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Nicola Sarah Hawkins @nic-s-h.bsky.social · Feb 17
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/gener... There IS a space between “all Ai is bad”doom scenarios and overhyped marketing of poor Edtech, yet it will take the collective will of educators to find it.
‘Generative AI is making our students more creative than ever’
The real opportunity of AI isn’t automation, it’s the potential to democratise innovation, writes Ramona Pistol. And teaching practices need to catch up to this reality
www.timeshighereducation.com
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savasavasava.myatproto.social
I remember the frenzy around OLPC omg I hated it so much
gquaggiotto.bsky.social gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 1d
One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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nelsonlflores.bsky.social
In my latest blog post I delve into the implication of Trump's Compact on the field of educational linguistics--and it is not pretty.

Why Trump’s Compact Poses an Existential Threat to Educational Linguistics educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/w...
Why Trump’s Compact Poses an Existential Threat to Educational Linguistics
Donald Trump’s so-called Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education is his latest attempt to impose a partisan political vision on the nation’s universities. Framed as a push for rigor and…
educationallinguist.wordpress.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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weownit.org.uk
😡This must be stopped!

Labour's 2024 manifesto promised our NHS would always be "publicly owned and publicly funded".

Now they are talking about reintroducing PFI into our NHS.

PFI would set a ticking time bomb under our NHS that will blow up in patients' faces - ACT NOW.
Say no to new PFI in our NHS - take action
The government’s new 10-Year Plan for Health is proposing to bring disastrous private finance deals back into our NHS.
weownit.org.uk
September 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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patrickdunleavy.bsky.social
If you are working class and in the lower sets for English you have no access to books, novels, poetry, or plays but rather a daily grind of basic literacy worksheets”, as one teacher reports in our latest blog post Diane Reay #LSEInequalitiesBlog
blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
May 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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thestage.co.uk
Comedian and actor Lenny Henry has called for more children’s theatre and wider access to the arts in education 👇
Lenny Henry: We need more children's theatre
Comedian and actor Lenny Henry has called for more children's theatre and wider access to the arts in education
www.thestage.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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ioe.bsky.social
Are you teaching about George Orwell's Animal Farm?

On the book's 80th birthday, discover letters, special editions and teaching resources from the Orwell collection – free and available online. @uclspeccoll.bsky.social

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/aug/...
August 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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ioe.bsky.social
"Coverage on online misogyny tends to prioritise the opinions, behaviour and experiences of boys"

@chiarafehr.bsky.social and @jessicaringrose.bsky.social reflect on Emmy Award-winning 'Adolescence' and the importance of centring the voices/experiences of girls.
theconversation.com/girls-voices...
Girls’ voices are needed to tackle misogyny and the manosphere – but they are being ignored
Young people are already very familiar with and dealing with the mundane reality of misogyny in their everyday lives.
theconversation.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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amdassu.bsky.social
Hello teachers!

My book Wild Journey will be published on 6th November and to celebrate it I’m doing a free online school event with Seven Stories The National Centre for Children's Books

sevenstories.org.uk/event/author...
Authors into Schools: A.M. Dassu - Seven Stories | The National Centre for Children's Books
sevenstories.org.uk
September 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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jennifercobbe.bsky.social
Compare the list of projects being scrapped in the first two paragraphs with the claim in the third paragraph that they're focusing on society's greatest challenges
Among the projects slated for closure are work on developing AI systems to detect online harms, producing AI tools that can help policymakers tackle issues such as inequality and affordability in the housing market and measuring the impact in health inequality of major policy decisions like lockdowns. Other projects expected to close include an AI-based analysis of how the government and media interact. A project looking at social bias in AI outcomes will also be dropped. Projects being paused include a study into how AI might affect human rights and democracy, as well as research into creating a global approach to AI ethics. A spokesperson for ATI said: “We’re shaping a new phase for the Turing, and this requires substantial organisational change to ensure we deliver on the promise and unique role of the UK’s national institute for data science and AI. As we move forward, we’re focused on delivering real-world impact across society’s biggest challenges, including responding to the national need to double down on our work in defence, national security and sovereign capabilities.”
August 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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campaignforthearts.org
📌 THE STATE OF THE ARTS: One Year On 📌

Last July, we published a landmark report with
@ccmpswarwick.bsky.social examining the State of the Arts in the UK across 5 health metrics. One year later, we’re revisiting each one 🧮

#2 is Arts Education, with the @neunion.bsky.social
Heading of Arts Education with the description "A society in which the arts are healthy is one in which high-quality arts education is valued and available to all, fostering creativity and developing the artists and audiences of the future."
July 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
nic-s-h.bsky.social
What’s it really going to take to ensure Ai and EdTech benefits our many disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils?
bexdigest.bsky.social Bex QE Insights @bexdigest.bsky.social · Jun 16
@nic-s-h.bsky.social of the @neunion.bsky.social
‬ tells teachers how to avoid the 'AI ready-meal diet'

READ 👉 www.twinkl.co.uk/l/si9z5
June 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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bexdigest.bsky.social
@nic-s-h.bsky.social of the @neunion.bsky.social
‬ tells teachers how to avoid the 'AI ready-meal diet'

