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1. First up tonight, a (very!) short notice invitation from the University of Oslo to attend their (slightly delayed) celebration of International Mother Language Day tomorrow, Friday 12th March. The event starts at 08:30 UK time. More info and Zoom … Continue reading →

1. A little flurry of webinars to start with. First, this coming Friday, 12th March, the next webinar offered by the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre (LLRC) is by Gee Macrory on New Orthographies in the Primary Languages Classroom and the … Continue reading →

1. At 17:30 UK time tomorrow, Wednesday 10th March, you can join the latest Bilingual English Project webinar, on Helping students process and understand texts: insights from reading test developers. More info and registration here https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1363760968907825422?source=EES+uk and PDF below with … Continue reading →

1. Two reasons for this message being earlier today: one, because I’m taking the afternoon off (eventually!), the other so that more of you will be able to catch this concert in celebration of International Women’s Day from St John’s … Continue reading →

1. Podcasts, webinars and blog posts from Pearson under the banner of Experiences: ‘a fresh look at important questions’ that aims ‘to come up with new answers’: https://www.pearson.com/english/professional-development/experiences.html  The four topics addressed are critical thinking, STEAM (not the kind that … Continue reading →

1. I hope this next OECD webinar is not too depressing: How do gender stereotypes affect five-year-olds’ ideas about the future? Monday 8th March at 13:00 UK time https://meetoecd1.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sZSxLQdcS_qandQpIEc2IQ 2. A free book in the Cambridge University Press Elements in … Continue reading →

1. The Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace Network Plus (CUSP) will launch itself (!) next Monday at 14:00 UK time: https://www.cuspnetwork.org/home/events/ In their own words, CUSP aims to “strengthen artistic and cultural institutions in low- and middle-income countries so … Continue reading →

1. The LearnEnglish sites have some good stuff for next Monday – or indeed any other day! https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/video-zone/international-womens-day-we-are-generationequality https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/how-can-more-women-get-into-politics https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/video-zone/kamala-harris-why-her-new-job-so-important 2. TIRF is The International Research Foundation for English Language Education, and they’ve just published a new paper on ESP … Continue reading →

1. In the lead up to International Women’s Day, the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and the UN Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) are launching a new core resource package for gender in education in … Continue reading →

1. More on accents, including Glaswegian, courtesy of my colleague Christine, Sadie Ryan’s wonderful podcast all about accents and perceptions of accents and language and identity, Accentricity  https://www.accentricity-podcast.com/ 2. More sounds to explore over the weekend, the latest New York … Continue reading →