Elizabeth Draper @draperel
@draperel.bsky.social
30+ yrs English teacher,post-16-SFC & FE. #JoyFE 💛📖📚📙✍️🗣️🎧Campaigner for bringing creative & critical thinking back into ❤️of education.Deputy Chair, trustee, Fellow of @englishassociation.bsky.social
The English Association #EnglishTeaching / North West
The English Association #EnglishTeaching / North West
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Please read response below to GCSE resit 2025 situation. Not only but also curriculum approach. The resit world is rich with consequences of society’s shortcomings, society should respect this, policy makers should take note, funding priorities & infrastructure should definitely reflect this.
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Here's The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Vibe coding’ beats ‘clanker’ to be Collins dictionary’s word of the year
AI-inspired word joins ‘biohacking’, ‘Henry’ and ‘broligarchy’ on tech-heavy 2025 list
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Here's The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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@hallsvillesch.bsky.social
@jbenglishteach.bsky.social
@britishlibrary.bsky.social
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In WW2 a 19 year old sent his mother a poem. He sadly died; but the poem endured. It’s a long term favourite with our schools via ‘OD to Quality Writing 10-13’ .I’ve just heard it read out at the British Legion Festival on bbc.
John Magee lives on! www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/157986...
John Magee lives on! www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/157986...
High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things You have...
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Great 🧵🧵🧵🧵 #CAR ⬇️
Just taking a moment to read and reflect on the CAR.
There are many general statements that are welcome such as the recognition that sequences of learning differ between subjects, the nat curriculum is a tool, teachers are the curriculum makers etc.
A few thoughts on the English/literacy bits.
There are many general statements that are welcome such as the recognition that sequences of learning differ between subjects, the nat curriculum is a tool, teachers are the curriculum makers etc.
A few thoughts on the English/literacy bits.
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Great 🧵🧵🧵🧵 #CAR ⬇️
“Citizen science initiatives such as the Big Plastic Count help to lift that blindfold, empowering citizens not just to count plastic, but to count in the movement for change.” #PlasticPollution
Plastic pollution is often hidden in plain sight – behind positive “eco” or “recyclable” labels, within supply chains and under the convenience of online shopping.
Huge amounts of plastic waste goes unnoticed – here’s what to do about it
Plastic pollution is often hidden in plain sight – behind positive “eco” or “recyclable” labels, within supply chains and under the convenience of online shopping.
tcnv.link
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
“Citizen science initiatives such as the Big Plastic Count help to lift that blindfold, empowering citizens not just to count plastic, but to count in the movement for change.” #PlasticPollution
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www.britishshakespeare.ws/wp-content/u... New edition of Teaching Shakespeare magazine- some great articles. Useful perhaps for teachers but also to share with students. @britgrad.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @lateteachers.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social #TeamEnglish #edusky
www.britishshakespeare.ws
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
www.britishshakespeare.ws/wp-content/u... New edition of Teaching Shakespeare magazine- some great articles. Useful perhaps for teachers but also to share with students. @britgrad.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @lateteachers.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social #TeamEnglish #edusky
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“They call themselves the so-called ambassadors of an Islamic country, but there are dozens of Muslim countries, and none of them are banning girls from their education.”
Malala calls on Muslim leaders to step forward and challenge the Taliban.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/mala...
Malala calls on Muslim leaders to step forward and challenge the Taliban.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/mala...
Malala accuses world leaders of enabling Taliban ‘gender apartheid’ in Afghanistan | The News Agents
Malala, who was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban when she was 15 years old, has accused world leaders of normalising the oppressive Taliban rule in Afghanistan. She is now calling for…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“They call themselves the so-called ambassadors of an Islamic country, but there are dozens of Muslim countries, and none of them are banning girls from their education.”
Malala calls on Muslim leaders to step forward and challenge the Taliban.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/mala...
Malala calls on Muslim leaders to step forward and challenge the Taliban.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/mala...
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Nottingham has one of the most vibrant and forward-looking departments of modern languages around. Music too. To cut them like this, leaving no chance for future rebuilding, is educational vandalism.
tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
tinyurl.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Nottingham has one of the most vibrant and forward-looking departments of modern languages around. Music too. To cut them like this, leaving no chance for future rebuilding, is educational vandalism.
tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
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Chris Mason is what happens when a Hospital Radio DJ, whose sole qualification appears to be a sort of soporific inoffensiveness, is somehow promoted to BBC Politics Editor - a position that demands unflinching insight, objectivity, and sharpness. It's like a puddle trying to be the ocean.
