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Discounts for EA members on Royal Shakespeare Company CPD
The Royal Shakespeare Company offers two certificates for teachers. These innovative courses develop skills and confidence in using RSC rehearsal room approaches to teach Shakespeare. Each course includes in-person CPD in Shakespeare’s home town, a ticket to see a production in the RSC repertoire, and a resource pack to support your future planning and teaching.…
English 4-11 82 Autumn 2024
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Gathering Voices #FE – Navigating Pearson 2.0
Collaborating and empowering post-16 teachers to lead the discussion on the GCSE resit curriculum, in Further Education settings Gathering Voices #FE aims to put teachers’ voices and expertise at the heart of the conversation to lead the discussion on the discipline of English. This teach meet series will allow for both voices from those delivering…
English Studies in numbers: data on student enrolment and trends
This page provides an overview of current data on student enrolments for English studies. Drawing on published data from external sources, and our own research, the English Association aims to offer a snapshot of current trends to inform practitioners, policy-makers and other interested parties.
Update from the Primary and Early Years Education Committee (July 2024)
Book recommendations The Tree and the River Aaron Becker Walker Books ISBN 978-1529516760 £7.99 Aaron Becker’s The Tree and the River scooped a coveted double-win the Yoto Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice Medal for Illustration and the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration. It is described as a “beautifully crafted” and “universal” wordless picture book. Looking at…
Our Rights!: talking about human rights in the classroom (16 July 2024, 16:45 – 17:30)
Join us to explore the stories and poems in the Our Rights! anthology, alongside Jake Hope (editor of Our Rights!), Sita Kenyon (Education Officer at Amnesty International UK), and Becci Smith (creator of a suite of related learning resources). Our Rights! is an anthology of short stories and poems based around children’s rights. The book features pieces written…
Shakespeare’s Globe and the English Association to host sector-wide meeting on GCSE English reform
Shakespeare’s Globe and the English Association will host a day-long, outcome-focused meeting to address the growing consensus among teachers, exam boards and other stakeholders that GCSE English Literature and GCSE English Language require reform. The event will be hosted at Shakespeare’s Globe on Wednesday 25 September 2024. The goal of this collaborative meeting is to…
A manifesto for English: the Common English Forum
The Common English Forum is a body which exists to consider matters of current interest in English studies both in schools and universities. It has recently devised a manifesto for English, which we are pleased to share below as a co-signatory of the manifesto. We thank all involved for giving their time so generously in…