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16 October 2026 11:37

EMC CPD Face-to-Face: Teaching Mixed Attainment English LAST CHANCE TO BOOK! Book by: 8am on 19th October buff.ly/zepSy2G

English and Media Centre

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16 October 2026 11:37

Dive in to Tower Poetry's 2027 competition on the theme of ‘The Deep’, open to UK 16-18 year olds and free to enter. Submit your poem by 18 February 2027: www.chch.ox.ac.uk/towerpoetry-enter

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16 October 2026 11:37

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DamsonEd

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16 October 2026 11:31

All of this demands fresh voices and new thinking. Until I see that, I will continue to be skeptical. What a shame.

Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now!

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14 October 2026 10:00

Why is Hendrick deploying a false dichotomy? It's not either 'tell them nothing' or 'tell them everything' - effective teaching can involve a judicious deployment of prior knowledge, whilst allowing room for dialogue. As an (ex) English teacher, he should know that? Is he trying to sell something?