Tag Archives: The Grumpy Old Academic

Thursday, 27th August (Cres)

Posted on August 27, 2026 by roycross

1. First up today, two pieces on language learning: a) A YouGov poll conducted in Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, How do attitudes to language learning differ across Europe? https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/55385-how-do-attitudes-to-language-learning-differ-across-europe b) Duolingo’s 2026 report on the people who … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 20th August (Cres)

Posted on August 20, 2026 by roycross

1. Alan Milburn has just completed a substantial report for the UK government on Young People and Work https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/young-people-and-work-interim-report PDFs of both the whole report and of the introductory section only below. This Review exists because today Britain faces a … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 9th April (Cambridge)

Posted on April 9, 2026 by roycross

1. First up today, Li Wei in conversation with Zeinab El-Khateeb on The power of language, identity and education https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2026/mar/power-language-identity-and-education-academia-et-al This conversation traces Professor Li Wei’s path from classroom teacher to Director and Dean of the UCL Institute of Education, … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 10th March (Cambridge)

Posted on March 10, 2026 by roycross

1. We used to live just down the road in Berlin from the Olympiastadion. We once attended an incongruous British army-catered Burns Supper there, along with hundreds of other guests, all of us served excellent haggis, neeps and tatties. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 30th September (Richmond)

Posted on September 30, 2025 by roycross

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 →

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