Hamish Chalmers
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University of Oxford. Education. EAL.
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researchED Birmingham
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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
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researchED Birmingham 2026
The world's greatest education conference returns to Brum!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched-birmingham-2026-tickets-1979584019090?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=ed492298519ec91f4ec63adc4cd0626b3e623377b8653a60f5dbc1db6ed7c27ddb3fd758b18e63a7de4bba1c21c7e19efd93ed947f8f913e28ce6a60cc16da8ff3596a95213103f5e11427c4d7
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Helene von Bismarck
5 days ago
Absolutely. This Darwin quote sums up every writer’s life.
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Interesting symposium tonight at St Antony’s: ‘What isn’t working in contemporary politics?’ (How long have we got!) Feat:
@samfr.bsky.social
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@pronouncedalva.bsky.social
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@stellacreasy.bsky.social
@benansell.bsky.social
and Damian Hinds.
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“I will bear witness to fascism”
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City Of Heroes
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This is 🔥
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Streets of Minneapolis
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19 days ago
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Fionna O’Leary
20 days ago
This is SO GOOD.
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It’s not even a new path. Look, there are footprints going off into the distance. Path’s already been walked.
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Department of Education, University of Oxford
about 1 month ago
🎙️ 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:
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‘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...
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Bullying or Counter Connecting – Two inclusive definitions for schools
Podcast Episode · Deanery Digests · 15/01/2026 · 24m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/deanery-digests/id1750468161?i=1000745276631
about 1 month ago
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Ian Dunt
about 1 month ago
This is very very funny. There's really no reason to take it with any seriousness at all. I love it
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‘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
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Bullying or Counter Connecting – Two inclusive definitions for schools
Podcast Episode · Deanery Digests · 15/01/2026 · 24m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/deanery-digests/id1750468161?i=1000745276631
about 1 month ago
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Oooof!
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about 1 month ago
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Someone show him a map
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about 1 month ago
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Follow
@louisehaighmp.bsky.social
Show other MPs that there are places other than X to reach the electorate.
about 1 month ago
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The speakers at this event are excellent. EY and Primary colleagues will really enjoy this I’m sure.
#EduSky
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about 1 month ago
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This is indeed excellent shithousery. I see that the final image needed no modification.
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about 1 month ago
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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.
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about 1 month ago
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Hannah Pinkham
about 2 months ago
A good read for
#mflbluesky
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Come on You Yellows
#COYY
about 2 months ago
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Information is Beautiful
about 2 months ago
Most Beautiful News of 2024. Our picks of positive trends & amazing achievements 🤩
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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
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Universal Primary Free School Meals in London - policy evaluation
Offer of free school meals for all primary school pupils in London in response to the cost of living crisis.
https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and-evaluation/projects/universal-primary-free-school-meals-in-london-evaluation
about 2 months ago
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Andy Jolley
about 2 months ago
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...
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Universal Primary Free School Meals in London - policy evaluation
Offer of free school meals for all primary school pupils in London in response to the cost of living crisis.
https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and-evaluation/projects/universal-primary-free-school-meals-in-london-evaluation
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“Well, I’m sure I’d feel much worse if I weren’t under such heavy sedation.”
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2 months ago
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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
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What do we know about the educational attainment of English as an Additional Language learners in England?
https://www.education.ox.ac.uk/oxford-education-deanery/digest/what-do-we-know-about-the-educational-attainment-of-english-as-an-additional-language-learners-in-england/
2 months ago
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Multilingual Matters
2 months ago
Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages
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Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages
The milestone is one of a number of new measures taking effect on St Andrew's Day from the Scottish Languages Act.
https://buff.ly/1Ildh1Z
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This is cathartic. The writing as keen and witty as its subject is dull and humourless.
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Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
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2 months ago
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Thread of the day.
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2 months ago
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Hamish Chalmers
Department of Education, University of Oxford
3 months ago
📢 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
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Robert Woore
3 months ago
Seeking UK secondary schools to take part in our new project on student motivation, engagement and learning outcomes in Arabic classrooms!
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Hamish Chalmers
Department of Education, University of Oxford
3 months ago
📣 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...
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Sam Freedman
3 months ago
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.
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The ‘you can’t even call it Christmas any more’ seems to come earlier each year.
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🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
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Cate Hamilton
4 months ago
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...
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Reviewing Research on the Teaching and Learning of Arabic as an Additional Language: Challenges, Opportunities and Implications
https://www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/reviewing-research-on-the-teaching-and-learning-of-arabic-as-an-additional-language-challenges-opportunities-and-implications/
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All new material from Oxford’s legendary drunk-rock anti-heroes. Check out the thunder-toms on the title track.
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Spotify – Web Player
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4 months ago
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Full version, featuring the late great Benjamin Zephaniah.
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4 months ago
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Zack Polanski
4 months ago
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Sense about Science
4 months ago
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...
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The Confident Questioner’s Guide - Assessing Claims in Education
Schools, teachers and parents are regularly introduced to new measures designed to improve education. However, education is a zero-sum game. The introduction of a new initiative inevitably comes at…
https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/confident-questioners-guide-assessing-claims-education
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New digital cassingle now available for preorder from Oxford’s premium 90’s drunk-rock superstars, Arthur Turners Lovechild?
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The Last Hoorah of the Electric Kid., by Arthur Turners Lovechild?
5 track album
https://arthurturnerslovechild.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-hoorah-of-the-electric-kid
4 months ago
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Cate Hamilton
4 months ago
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...
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“Doxxing. Ghosting. Felching. Dorries. New words frame hideous new concepts for which there were previously no words.” ‘Dorries’ 😂
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4 months ago
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Mark Hamill
5 months ago
Needs more cowbell.
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Buy our album … please
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5 months ago
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I’m starting to think that maybe the last time was never
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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?
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The Very Most of ...., by Arthur Turners Lovechild?
25 track album
https://arthurturnerslovechild.bandcamp.com/album/the-very-most-of?fbclid=IwY2xjawHqcFJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVgIhIp-zkU0s0_JealCd-Oh9hFHqc1qm74iBUyDNX78MdeIKnne1ifNGA_aem_kpvw2Kn81R2e1dCkrNhkpg
5 months ago
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@cateh.bsky.social
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5 months ago
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Liquid Glass is ugly AF.
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Hamish Chalmers
Department of Education, University of Oxford
5 months ago
🎙️ 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...
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Sense about Science
5 months ago
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...
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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
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The Confident Questioner’s Guide - Assessing Claims in Education
Podcast Episode · Deanery Digests · 19/09/2025 · 22m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/deanery-digests/id1750468161?i=1000727581257
5 months ago
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