UKLA English in ITE SIG are holding a FREE hybrid conference focused on Talk and Oracy on Friday 16 May online and at UEL in London. If you are involved in English and ITE, we would love to see you there! Scan the QR code below or follow the link to sign up forms.office.com/e/1GPvhdSMBz

Taking a Cross-Faculty Stand Against Racism and Inequality: What Are Enabling and Inhibiting Factors Influencing the Placement Experiences of Black, Asian, Ethnic Minoritised Students in the Schools o... Many Black, Asian, and ethnic minoritised students on university courses leading to professional qualifications face racism on placement. Our own institutional review at one UK university highlighted ...

Published today. Our cross-faculty research on student placement experiences 👇👇
www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/9/...

three people with interlocking arms holding up protest placards. one says 'linguistic justice!'.

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i am running a two day summer school on linguistic justice for school teachers. it will be held in Manchester on June 12 & July 4. places are free, and travel etc is all fully funded.

full details here, including how to express an interest in participating: ahead.mmu.ac.uk/2025/01/16/l...
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Grammar question aimed at 11-year-olds confuses internet, can you solve it? Sarah Brownsword, the educator behind the question, put the debate down to the fact that "people love to talk about and argue about language use."

Newsweek spoke to me about my Grammar Tiktok videos this week 🙃
www.newsweek.com/grammar-ques...

We could probably do something at UEA? We have 80 cash strapped, book hungry trainee teachers!

DEIB for Parents and Carers Toolkit | Diverse Educators Supporting our own children to show up in the world confident in their own identity is a hugely important task.

We have a new DEIB toolkit - it is our 40th in our suite of free resources for the Diverse Educators network.

Lots of parents/ carers have been in touch to ask for support and signposting in DEIB matters. Schools have also been in touch asking for support on DEIB with parents/ carers.

#DiverseEd

Risk of compulsory redundancies as 170 staff face axe at UEA Announcement follows the departure of 400 staff members last year as efforts to close budget black hole continue

😕 Here we go again. timeshighereducation.com/news/deeply-...
📢 Follow us for updates about the ongoing situation at UEA. #SaveUEA #UCU
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💪 UEA UCU Branch Meeting this morning at 10am. Check your inboxes for full details.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the 2025 UKLA National Conference.
Find out more: ukla.org/nc25/
Tickets:
www.trybooking.com/uk/EDUH

#ukla2025 #conference2025

I'm hunting down every last one of you lovely ITE / ITT folk. I'm mainly relying on people's bios to determine who might want to be included here, so if I've missed you, let me know and I will update this list.

Reposts appreciated 👍

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