Hamish Chalmers
@hwc001.bsky.social
University of Oxford. Education. EAL.
With A-level results day tomorrow, have a listen to this podcast I did with colleagues at @education.ox.ac.uk demystifying the grading process. #EduSky Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0fjY...
Demystifying the A-level grading process
Podcast Episode · Deanery Digests · 24 July 2024 · 47min
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Forget history. The IOC is on the wrong side of the present.
Randahl Fink@randahl.bsky.social · 3w agoThe International Olympic Committee is lifting the suspension of Russian boxers while Russia is bombing the old boxing center in Kherson. The IOC is on the wrong side of history.
Gabby: What was your highlight of the half time show? Wayne Rooney: When it finished. I thought it was crap. 10/10 punditry. No notes.
Scrap the Romesh thing just clip Wayne Rooney saying he thought the half time show was crap and the licence fee QR code
Kemi Badenoch in ‘has a heart and sense of humour’ shocker. #PMQs
Come on, all the other parties need to step down and let this be a two horse head to head against @countbinface.bsky.social
And just watch, if they win, Trump will be on the airwaves claiming unironically it was because of him. The man corrupts everything he touches. And revels in it.
Favourite comment on this morning’s match (on Jude’s two goals in two minutes): England score goals like they change prime ministers.
I guess Ode to Joy on a gloriously sunny morning at Downing St ruining your resignation speech is a step up from it being ruined by Things Can Only Get Better in the pissing October rain with no umbrella.
I had a lot of fun discussing multilingualism in our self evidently multilingual country with @4bilingualism.bsky.social Have a listen. It’s good.
Department of Education, University of Oxford@education.ox.ac.uk · 2mo agoNew Deanery Digest podcast episode: "Creating an Inclusive Languages Policy for Coventry City" 🎧 In this episode, Dr Eowyn Crisfield discusses why language policies are central to inclusion, and how the Coventry Language Policy for schools is being developed 💡 Listen here: bit.ly/4vfGz8M
GOOD MORNING. Andy Burnham has triumphed in Makerfield. Nigel Farage has been brutally humiliated. The sun is shining and the world is a beautiful place iandunt.substack.com/p/triumph-in...
@sturdyalex.bsky.social Chuffed to hear my name on QR this week. And thank you for going into all the detail about Halo lore (not to mention stochastic terrorism as tort). Who knew!? Lovely sunset tonight btw. 😁
I dunno how The Oxford Union can go ahead with this, with one of the speakers actively (as in right now) inciting pogroms in the UK. This is not about free speech. This is about illegality.
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2mo agoStreets immediately surrounding a student ‘debating’ society in Oxford will be closed next Wednesday afternoon and evening. Buses will be diverted from Queen St after 4 pm with additional closures in Cornmarket, Market St, Ship St, and St Michael's St. A significant police presence is also expected.
I refuse to believe that there are penalty taking coaches anywhere who think taking a stupid stuttering run up is a good idea. #Arsenal
This is the coolest squad selection announcement It’s all starting to get real. Come on England youtube.com/watch?v=2umU...
Come Together 🎶 England Squad Announcement for World Cup 2026 🎥
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I haven’t read loads of those books. Too busy reading things like this … probably. Can’t believe it wasn’t at least number 82.
My book BEYOND BELIEF is out today! It says: in a world flooded with questionable claims and misinformation, evidence from science can help show what’s nonsense – and what’s not. In other words: "Essential reading for the rational-minded". Please repost! 1/🧵 @princetonupress.bsky.social
When people don’t report their research clearly and completely what use does it serve? @taliaisaacs.bsky.social and I make the case for standard reporting guidelines to reduce avoidable research waste in applied linguistics research. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Improving reporting quality to reduce research waste in applied linguistics: More lessons from healthcare research | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics | Cambridge Core
Improving reporting quality to reduce research waste in applied linguistics: More lessons from healthcare research
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Low IQ people. That’s the phrase, right?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agoRFK Jr: "A Democratic senator claimed it's mathematically impossible to have a drug drop by 600%. I said, 'Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600% rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that's a 600% savings.'" Trump: "Right"
If he ran for leader I might start voting Labour again. *Currently have absolutely no idea who I’m going to vote for next month.*
Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 4mo agoYou can actually see the moment Ed Miliband thinks, what's the point burning through whatever political credibility I've got left energetically defending a man who's going to be gone in a matter of weeks.
Teachers and educators are invited to join us for a full-day workshop exploring the evidence around teaching children for whom English is an Additional Language (EAL). 📅 10 July ⌚ 9am - 5.15pm 📍 Department of Education Sign up now and secure an early bird ticket 👉 bit.ly/4cvov2w
I like the pope, the pope smokes dopes.
Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social · 4mo agoBREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology. This is a serious escalation.
🌍 Webinar: Climate Change Education at the Frontlines - Voices from the Caribbean Explore how educators and researchers in the Caribbean are reshaping climate change education. 📅 1 May, 4pm - 5pm BST (GMT+1) 💻 Online 💡 Free to attend Register: https://bit.ly/4c12isT #Edusky
I wonder if those dudes in Artemis have seen Planet of the Apes.
