🎞️ Fancy writing a linguist's film review for Babel? 📧 Get in touch at [email protected]

Just flagging this up. 29th September at 4pm. Link below @LitdriveUK litdrive.org.uk/events

Just a few days left to get your ticket to the very best #historyteacher summer event! Glastonbury is done but history teacher Glastonbury is about to begin.

We're delighted to say that physical copies of EMC 25-26 are now in schools! For a complete roundup of everything we do at EMC, you can access this helpful resource online by clicking the following link: englishandmedia.co.uk/media/6740/e...

Don’t miss out on #SHP25. Such a brilliant line up. Inspirational ways to move your history teaching on, support pupils with their GCSE and A Levels, make connections with history teachers across the UK and generally have a great time doing it!

We're so sorry to hear of the death of Aidan Chambers. Not only did he write wonderful YA novels, he also gave us one of the great books on reading with young people - Tell Me: Children Reading + Talk uk.bookshop.org/p/books/tell...

NEW BLOG: Making writers sexy and appealing - Part 1 (author's intent) learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2025/05/maki... #engchat #engchatuk

Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name. POPE GINGER IV.

Our third meeting of the year takes place Monday at 7.30. @LitdriveUK litdrive.org.uk/events

am giving a talk at Goldsmith's on the 21 May on collaborating with teachers to design futures of linguistic justice in schools, it'll be fun and it's free 💜 www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Fascinating parallels between English and History in concerns about the normalising of mastery as the only valid approach in education across all subject areas. Well worth a read, whatever your subject

Today's Diverse Educators blog is by Mohamed Abdallah To Belong Is Not Enough: Why We Must Move Towards Mattering www.diverseeducators.co.uk/world-book-d... #DiverseEd

NEW BLOG: Spelling and word fluency learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2025/03/spel... #engchat #engchatuk

i am going to oxford on the 12 may to give a public seminar about Ofsted, race, and linguistic in/justice 💕 registration is free and open to all www.education.ox.ac.uk/upcoming-eve...

i was so honoured to be asked to contribute to the 10 years of the BERA blog series .. here i write about longstanding and contemporary efforts to dismantle language ideologies as part of broader struggles for linguistic justice www.bera.ac.uk?p=56193

99p on Kindle today. Deal: Invisible Women: the Sunday Times number one bestseller exposing the gender bias women face every day amzn.eu/d/6blJuPv

One month to go until the 8 year olds and me take on the Swimathon. Would really appreciate people sharing our sponsorship page #edusky #swimathon @cancerresearchuk.org @mariecurieuk.bsky.social www.givengain.com/project/alex...

in a couple of projects i have collaborated with the artist wendy wong to visualise linguistic stigmatisation in schools and efforts to resist such stigmatisation. a core aim is for teachers to use the images as prompts for discussion in classrooms, so please use and share! a few of the images ↓

Basically, Ofsted has just created an enormous APP grid. What could possibly go wrong?

Listen to the first episode of 'Sitting in the Chair' on Spotify. Find out about the reality of headship from Mark Tilling in Hartlepool - this series is going to be amazing and illuminating. RT welcome! open.spotify.com/episode/2rlP... Sponsored by @innerdrive.bsky.social

#TeamEnglish #EduSky Free event online today 16.45-17.30 ! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

READING RECOMMENDATIONS TERM 2: This term's version of reading recommendations. Follow the link and click to download. Includes: @kmlarwood @kwamealexander Katya Balen @MrEagletonIan learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2024/06/read...

Lit in Colour: research, engagement & impact to date (21 Jan 2025, 16:45 – 17:30) Join this FREE online session for a deep dive into the Lit in Colour 2021 & 2024 research, look at other free resources, & discussion. #TeamEnglish #EduSky #Teaching #Resources englishassociation.ac.uk/lit-in-colou...

The Shakespeare Starter Pack #Shakespeare: texts, performances, appropriations, interpretations, reception, history, casting, woke, queer, social justice, genius. #drama #theatre #literature #TeamEnglish go.bsky.app/BKaWcfr

New blog post out where @draimeequicks.bsky.social and I look at issues in teacher education research www.bera.ac.uk/blog/teacher...

Really pleased that my children have finally cottoned on to the magic that is the Box of Delights.

