Martin Robinson
@trivium21c.bsky.social
Author: Trivium 21c, Athena vs the Machine, Curriculum Revolutions. Education Consultant.
My views on the proposed role for drama in the curriculum review: open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
Drama and the Curriculum Review
Is the Crisis Over?
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
My views on the proposed role for drama in the curriculum review: open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
The BBC needs to be impartial, ensure diversity of opinion but, mainly ensure it agrees with me
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The BBC needs to be impartial, ensure diversity of opinion but, mainly ensure it agrees with me
How long do we have to wait for Slow Horses season 6?! The end of season 5 was delicious…
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
How long do we have to wait for Slow Horses season 6?! The end of season 5 was delicious…
“musical training is related to small, but significant, cognitive benefits even when confounding factors, such as socioeconomic status, are accounted for.” www.economist.com/science-and-...
Playing an instrument is linked to better cognition
Another of the many benefits of a musical education
www.economist.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
“musical training is related to small, but significant, cognitive benefits even when confounding factors, such as socioeconomic status, are accounted for.” www.economist.com/science-and-...
“Once, we imagined intelligence as a single beam of light. Now it looks more like a field where two sources intersect to reveal a rich and new complexity that was always there but over our perceptual horizon.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
Parallax Cognition: AI and Human Thought Find New Depth
What if the next great leap in intelligence isn’t human or artificial, but the space between them?
www.psychologytoday.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“Once, we imagined intelligence as a single beam of light. Now it looks more like a field where two sources intersect to reveal a rich and new complexity that was always there but over our perceptual horizon.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
A PE teacher has been struck off having claimed he used to play for two top football clubs to land his job after being rumbled by pupils.” www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Teacher who claimed he played for football clubs to land jobs rumbled by pupils
Aaron Smith, 44, told staff and children he had played for big clubs including Leicester City and West Bromwich Albion but after no evidence was found online, investigations began
www.mirror.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
A PE teacher has been struck off having claimed he used to play for two top football clubs to land his job after being rumbled by pupils.” www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
‘ V levels will be new Level 3 qualifications that offer a vocational pathway for students who want to explore different sectors before deciding where to specialise.’ educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/new-...
New V levels and post-16 qualifications explained
We’re transforming post-16 education so every young person can gain the knowledge and skills they need to get a good job, go on to university, or achieve other ambitions. From 2027, new V levels will...
educationhub.blog.gov.uk
October 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
‘ V levels will be new Level 3 qualifications that offer a vocational pathway for students who want to explore different sectors before deciding where to specialise.’ educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/new-...
“Autism has become so diluted, we can’t really tell what we’re talking about anymore,” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/h...
Should the Autism Spectrum Be Split Apart?
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Autism has become so diluted, we can’t really tell what we’re talking about anymore,” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/h...
Research shows a link between social media use and poorer cognition in teens. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows
Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.
www.npr.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Research shows a link between social media use and poorer cognition in teens. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Bridget Phillipson and the Curriculum Question: breakfast or brains? www.youtube.com/live/FASKHwB... with me & @trivium21c.bsky.social
Bridget Phillipson and the Curriculum Question
YouTube video by It’s Your Time You’re Wasting!
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October 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Bridget Phillipson and the Curriculum Question: breakfast or brains? www.youtube.com/live/FASKHwB... with me & @trivium21c.bsky.social
Jenrick: “it’s not about the colour of your skin of course it isn’t…” but there weren’t any white faces…
October 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Jenrick: “it’s not about the colour of your skin of course it isn’t…” but there weren’t any white faces…
Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly walk into the shadow cabinet room. Robert Jenrick walks in…
October 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly walk into the shadow cabinet room. Robert Jenrick walks in…
Making Theatre, Fragment Cards
How Bowie and Cut Outs Influenced My Work in 'The Studio'
open.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Both my grandfathers fought in the war and my grandmothers served too. Their parents would all have been deported under Reform's policies.
This one is particularly good. “How dare you call our policies racist, some of our voters may have had parents who fought in the war”
October 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Both my grandfathers fought in the war and my grandmothers served too. Their parents would all have been deported under Reform's policies.
Never underestimate the power of that 'first conversation':
youtu.be/rF6jWH17k9M?...
youtu.be/rF6jWH17k9M?...
Together Against Suicide | You Support Us, Let Us Support You
YouTube video by Tottenham Hotspur
youtu.be
September 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Never underestimate the power of that 'first conversation':
youtu.be/rF6jWH17k9M?...
youtu.be/rF6jWH17k9M?...
Having this guy anywhere near government would be a danger to public health:
"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Having this guy anywhere near government would be a danger to public health:
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Of all the ridiculous “now that we have [x], we don’t need a knowledge-rich curriculum”, AI is maybe the silliest. How else are you meant to know whether it is right or wrong?
Moving from "what's the most authoritative answer?" to "what's the most plausible answer?" turns out to have downsides.
“OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws”
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
September 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Of all the ridiculous “now that we have [x], we don’t need a knowledge-rich curriculum”, AI is maybe the silliest. How else are you meant to know whether it is right or wrong?
“creative education has been “set back a generation” in British schools”.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/va-east...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/va-east...
V&A East director: My biggest ask is for government to reinvest in creative education - Arts Professional
The director of V&A East has said it is "a shock" to comprehend how creative education has been "set back a generation" in British schools. Gus Casely-Hayford, the inaugural director of the V&A's fort...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
“creative education has been “set back a generation” in British schools”.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/va-east...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/va-east...
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Here's my handout from my ResearchEd talk yesterday about the origin of the computational model of knowledge
(and how this view contrasts with the normative view of the Sumerians-Aristotle-Wittgenstein)
I tried to show different strands of thought: technologial, psychological, neuroscientific etc.
(and how this view contrasts with the normative view of the Sumerians-Aristotle-Wittgenstein)
I tried to show different strands of thought: technologial, psychological, neuroscientific etc.
September 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Here's my handout from my ResearchEd talk yesterday about the origin of the computational model of knowledge
(and how this view contrasts with the normative view of the Sumerians-Aristotle-Wittgenstein)
I tried to show different strands of thought: technologial, psychological, neuroscientific etc.
(and how this view contrasts with the normative view of the Sumerians-Aristotle-Wittgenstein)
I tried to show different strands of thought: technologial, psychological, neuroscientific etc.
“Learning is a process that is not purely ‘in the brain’. It takes place in context. What things help it along?” open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
Fish Out of Water
The Predictive Brain, Education And Creating Stuff
open.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“Learning is a process that is not purely ‘in the brain’. It takes place in context. What things help it along?” open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
Ffs, it’s got out of hand now:
September 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Ffs, it’s got out of hand now:
Back to school - the first lesson i teach with a new class: open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
How I Taught Drama. 1.
A series of posts. Number One: Centring
open.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Back to school - the first lesson i teach with a new class: open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
“Autism has traditionally been seen by science as a deficit compared to non-autistic individuals. Our findings suggest it’s not necessarily a deficit at all.” www.standard.co.uk/news/science...
Autistic brains are ‘not dysfunctional, just different’, researchers suggest
The small study used brain scans to look at how autistic brains process information.
www.standard.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 5:23 AM
“Autism has traditionally been seen by science as a deficit compared to non-autistic individuals. Our findings suggest it’s not necessarily a deficit at all.” www.standard.co.uk/news/science...