My useful English degree: Careers for English graduates
Featuring careers specialists and English graduates, this webinar explores how today’s graduates can build a career in a much wider range of sectors than they might first think.
Vacancy on the English 4-11 Editorial Board
We’re looking for someone new to join the English 4-11 Editorial Board. If you have an interest in primary and early years education, children’s literature, and research, this is a great way to use your skills, broaden your professional networks, and engage with new and exciting classroom practice. Email us on ceo@englishassociation.ac.uk to find out more.
Penniless? Thomas Nashe and Precarity in Historical Perspective
We’re proud to support this project, co-ordinated by Prof. Cathy Shrank (Sheffield), Dr. Kate De Rycker (Newcastle), and Dr. Archie Cornish (Sheffield), in collaboration with freelancers in the creative industries.
Research participants needed for a study investigating how teachers exercise autonomy in relation to the curriculum
Are you: an English teacher, working in a state school, in England, and with at least 5 years experience? Are you interested in: talking about why you wanted to teach English and Reflecting on the choices you are able to make in relation to curriculum? Could you take part in 4 x 45 minute interviews…
The State of the Subject
In 2020 the English Association invited colleagues in schools and universities to reflect on how the lockdown affected their practice in teaching, research, writing and publishing, and administration; this became vol. 14 of the Issues in English series, titled ‘”In the midst of things”: COVID-19 and English’. In 2022 we carried out a follow-up survey…
Winnie’s Best Friend by Valerie Thomas Illustrated by Korky Paul
Winnie and Wilbur have been favourites of readers from as long ago as 1987 and this book goes back to the time when they first met. When Winnie was a very new witch she lived happily for a while in a large dark house in a forest – until she realised she was lonely. She…
Wild Weather by Liz Gogerly Illustrated by Sr. Sanchez
This is a geography/science book about weather and climate and how it affects the world but with a difference. It is a story book too about how four friends, having had a hot summer holiday until the last night when it tips down with rain, decide to investigate the weather. This book of discovery about…
Tiger in Trouble by Jess Butterworth Illustrated by Kirsti Beautyman
The Adventure Club books are an illustrated series for young readers by Jess Butterworth. In this book the Tigers have disappeared from a sanctuary because the Monsoon rains did not arrive on time. The Adventure Club steps in and travels to India to search for the tigers. Tilly the organiser is worried as the sanctuary…
There are Birds Everywhere by Camilla De La Bedoyere Illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
The cover of this large hardback book lures the reader with illustrations of brightly coloured parrots that stand out from the background and shimmer with blue foil. Camilla De La Bedoyere explores the wide range of birds in the world and we learn about what a bird is; birds that have lost the ability to…