi, Carne Ross, Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik, Gaza, Gwich'in, Iran, israel, middle-east, No More Marking, politics, Reichs and Republics
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Tuesday, 24th March (Cambridge)
1. Posted by a friend on LinkedIn – thanks, Martin! – from Index on Censorship, School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/school-book-banning-escalates-in-the-uk-as-greater-manchester-secondary-school-censors-scores-of-books/ A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing, and … Continue reading
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