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Thursday, 2nd April (Cambridge)
1. Jim McKinley is giving the next (online) seminar in UCL’s Academic Writing series at 16:00 UK time on 9th April on Beyond polishing: Generative AI, academic voice, and the future of student writing. More info and registration here https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2026/apr/beyond-polishing-generative-ai-academic-voice-and-future-student-writing … Continue reading
Tuesday, 31st March (Cambridge)
1. Short but not too short notice, I hope: How much education does a teacher need? is the intriguing title of the OECD webinar tomorrow, 1st April, at 09:00 UK time with speakers from South Africa, Estonia, Australia and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Brock 'Re Education', education, Education quality, Ethnologue, learning, N A T E S O L, O E C D, OLDaily, teachers, teaching, writing
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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
Thursday, 5th March (Cambridge)
1. Belonging Matters, two practical webinars from TeachingEnglish, starting at 09:00 UK time on Friday 13th March, with experts from Southeast Asia which focus on learner well-being and including home languages in the classroom to create a sense of belonging: … Continue reading
Thursday, 5th February (Cambridge)
I missed a post on Tuesday, as I was clearing out my parents’ house up in Yorkshire. Amongst (many!) other things, I found my father’s medal for the Under 12 100 yards from 1939 in the drawer of his desk … Continue reading
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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Tagged ai, artificial-intelligence, ECML, education, John Kampfner, learning, Little |Berlin, Mediation, Sahrawi, teaching, teachingenglish, technology, Western Sahara
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Tuesday, 4th November (Richmond)
1. You get generous (and nonetheless slightly frustrating) extracts from the London Review of Books Novel Approaches podcast here https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/close-readings/ Try the latest one on Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Kidnapped’ with Andrew O’Hagan, Tom Crewe and Clare Bucknell https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/close-readings/novel-approaches-kidnapped-by-robert-louis-stevenson 2. This … Continue reading
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Tagged 'V' Levels, Amol Rajan, Data centres, education, Katharine Birbalsingh, Kidnapped, learning, LRB, Robert Louis Stevenson, teachers, teaching, technology
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Wednesday, 8th October (Cambridge)
1. If you answer yes to any of these questions: then the ECML are pretty confident that their webinar at 15:00 UK time on Thursday 16th October, Supporting multilingual classrooms,will be of interest to you! More info here https://www.ecml.at/en/Resources/Webinars and … Continue reading
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Tagged ai, E L T J, ECML, education, H L T, Human networks, learning, Mario Rinvolucri, Multilingual classrooms, teaching, technology
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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
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