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Chris Mason is what happens when a Hospital Radio DJ, whose sole qualification appears to be a sort of soporific inoffensiveness, is somehow promoted to BBC Politics Editor - a position that demands unflinching insight, objectivity, and sharpness. It's like a puddle trying to be the ocean.
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Not enough attention is being paid to the effective closure of the bulk of one of the 2 or 3 most important public archives for modern British history. A terrible own goal for the BBC as a public-service agency.
WAC wrong-headedness
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
WAC wrong-headedness - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Some of you will know that I have been very involved over the past months with attempts to reverse the wrong-headed changes to access at the BBC Written Archives Centre (above, with...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Not enough attention is being paid to the effective closure of the bulk of one of the 2 or 3 most important public archives for modern British history. A terrible own goal for the BBC as a public-service agency.
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Teachers! Time is running out to get your applications in for the NEU Sponsored Places at the 2026 UKLA International Conference. Apply now to join us in Glasgow! buff.ly/1gYKNZq
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Teachers! Time is running out to get your applications in for the NEU Sponsored Places at the 2026 UKLA International Conference. Apply now to join us in Glasgow! buff.ly/1gYKNZq
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This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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'I felt like the sector has had my back'
Curriculum review chair answers your questions on her landmark report: covering languages take-up concerns, progress 8 disagreements, RE consensus and much more
You can watch the webinar in full below
schoolsweek.co.uk/watch-becky-...
Curriculum review chair answers your questions on her landmark report: covering languages take-up concerns, progress 8 disagreements, RE consensus and much more
You can watch the webinar in full below
schoolsweek.co.uk/watch-becky-...
Under the CAR Bonnet: Watch Becky Francis webinar
Review chair covers EBacc language concerns, progress 8 reforms, RE consensus and more
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
'I felt like the sector has had my back'
Curriculum review chair answers your questions on her landmark report: covering languages take-up concerns, progress 8 disagreements, RE consensus and much more
You can watch the webinar in full below
schoolsweek.co.uk/watch-becky-...
Curriculum review chair answers your questions on her landmark report: covering languages take-up concerns, progress 8 disagreements, RE consensus and much more
You can watch the webinar in full below
schoolsweek.co.uk/watch-becky-...
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The new curriculum 'will be implemented in full, for first teaching from September 2028', the government has said
Now updated with a handy timeline...
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/new-curriculum-to-be-introduced-in-2028-as-review-published/
Now updated with a handy timeline...
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/new-curriculum-to-be-introduced-in-2028-as-review-published/
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The new curriculum 'will be implemented in full, for first teaching from September 2028', the government has said
Now updated with a handy timeline...
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/new-curriculum-to-be-introduced-in-2028-as-review-published/
Now updated with a handy timeline...
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/new-curriculum-to-be-introduced-in-2028-as-review-published/
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If I was going to deliver "the largest ever digital inclusion programme ever delivered" I'd start by going and talking to the community organisations all over the country who have almost zero-support from govt in meeting unmet need, and who will have little capacity to engage in a govt consultation
November 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
If I was going to deliver "the largest ever digital inclusion programme ever delivered" I'd start by going and talking to the community organisations all over the country who have almost zero-support from govt in meeting unmet need, and who will have little capacity to engage in a govt consultation
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I'm at House of Books & Friends in Manchester and I'm thrilled to see they have excellent taste!
@elliotjharper.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@elliotjharper.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I'm at House of Books & Friends in Manchester and I'm thrilled to see they have excellent taste!
@elliotjharper.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@elliotjharper.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
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Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy? Yes we do. www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/do-we-n...
Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy?
Policymakers should take a broad view of the value of degree courses when building our future workforce, says Charlotte Hallahan
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy? Yes we do. www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/do-we-n...
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Reading Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick with my Y5/6 class is always an absolute pleasure. Not a single word is wasted! Six lines in and we're already straight into the action. Such a talented writer and such a sad loss.
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Reading Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick with my Y5/6 class is always an absolute pleasure. Not a single word is wasted! Six lines in and we're already straight into the action. Such a talented writer and such a sad loss.
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We're looking for a Head of Finance & Operations to join the Arts Emergency team!
If you're strategic leader with a strong understanding of charitable governance, finance and operations, this could be the role for you.
Applications close 14 Nov 2025.
Find out more 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/jobs
If you're strategic leader with a strong understanding of charitable governance, finance and operations, this could be the role for you.
Applications close 14 Nov 2025.
Find out more 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/jobs
Jobs
Arts Emergency is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive organisation.
www.arts-emergency.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We're looking for a Head of Finance & Operations to join the Arts Emergency team!
