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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, 18th December (Cambridge)
This slightly longer than normal Free Resources message will be the last one till Tuesday 6th January. If you’re celebrating Christmas, be sure to make the most of it, and I wish everyone peace and happiness for 2026! 1. The … Continue reading
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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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Tagged ai, artificial-intelligence, Czech Republic, education, Ipsos, John Kampfner, Linked|In AI course, NATESOL event, news, technology, Theremin, TRIO approach, UKFIET
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Tuesday, 28th October (Richmond)
1. The big news this morning is that both the governing Labour party and the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, have hit an all-time low in popularity. I’ve just re-subscribed to The Times (for £1 for three months) and here’s their … Continue reading
Thursday, 26th June (Cambridge)
Three on politics to start with today. 1. An engaging series for BBC Radio 4 from David Runciman, Postwar, in which he tells the story of the 1945 UK general election which rejected Winston Churchill and the dawn of a … Continue reading
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Tagged David Runciman, Ipsos, John Curtice, keir-starmer, labour-party, news, Not invaded by Britain, Oxford ELT, politics, UK politics, uk-politics, Washback
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Thursday, 20th February (Cambridge)
Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ 1. SHORT NOTICE: 18:30 UK time tomorrow, Friday 21st February, an RSA online event, Russia’s war in a global perspective, with the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, and BBC journalist Clive Myrie. More … Continue reading
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Thursday, 13th February (Cambridge)
1. Here’s what appears to be an open-access article from the Times Higher Education, The UK’s redundancy crisis: four views from the front line https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-redundancy-crisis-four-views-front-line Higher education news feeds are currently dominated by near-daily announcements of large job cuts across … Continue reading
Thursday, 30th January (Cambridge)
1. Here’s the UK National Archives (NA) video on the Beveridge Report of 1942 https://youtu.be/e-vGHp4P9LU Sir William Beveridge’s report laid the foundations of the modern British welfare state and the National Health Service (in the middle of the Second World … Continue reading
Thursday, 23rd January (Cambridge)
1. A lot of the stuff on tools4Dev you have to pay for, but their blog often has interesting (free!) posts, like this one, How to Write a Monitoring and Evaluation Report https://tools4dev.org/blog/how-to-write-a-monitoring-and-evaluation-report/ and this one, Monitoring and Evaluation Tools … Continue reading
Thursday, 9th January (Cambridge)
1. From Der Spiegel International, an account of the apogee (or the nadir: take your pick) of capitalism, One of the Most Dangerous Routes in the World: The Darién Gap Migrant Highway, Courtesy of the Mafia https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/one-of-the-most-dangerous-routes-in-the-world-the-darien-gap-migrant-highway-courtesy-of-the-mafia-a-51daa801-f513-462a-b8e2-7f2cab11f04a The cartel operates … Continue reading
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