Join authors and mathematicians Sarah Hart and Rob Eastaway, in conversation with Dr Becky Fisher, CEO of the English Association, for a practical workshop sharing tips and tricks for connecting poetry and maths. “It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul … the poet must see what others do not…
An interactive panel session which aims to be long on ideas and short on theory. Because the best way to understand what AI can and cannot do for English studies is to get stuck in and give it a go. While none of us are experts, we’re all enthusiasts – especially when it comes to…
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Book recommendations Blue Heart Nicola Davies Graffeg ISBN 9781802587500 £14.99 Nicola Davies’ life was changed when she went to study humpback whales in Canada. They have never lost their magic for her. This book is her love letter, in poems, memoir and illustrations, to the animals who stole her heart and to whom each…
In this session, we’ll hear from a project team working across Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College and the University of Birmingham and University of Exeter. Their collaborative AHRC-funded project, Empathy, Narrative, and Cultural Values delves into the intricate dynamics of narrative perception and empathy among South Asian Muslim communities in the West Midlands. The project…
How the Opening Doors approach to English can support the development of non-specialist teachers at Primary In this interactive webinar, hosted by The English Association, you will: Be introduced to the principles and key strategies of Opening Doors English Hear two case studies from English Leaders in Primary who are using the Opening Doors approach…
Following several key publications, many schools are working hard to develop children’s oracy across the curriculum, enabling them to talk and think together to build their understanding of important ideas and concepts. However, in their recent publication ‘Telling the story: the English education subject report’, Ofsted suggests that schools make sure that the national curriculum…
‘We have killed this subject with the new, terribly boring GCSE’ (p. 48) says one teacher, quoted in Striking the Balance: A review of 11-16 curriculum and assessment in England, just out September 2024 from OCR. The review, based on an extraordinarily wide series of surveys and focus groups and chaired by former Education Secretary…