BABS!! WE’RE BACK ON 28TH FEB!! FEW TIX STILL AVAILABLE. COME ALONG AND HEAR FROM ACE PEOPLE INCLUDING @carlhendrick.substack.com @daisychristo.bsky.social @didau.bsky.social @jonhutchinson.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social @alexjquigley.bsky.social #rEDBRUM www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched...

Absolutely. This Darwin quote sums up every writer’s life.

Interesting symposium tonight at St Antony’s: ‘What isn’t working in contemporary politics?’ (How long have we got!) Feat: @samfr.bsky.social, @pronouncedalva.bsky.social, @stellacreasy.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social and Damian Hinds.

“I will bear witness to fascism”

This is 🔥 open.spotify.com/track/6AtgHx...

This is SO GOOD.

It’s not even a new path. Look, there are footprints going off into the distance. Path’s already been walked.

🎙️ New podcast: Bullying or counter-connecting? In our new Deanery Digests podcast, Dr Julia Badger and assistant headteacher Simon Fox discuss new research that explores definitions of bullying and coins a new term: counter connecting. 🎧 Listen: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/bullying-or-... #Edusky

‘Bullying or Counter-Connecting’. Dr Julia Badger and AHT Simon Fox talk with me about research on understanding bullying and how existing definitions fail to capture nuances, esp re special schools. They propose a complementary concept: counter connecting podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d... #EduSky

This is very very funny. There's really no reason to take it with any seriousness at all. I love it

‘Bullying or Counter-Connecting’. Dr Julia Badger and AHT Simon Fox talk with me about research on understanding bullying and how existing definitions fail to capture nuances, esp re special schools. They propose a complementary concept: counter connecting podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d... #EduSky

Oooof!

Someone show him a map

Follow @louisehaighmp.bsky.social Show other MPs that there are places other than X to reach the electorate.

The speakers at this event are excellent. EY and Primary colleagues will really enjoy this I’m sure. #EduSky

This is indeed excellent shithousery. I see that the final image needed no modification.

Incredible. She confirms everything: we can do what we like, ‘cause who’s going to stop us. We want stuff, therefore we have the right to take it. The imperial ambition is completely unvarnished.

A good read for #mflbluesky

Come on You Yellows #COYY

Most Beautiful News of 2024. Our picks of positive trends & amazing achievements 🤩

EEF evaluation of universal free school meals in London. Strong evidence that this moderate cost intervention has zero impact on academic attainment. Report acknowledges its early doors, so benefit may emerge later. Qual findings alongside quant make for interesting reading. #EduSky

Finally the EEF impact assessment of Sadiq’s FSM policy You won’t hear much about it, because there’s nothing particularly positive in there £130 million pa and it had ZERO impact on attainment or attendance And it left schools out of pocket educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and...

“Well, I’m sure I’d feel much worse if I weren’t under such heavy sedation.”

What do we know about the educational attainment of English as an Additional Language learners in England? Read a plain language summary of the latest report from @ariel-lindorff.bsky.social and colleagues at @education.ox.ac.uk exploring NPD data on EAL learners. #EduSky #EAL

Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages

This is cathartic. The writing as keen and witty as its subject is dull and humourless. open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

Thread of the day.

📢 Calling all teachers and academics interested in sustainability education! You are invited to attend a teacher-researcher networking event centred on sustainability in schools 🏫 📅 Thursday 11 December 🏢 Department of Education, Oxford ⌚ 4.30pm – 7pm Book now ➡️ shorturl.at/NWIan

Seeking UK secondary schools to take part in our new project on student motivation, engagement and learning outcomes in Arabic classrooms!

📣 All are welcome to join our public seminar on Solving the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Crisis on Wednesday 3 December at 5pm. Helen Hayes MP will discuss the Education Select Committee’s recent SEND report. Register to attend 👉 www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/public... #Edusky

And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.

The ‘you can’t even call it Christmas any more’ seems to come earlier each year.

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Our @education.ox.ac.uk Applied Linguistics Lunchtime Seminars continue Tues 4th Nov 13-14:00GMT with a review of the research on Arabic as an additional language by Drs @robertwoore.bsky.social and Anna-Maria Ramezanzadeh. Join us online via Teams - details: www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/review...

All new material from Oxford’s legendary drunk-rock anti-heroes. Check out the thunder-toms on the title track. open.spotify.com/album/2XSOXD...

Full version, featuring the late great Benjamin Zephaniah.

British.

Schools, teachers & parents often face new initiatives designed to improve education — but every change comes with a cost. 🎧 Listen to @education.ox.ac.uk Deanery’s Digest episode about our Questioning guide that helps you assess education claims confidently. podcasts.ox.ac.uk/confident-qu...

New digital cassingle now available for preorder from Oxford’s premium 90’s drunk-rock superstars, Arthur Turners Lovechild?

Our first #appliedlinguistics lunchtime seminar @education.ox.ac.uk is on 21st Oct, 1-2pm, with @dkcayado.bsky.social talking to us about morphology in Tagalog. Join us in person or online! Details ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/tracki...

“Doxxing. Ghosting. Felching. Dorries. New words frame hideous new concepts for which there were previously no words.” ‘Dorries’ 😂

Needs more cowbell.

Buy our album … please

I’m starting to think that maybe the last time was never

This Friday is Bandcamp Friday, where all proceeds from sales on the site go directly to the artist. Support independent music, and especially this banger of an album by Oxford’s drunk rock legends Arthur Turners Lovechild?

Liquid Glass is ugly AF.

🎙️ How can teachers become confident questioners of new education initiatives? David Schley (@senseaboutsci.bsky.social) & Hamish Chalmers discuss new guidance on what questions to ask to make informed decisions about what’s truly worthwhile. 🔗 Listen: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/confident-qu... #Edusky

If you're a parent, teacher, or councillor concerned about education proposals affecting your local schools and colleges, make sure to ask for the evidence behind them. Here are our three Key Questions in Education from our guide. Take a look! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Sq... @hwc001.bsky.social

When faced with claims about new educational initiatives, what questions should you ask to help evaluate the claim and its applicability to your context? David Schley from @senseaboutsci.bsky.social tells me about their new Questioning Guides, designed to help educators make informed choices #EduSky