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A Scotsman in East Dulwich. Work in education communications. 对中国文化感兴趣。

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Sadly about four decades too late for what would have been a mind-blowing collaboration.

22.02.2026 09:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I remember it well - the “toe poke”. Let’s not dwell on what happened after David Narey scored.

05.12.2025 20:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A fascinating discussion - thanks. It made me wonder how, way back then, Sima Qian physically wrote his historical works, how they were distributed & how they were consumed and known about.

01.10.2025 11:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“In a world where AI will be ubiquitous, but we want young people to develop knowledge and skills of their own, we will need to find a balance,” writes Chinwe Njoku in an engrossing new AQi blog.

www.aqa.org.uk/aqi/ai-in-ed...

08.08.2025 14:00 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Your podcasts are always interesting but I thought this was a particularly good discussion - thank you.

01.08.2025 11:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Is AI a dirty word in the classroom? What about access & accessibility? Insightful perspectives on how students actually use AI tools in this Festival of Education panel with @claireheald.bsky.social & members of AQA’s Student Advisory Group as well as the Fair Education Alliance.

04.07.2025 12:09 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Would app age verification work better than a law that bans smartphones from schools? Really interesting yet sobering discussion with @annatreth.bsky.social Baroness Nicky Morgan, Clara Akingbade & Tom Rees at the Festival of Education.

04.07.2025 11:18 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lively discussion, despite the relative consensus, about curriculum & assessment at the Festival of Education with @annatreth.bsky.social @beckyfrancis.bsky.social @lizrobinson.bsky.social @thewayofkueh.bsky.social & @johndickenssw.bsky.social.

04.07.2025 10:04 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Top class chat about the wild west days of academies, SEND & Latin with @johndickenssw.bsky.social @gatortiff.bsky.social to kick off the second day at the Festival of Education.

04.07.2025 08:51 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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It’s so important that we read about people like us and people not like us, says Joseph Coelho in a great discussion about the power of a story with @annatreth.bsky.social & Manjeet Mann at #EducationFest

03.07.2025 14:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fascinating & highly engaging talk by Doug Lemov about reading #EducationFest. Cellphones, he said, are attention fracturing devices. Unlike speaking, reading is not natural - every time we read we are rewiring our brain.

03.07.2025 09:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I used to own this album on cassette and listened to it frequently on my Walkman. Happy days.

28.06.2025 14:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Student confidence is the foundation of raising education standards.

By pinpointing specific areas of strength and areas for learning, AQA Stride builds confidence amongst all types of learners from different education journeys.

Find out more here > bit.ly/4muHyy5

#AQAStride #GCSEMaths

26.06.2025 13:10 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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🌟 Big news! AQA Stride was highly commended at the International e-Assessment Awards!

AQA fully funded AQA Stride and, over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing how AQA Stride is making such a difference.

Stay tuned!

Find out more here > bit.ly/4muHyy5

12.06.2025 13:23 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

I just finished this book (in English) and really enjoyed it. Excellent narrative despite the relative lack of sources. Thank you.

30.04.2025 07:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If I can chip in with 2 Mandarin words:

火山 - fire mountain - volcano
电脑 - electric brain - computer

01.04.2025 09:20 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can we add quicksand to that list?

21.03.2025 23:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Agreed, Cale and the band were brilliant. Many fresh versions of old songs & a few I didn’t recognise at all. A great night.

21.03.2025 23:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Trying to sell sun lotion in January in the west of Scotland strikes me as highly optimistic.

26.01.2025 12:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Perhaps it’s a reference to the Passion of the Christ although, as a Scotsman, I very much appreciated Braveheart at the time.

14.01.2025 09:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Your book about China, The Water Kingdom, was brilliant - highly original and hugely readable & insightful.

25.11.2024 16:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Not sure if a 15 year old would like it but the area around Greenwich - park, museums & market - is great. The park has the best view in London.

15.10.2024 20:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I’m enjoying Who Dares Wins: Britain 1979-1982 narrated by the author, Dominic Sandbrook. Full of nuance & rich detail but never dull.

27.09.2024 20:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Very much looking forward to this book. It’s a great album.

27.09.2024 19:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Glorious. The National Gallery in London has two Rembrandt self-portraits: one painted in his twenties, the other in his early sixties. Fascinating contrast between the two.

12.09.2024 17:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0