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Thursday, 25th September (Cambridge)

Posted on September 25, 2025 by roycross

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chatgpt, Describe image, education, Engelsberg Ideas, health, Jamie Keddie, mental-health, Russell Stannard, teaching, teenage sleep | Leave a comment

Tuesday, 23rd September (Richmond)

Posted on September 23, 2025 by roycross

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AI at university, Conor Gearty, Decolonisation, Donald Trump, Palestine, The Shadow Scholars, Timothy Garton Ash | Leave a comment

Wednesday, 20th August (Cambridge)

Posted on August 20, 2025 by roycross

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged African Union, ai, BOLD, Decolonisation, Dylan Wiliam, formative assessment, Master's Dissertation Awards, Mercator Projection, Tuk South, UKFIET | Leave a comment

Thursday, 14th August (Cambridge)

Posted on August 14, 2025 by roycross

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Applied Linguistics, Deforestation, Football team shirt, Lancaster University, learning, Multilingual education, Plain language, Smoking, teaching, Trump and Trumpists, UNESCO | Leave a comment

Tuesday, 12th August (Richmond)

Posted on August 12, 2025 by roycross

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adriano Celentano, eco-friendly, environment, Forever plastics, Gaza, Oxfam, recycling, Simon Borg, sustainability, sustainable-living, Wicked Leeks | Leave a comment

Thursday, 7th August (Cambridge)

Posted on August 7, 2025 by roycross

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Booker Prize, Chocolate, Mankeeping, Nnenna Freelon, Teaching English, Trump Mozart Marx | Leave a comment

Tuesday, 5th August (Richmond)

Posted on August 5, 2025 by roycross

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Edinburgh University, Frederick Seidel, Freedom from Torture, Generative AI, Mankeeping, Qala-i-Jangi, Trump Macron Starmer | Leave a comment

Thursday, 31st July

Posted on July 31, 2025 by roycross

1. 10 scenarios for education in 2035 https://edtechhub.org/evidence/10-scenarios-for-education-in-2035/ from the EdTech Hub https://edtechhub.org/ plus, a wealth of weekend reading in their Evidence Library https://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/ 2. The August issue of Humanising Language Teaching has just been published https://www.hltmag.co.uk/aug25/ It includes: i) … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged diet, EdTech Hub, Education in Gaza, food, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Food insecurity, GenAI, health, Mario Rivolucri, nutrition, science, William Golding, World hunger | Leave a comment

Tuesday, 29th July (Richmond)

Posted on July 29, 2025 by roycross

1. Edinburgh University’s Review of Race and History has just been published https://www.ed.ac.uk/about/race-review The publication of the University’s Race Review is a significant moment in this ancient institution’s willingness and determination to learn from and repair its past, as well … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Digital nomads, Edinburgh University, Elif Shafak, Rob Gibson, Tom Lehrer, UNESCO | Leave a comment

Thursday, 24th July

Posted on July 24, 2025 by roycross

1. A free ‘reading experience’ with which to start today, The Universal Turing Machine: a memoir by Richard Beard https://universalturingmachine.co.uk/ The Universal Turing Machine is a reading experience not a game, a memoir about what it means to live a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged art, Chatham House, China, Jane Austen, photography, Selma Dabbagh, The Universal Turing Machine, travel, What a palaver! | Leave a comment

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