Tiny thing from my classroom in the last fortnight: ‘the rubbish version’… Writing is hard. It’s the most cognitively demanding thing we ask our students to do. When we teach creative writing, it’s difficult to get some students to start, or to write in a way that is relaxed and free. 1/ 👇

I spent today in Manchester at a brilliant focus group event centred around Reimagining Teacher Education. It’s the next stage of a British Academy/Leverhulme funded project run by Viv Ellis (Monash) & @iancushing.bsky.social (MMU).

Calling all English students, teachers, student teachers and teacher educators: take a look at Shared Futures - www.englishsharedfutures.org/cfp

Super excited to announce that SHP’s revitalised Yorkshire History Forum is now open for booking. Join us on 28 Nov for a brilliant evening of #historyteacher CPD. Tickets from as little as £10. #edusky store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...

Another little call for help from me. I am looking to get hold of old pupil exercise books where people have studied the SHP American West units. I currently have 2, mine and my brother’s. Hoping to gather examples from 1970s to 2020s. If anyone has old books in the attic, I’d love to chat.

English teachers, your subject explores how the British Empire, migration, and belonging shaped culture and identity. Help us explore these themes in our research! Our shorter survey (15-20 mins) needs your insights. 🙌 t.co/IYe8IoMZAG #EnglishInContext #EnglishTeacher #EducationRigour

If you are a Secondary English Teacher or HOD, please connect with me. This year, I'm particularly interested in rejigging my curriculum and assessments to account for the rising use of AI. If you're interested in putting our heads together, please reach out.

Tomorrow marks the start of Black History Month. No amount of activities this month makes up for a lack of knowledge on the part of educators. I’ve curated a list of the best books on race, culture and identity for you. padlet.com/benniekara/b... #EduSky #UkEd

The English HOD Hangout is back. Our first meeting takes place at 7.30pm on October 14th. Free to sign up. Go to litdrive.org.uk/events. Select 'Subject Leadership Forum 1' The first meeting is going to look at the summer results! Please spread the word! #englishhodhangout

I still have space for a few more participants in my EdD study exploring teachers' views on educational research. This is by teachers, for teachers! If you have views on how ed res should be used, please read this info and sign up! callforparticipants.my.canva.site #UKEd #EduSky

Hi all. We are still looking for teachers to complete our "Teaching Indigenous Presence..." survey. Will build into the exciting project we are doing to develop resources for schools. Please do share if you can #historyteacher #EduSky urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Can someone good please apply for this?

Delighted to share the new Lit in Colour report out today www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou... The message is: change is possible. And we love to see it.

Have an opinion about research informed practice? Secondary teacher/leader in England? Sign up for my research! Click the link to find out more about my research and how to register your interest: callforparticipants.my.canva.site Please share this within your networks!

I am seeking participants for my #EdD research. Click the link to find out more about my research and how to register your interest: callforparticipants.my.canva.site Please share this within your networks!

Looking for Secondary English PGCE Subject leads. Is this you, or do you know one, or were you taught by a great one you can point me to? Pls retweet! @funkypedagogy.bsky.social @xris32.bsky.social @hugheshaili.bsky.social

If you're looking for some intro material to A level Eng Lang (or some things to persuade Year 10 and 11s that language study can be fun), we've got these free resources from the @engmediacentre.bsky.social to help you: www.englishandmedia.co.uk/videos/colle...

Who in the UK isn’t a bit in love with Daniel Pembroke right now? Absolutely unbelievable.

Litdrive is a subject association led by English teachers for English teachers, supporting the English teaching community with workload through: 🧠 subject specific PD 👩🏿‍🤝‍👨🏼our mentoring programme 🗂️access to member shared resources Join as a member here: litdrive.org.uk #TeamEnglish

Updated with my Paper 1 stuff.

NEW BLOG: Booklets for GCSE English Language and Literature. More to follow. learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2024/09/book...

Self promotion 📢 alert! I did this podcast on why we can't predict earthquakes. Would be great to hear what you think. www.podmasters.co.uk/why

@samgibbs.bsky.social and I would like to speak to BAME teachers who have been in the classroom for 20+ years plus about what has helped them stay in the profession. Please RT and get in touch if you can help