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Monday, 6th October (Richmond)
Both this week’s posts will be one day early, as I’ll be busy on Thursday with a) grandpa duties – he’s on the cusp of walking, with all the potential for mischief that brings with it – and b) a … Continue reading
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Tagged Education in Gaza, Keir Starmer, Labour, Persuasion, Reform, T S Eliot Poetry Prixe, UKFIET, ukraine
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Thursday, 2nd October (Cambridge)
1. It was National Poetry Day here in the UK today. There’s a good website with a wide range of classroom activities (and much more besides) https://forwardartsfoundation.org/national-poetry-day/poems-and-resources/ 2. High Quality Research Rarely Informs Classroom Practice. Why? is a piece for … Continue reading
Tuesday, 30th September (Richmond)
Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ 1. Richard Watson Todd writes an enjoyable and enjoyably opinionated blog called The Grumpy Old Academic https://grumpy.hcommons.org/ He’s only that grumpy in real life with people who submit the articles they’ve promised him very late, though. The … Continue reading
Thursday, 25th September (Cambridge)
1. First up today, Familiar Strangers, an ambitious post by Jamie Keddie on his LessonStream blog, “in which (says Jamie), with the help of three videos, I want to explore how media shapes the way we see each other and … Continue reading
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Tagged chatgpt, Describe image, education, Engelsberg Ideas, health, Jamie Keddie, mental-health, Russell Stannard, teaching, teenage sleep
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Tuesday, 23rd September (Richmond)
Later back at my desk than promised, as re-entry into UK atmosphere took longer than anticipated! 1. A trenchant piece from University World News by Katy Sian, Decolonisation means no longer being silent on Palestine https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250903102212352 (…) in adopting the … Continue reading
Wednesday, 20th August (Cambridge)
Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ This post is late because of my nine-month-old grandson, Mateo. We’ve just spent five days together with his mum, Emily, making a trip from London to Yorkshire to see his great-grandmother, Pam. Those five days have been … Continue reading
Thursday, 14th August (Cambridge)
Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ 1. The Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University are offering a free online event with Tony McEnery at 14:00 UK time on Tuesday 19th August, Navigating Challenges in the use of AI and GenAI … Continue reading
Tuesday, 12th August (Richmond)
1. On Life and Death in Gaza: a doctor shares his story by Abdelkareem Alsalqawi https://www.persuasion.community/p/on-life-and-death-in-gaza More than once I have chopped a leg or a forearm or a hand without anaesthesia. I remember one case very well: it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Adriano Celentano, eco-friendly, environment, Forever plastics, Gaza, Oxfam, recycling, Simon Borg, sustainability, sustainable-living, Wicked Leeks
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Thursday, 7th August (Cambridge)
1. I think the husband-wife ‘Mankeeping’ debate in The Daily Telegraph that I mentioned on Tuesday has been carefully choreographed in advance! Here’s the kept man’s perspective https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/75c944d1cd63e5c1 2. The Guardian’s ‘Audio Long Read’ series ranges very widely: From Sold … Continue reading
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Tagged Booker Prize, Chocolate, Mankeeping, Nnenna Freelon, Teaching English, Trump Mozart Marx
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Tuesday, 5th August (Richmond)
1. First out of the blocks today, the Cambridge English Generative AI Idea Pack for English language teachers, put together by Jasmin Silver, Jo Szoke & Vicky Saumell https://cambunipress.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/media/documents/GenAI-Idea-Pack-for-English-language-teachers.pdf PDF below as well. We have designed this idea pack to … Continue reading
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