If you're strategic leader with a strong understanding of charitable governance, finance and operations, this could be the role for you.
Applications close 14 Nov 2025.
Find out more 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/jobs
If you're strategic leader with a strong understanding of charitable governance, finance and operations, this could be the role for you.
Applications close 14 Nov 2025.
Find out more 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/jobs
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📢 Join us on Friday for Under the CAR Bonnet - a free Schools Week webinar on the curriculum and assessment review
We'll interview review chair Professor Becky Francis to get behind the headlines of her landmark report, followed by audience Q&A
Sign up: events.zoom.us/ev/AofhjYOxI...
We'll interview review chair Professor Becky Francis to get behind the headlines of her landmark report, followed by audience Q&A
Sign up: events.zoom.us/ev/AofhjYOxI...
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
📢 Join us on Friday for Under the CAR Bonnet - a free Schools Week webinar on the curriculum and assessment review
We'll interview review chair Professor Becky Francis to get behind the headlines of her landmark report, followed by audience Q&A
Sign up: events.zoom.us/ev/AofhjYOxI...
We'll interview review chair Professor Becky Francis to get behind the headlines of her landmark report, followed by audience Q&A
Sign up: events.zoom.us/ev/AofhjYOxI...
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"We do, though, recognise that there could be unintended consequences with this, and we’re certainly not thinking of them as KS3 Sats."
Becky Francis on the introduction of new Y8 examinations (or 'diagnostic checks') - and more - below
Becky Francis on the introduction of new Y8 examinations (or 'diagnostic checks') - and more - below
➡️Becky Francis: How we reached our curriculum recommendations
Superb long-read interview with @beckyfrancis.bsky.social by @Helen_Amass delving into the evidence behind the review
“I can characterise the whole review as being about balances and trade-offs"
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Superb long-read interview with @beckyfrancis.bsky.social by @Helen_Amass delving into the evidence behind the review
“I can characterise the whole review as being about balances and trade-offs"
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Becky Francis: How we reached our curriculum recommendations
In an exclusive interview, curriculum and assessment review lead Becky Francis speaks to Tes about its recommendations and the evidence underpinning them
www.tes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"We do, though, recognise that there could be unintended consequences with this, and we’re certainly not thinking of them as KS3 Sats."
Becky Francis on the introduction of new Y8 examinations (or 'diagnostic checks') - and more - below
Becky Francis on the introduction of new Y8 examinations (or 'diagnostic checks') - and more - below
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This is me just responding to the news that #Drama has found a way back into curriculum. For some of us it never left.
After making this I went and taught Y2 (Christopher Columbus) +Y5 (The Space Race and Propaganda). Both sessions wrapped in story, Drama, + #Botheredness.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
After making this I went and taught Y2 (Christopher Columbus) +Y5 (The Space Race and Propaganda). Both sessions wrapped in story, Drama, + #Botheredness.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is me just responding to the news that #Drama has found a way back into curriculum. For some of us it never left.
After making this I went and taught Y2 (Christopher Columbus) +Y5 (The Space Race and Propaganda). Both sessions wrapped in story, Drama, + #Botheredness.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
After making this I went and taught Y2 (Christopher Columbus) +Y5 (The Space Race and Propaganda). Both sessions wrapped in story, Drama, + #Botheredness.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
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We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology.
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology.
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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📣 There are just a few days left to apply!
We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team!
Closing date: 11 November 2025
For full details and to apply ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks
We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team!
Closing date: 11 November 2025
For full details and to apply ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📣 There are just a few days left to apply!
We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team!
Closing date: 11 November 2025
For full details and to apply ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks
We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team!
Closing date: 11 November 2025
For full details and to apply ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks
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2 weeks to go! Join us online on 19 November 6pm-7:30pm to celebrate the winners of the Stephen Spender Prize 2025 and another wonderful year of #CreativeTranslation at the Stephen Spender Trust!
Book free tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stephen-sp...
#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #poetry #multilingualism
Book free tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stephen-sp...
#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #poetry #multilingualism
Stephen Spender Trust: 2025 Celebration Event
Join us to celebrate the winners of the Stephen Spender Prize 2025 and the highlights of the Stephen Spender Trust year!
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November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
2 weeks to go! Join us online on 19 November 6pm-7:30pm to celebrate the winners of the Stephen Spender Prize 2025 and another wonderful year of #CreativeTranslation at the Stephen Spender Trust!
Book free tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stephen-sp...
#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #poetry #multilingualism
Book free tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stephen-sp...
#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #poetry #multilingualism