Ed Podesta
@edpodesta.bsky.social
#PGR at University of Leeds, researching English Teachers’ curricular autonomy. Education academic and consultant, crap saxophonist, deficient in the attention dept. I'll follow if you've got a bio or real-world descriptor. Not here for Edu-Culture Wars.
Powerful and important letter about artificial so-called intelligence from Sheila Hayman from Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge, in the FT today
Meanwhile, @politico.eu reports: "Bank of America published a research note yesterday warning “the economy-wide productivity boost many expected has yet to arrive” from AI."
I feel like I spend so much of my time hearing insane conservative talking points that can all be explained by that chart about the prevalence of left handedness
Isaiah Bishop@isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 2w agoUnknown to whom?
We are steadily being pushed towards 'if it didn't exist back when I was growing up, then it doesn't or shouldn't exist now'. Weaponised nostalgia.
#HillfortsWednesday It was a very parched Eggardon Hiil as we made our way to Dorchester last Saturday turning on to the #Roman road just beyond the hill
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a... Well, I'm shocked. It beggars belief that the notoriously wise *Toby Young*, of all people, could be involved in this sort of grifting!
Revealed: Toby Young free speech group crowdfunded over £60,000 for legal case fought by pro-bono lawyer
Staff members said Free Speech Union would “need to explain” how it spent money donated by its supporters
theguardian.com
Education policy disasters "Because many schools have joined academy trusts, council has far less control over what they offer... Academies are businesses that have to balance the funding they would get against the cost per pupil" www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sheffield-si...
Why should poorer teens travel hours to do A-Levels?
'It helps them build resilience,' according to a senior council employee
sheffieldtribune.co.uk
let's be real: plagiarism scandals in academia happen all the time (not because academics plagiarize a lot, but just because of how many millions of faculty there are around the world) and it is never general-public news unless the culprit is a member of a minority.
And now time for that uniquely British summer tradition: where we castigate ourselves, our education system and most of all our young people for going on to be better educated than ever before.
Like they're all hotbeds of theoretical chatter. Guys! It's all meetings! And emails! All the time! Everyone's too busy desperately baling out the water as every single institution threatens to go down with all hands. All the talk is narrow mutiny, not wide revolution. (3/?)
Soooo much drivel talked about universities. Soooo much self-serving nonsense. Like they're all Humanities colleges where politics matters loads! Yeah, not so much in the dental school you've never heard of or thought about guys. (1/?)
We've had a fantastic day demonstrating Roman pottery at Vindolanda! 🏺 We're back tomorrow, so come and say hello if you're visiting. 🫵 Can't make it? Bring Roman history home instead: potted-history.co.uk #PottedHistory #Vindolanda #RomanHistory #Archaeology #HadriansWall
@thewaroncars.bsky.social man you guys are gonna love my new book (US edition has an extra chapter and a slightly different name) www.waterstones.com/book/35-inve...
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Scoop for @financialtimes.com: Robert Jenrick’s wife knew in late 2024 that her husband’s top donor received payments from a US company now at the centre of a police investigation into potentially illegal foreign donations, according to a claim by a US lawyer. as.ft.com/r/24c5822f-0...
Robert Jenrick’s wife knew in 2024 about foreign payments to his top donor, lawyer claimed
Police are investigating the legality of donations to the politician during his Conservative Party leadership bid
as.ft.com
Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
On the flight out there were strawberry laces tucked in with the life jackets, so you had a snack whilst waiting for rescue.
Really sad to hear that Meg Cox has died. She was an fine poet with many different registers. This poem of hers remains a top-notch, acerbic critique of the scene...!