READ 👉 www.twinkl.co.uk/l/si9z5
June 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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michae.lv
US AI Safety Institute reformed into Center for AI Standards and Innovation. Mission: “represent US interests internationally to guard against burdensome & unnecessary regulation of US tech by foreign govs & ensure US dominance of int’l AI standards” www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
Statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on Transforming the U.S. AI Safety Institute into the Pro-Innovation, Pro-Science U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation
Under the direction of President Trump, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced his plans to reform the agency formerly known as the U.S. AI Safety Institute into the Center for AI Standards an...
www.commerce.gov
June 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
nic-s-h.bsky.social
The Govt’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” ruled out public ownership - a solution 82% of us support - before even starting.
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
Sir Jon Cunliffe: put public ownership back on the table!
From day one, the government’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” - a.k.a the Cunliffe Review - has ruled out the solution that 82% of the British public want: public ownership. ...
actionnetwork.org
June 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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nic-s-h.bsky.social
“…crucially, technology companies must step up and take responsibility for making the online world safe by design.“ The children’s commissioner is right. We should force tech firms to ensure children can safely enjoy protected online spaces.
www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/resource/sch...
School phone policies in England: Findings from the Children’s Commissioner’s School and College Survey | Children's Commissioner for England
Over the last four years, I have spoken to a million young people and thousands of parents about the most pressing issues facing children growing up in
www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk
April 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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nujofficial.bsky.social
NUJ condemns further killings by Israeli bombing.
At least 159 Palestinian journalists have been killed since the start of war. The NUJ strongly condemns Israel's targeting of journalists, including Yahya Subaih and Nour El-Din Abdo killed on 7 May. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/pal...
Palestine: NUJ condemns further killings by Israeli bombing
At least 159 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed since the start of war.
www.nuj.org.uk
May 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
nic-s-h.bsky.social
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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lucyfoulkes.bsky.social
For me, these new findings are exceptionally useful for suggesting we should stop universal MH interventions in schools, and focus on one-to-one, targeted and directed interventions instead. @jackandrews.bsky.social and I argue this is more detail below

doi.org/10.1111/camh...
Debate: Where to next for universal school-basedmental health interventions? Time to move towardsmore effective alternativesJack L. Andrews & Lucy FoulkesDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKThere is an urgent need to improve mental health outcomes among young people. One approach taken toaddress this problem has been the design and delivery of universal school-based prevention, based on thera-peutic models such as CBT and mindfulness. Such interventions are delivered to groups of young people, irre-spective of risk or need. However, in this commentary, we argue that the initial appeal of universalinterventions has not been supported by the evidence: universal school-based prevention is less effective thantargeted approaches, often leads to null or unsustained positive effects, has the potential to elicit negativeeffects and is not well liked by young people themselves. In addition, many young people in each classroomalready meet the criteria for a mental disorder, meaning that prevention approaches may not be appropriateor effective for this group. In this commentary, we respond to Birrell et al.’s (2025) paper by arguing that thefield should move away from universal prevention and instead invest our limited resources in the refinementand dissemination of interventions with a stronger evidence base, such as one-to-one, targeted and indirectapproaches.
April 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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theguardian.com
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
Reminds me that I once asked @sonialivingstone.bsky.social what area of public policy we could learn from when thinking about digital life and her answer was ‘town planning’
hetanshah.bsky.social Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Apr 19
In which @jacobsilverman.com develops the concept of ‘hostile architecture’ to encompass all that is going wrong with the internet including enshittification, slop, hyper-commercialisation and people screaming into your void
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Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy
The last bits of fellowship and ingenuity on the web are being swept away by a tide of so-called artificial intelligence
on.ft.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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jonsevers.bsky.social
"[English now] is something that is no longer really literary study at all but rather the performance of a new kind of English that is very different and far less enjoyable"
jonsevers.bsky.social Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · Apr 7
Over the next two weeks, we've asked subject specialists to write about the state of their subject: what are the big challenges, debates and future trends that concern or excite them?

We start with English: @barbarableiman.bsky.social on whether it has lost its soul
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
English: how the subject lost its spark
Students are falling out of love with English, and can we really blame them, asks subject specialist Barbara Bleiman
www.tes.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
nic-s-h.bsky.social
“…crucially, technology companies must step up and take responsibility for making the online world safe by design.“ The children’s commissioner is right. We should force tech firms to ensure children can safely enjoy protected online spaces.
www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/resource/sch...
School phone policies in England: Findings from the Children’s Commissioner’s School and College Survey | Children's Commissioner for England
Over the last four years, I have spoken to a million young people and thousands of parents about the most pressing issues facing children growing up in
www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk
April 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
nic-s-h.bsky.social
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/6-...
6% is a cut too far - Protect Adult Learning
It’s no secret that after decades of cuts, adult learning remains woefully underfunded whilst continuing to deliver impressive outcomes not just in skills but for health and wellbeing, work progressio...
you.38degrees.org.uk
April 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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nateforutah.bsky.social
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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rollingstone.com
Trump Says Union Rights Are a Threat to National Security

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Trump Says Union Rights Are a Threat to National Security
President Donald Trump signed an executive order attacking the union rights of employees at several federal agencies, citing national security.
rollingstone.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM