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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
Thursday, 19th March (Hull, where I’m attending the 2026 Philip Larkin Society Conference)
1. To start with today, Keep calm & carry on: Patience and perseverance in learning from Alexandra Mihai on her blog, The Educationalist https://educationalist.substack.com/p/keep-calm-and-carry-on-patience-and Today I want to write about something that I deeply value and see as two important … Continue reading
Tuesday, 17th March (Cambridge)
1. This piece by Brendan Simms for Engelsberg Ideas, What drives Trump 2.0?, surprised me with its delineation of beliefs consistently held by Donald Trump – today more usually portrayed as the very antithesis of consistent – for forty years … Continue reading
Thursday, 12th March (Cambridge)
1. A thoughtful piece for Engelsberg Ideas by Rob Macaire, the only UK ambassador to be arrested in recent times that I know of, Iran and the perils of fighting the last war https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/iran-and-the-perils-of-fighting-the-last-war/ Away from the rarified atmosphere of … Continue reading
Tuesday, 10th March (Cambridge)
1. We used to live just down the road in Berlin from the Olympiastadion. We once attended an incongruous British army-catered Burns Supper there, along with hundreds of other guests, all of us served excellent haggis, neeps and tatties. Here’s … Continue reading
Thursday, 5th March (Cambridge)
1. Belonging Matters, two practical webinars from TeachingEnglish, starting at 09:00 UK time on Friday 13th March, with experts from Southeast Asia which focus on learner well-being and including home languages in the classroom to create a sense of belonging: … Continue reading
Tuesday, 3rd March (Cambridge)
1. Green Action ELT’s next event, Backwards into the future? How sustainable is AI in ELT?, is at 14:00 UK time this coming Friday, 6th March: more info and registration here https://green-action-elt.uk/events/ The rise of Large Language Models is transforming … Continue reading
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