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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, 17th February (Cambridge)
An AI focus for the first three of today’s offerings, possibly a bit doomy and gloomy … 1. You can read or listen to this alarmist (realist?) piece for Fortune by Jake Angelo, Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months … Continue reading
Tuesday, 20th January (Cambridge)
1. From Andy Brock’s Re Education blog, Education Predictions 2026, from a very wide range of contributors https://abrock.substack.com/p/re-education-issue-27-education-predictions Trying to make sense looking backwards is hard enough, but to look forwards when things seem constantly changeable is even more demanding. … Continue reading
Thursday, 11th December (Cambridge)
1. A sample from a wondrous (and wondrously expensive) book by David B. Wilson, The Experience of Expatriate English Language Teaching https://cspcontents.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/master/samples/978-1-0364-4603-1-sample.pdf Teaching English overseas is a funny old business. Funny-ha-ha in that it has been a rich source of … Continue reading
Thursday, 4th December (Cambridge)
1. We’re not an especially happy bunch here in the UK at present. Here’s the latest Ipsos survey of UK public opinion, taken following last week’s budget https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/britons-more-pessimistic-about-economy-post-budget-though-some-individual-measures-supported 56% say they are ‘more concerned’ about the economy post budget and … Continue reading
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Thursday, 20th November (Cambridge)
1. The first of two events next Thursday, 27th November, with an early 08:00 UK time start for this one from LanguageCert, Creating Spaces for Conversation with Anna Hasper & Kieran Donaghy who “will share practical frameworks and strategies for … Continue reading
Thursday, 6th November (Cambridge)
1. On Thursday next week, 13th November, at 15:00 UK time there’s an ECML webinar for teachers and teacher trainers at primary and secondary level on “Mediation in teaching, learning and assessment” which will present the achievements of the ECML … Continue reading
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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
Friday, 18th July (on the train from Norwich to Cambridge – or would have been, had Greater Anglia wifi been up to it!)
Only one post this week, a bit longer than usual, as I got in a right tiz-woz over some work I had to do for NILE with French school teachers of English yesterday and today. On reflection, the Ted Hughes … Continue reading
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