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Remember our graduation ceremonies can be watched on live stream. www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservi...
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Class of 2026 - remember to download your graduation brochure 🎓 As part of our commitment to sustainability, we provide a digital-only brochure for our graduation ceremonies. By significantly reducing our use of paper, we are making a positive environmental impact. Download at: bit.ly/441LBdw
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This week another take on using quotations patthomson.net/2026/07/13/h...
How to use quotations – ask who is carrying the luggage…
“If you’re going to quote other scholars, not as primary sources whose work you mean to analyse, but because they’ve got insights you want to support yours, make sure they’re carr…
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Hello to our East Africa 14 #PGCEi cohort completing induction days in Nairobi today and tomorrow. We hope you have a great start to your course and look forward to working with you over the next year.
Really pleased @lauralondo1017.bsky.social and I get to host this webinar for new #ITT #historyteacher s for @histassoc.bsky.social again. It's always a highlight at the start of the academic year. #Mentors please make a note so you can invite your new #ITT #mentees to join us.
History Teacher Educators' Network@htenuk.bsky.social · 4w agoAs you prepare for 2026/27 #history #ITT cohort, include 30th September in your new students' calendar so they don't miss this event hosted by our @htenuk.bsky.social co-chairs in collaboration with @histassoc.bsky.social www.history.org.uk/events/calen... #historyteacher #TeacherEducation
Call for papers! BALEAP PIM: The EAP Classroom: Innovation & Disruption The Centre for English Language Education (CELE) at the University of Nottingham invites you to a fully in-person PIM 13 November 2026. www.baleap.org/downloads/ev...
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Doctoral studies in education - join us for guidance on applying for a PhD and funding. This event is open to University of Nottingham students, offer holders, or alumni across our UK, China, and Malaysia campuses. Please register attendance: bit.ly/44bGA1P
New report out this week on maths teaching in reception in England www.nottingham.ac.uk/Observatory/...
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Pleased to announce a new article written with Denise Sweeney: Oracy in higher education: exploring understandings of 'participation' in classroom teaching. Limited free e-prints here: tinyurl.com/7vt5wah8
I’ve got a bit tired of hearing that nobody at all will read your thesis. patthomson.net/2026/07/07/p...
people do read your thesis
That tweet is back. You know the one. A PhD thesis, it says, is the only book in the world read cover to cover by exactly three people: the author, the proofreader, and the examiner. The screenshot…
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And that's a wrap for the @uonsoe.bsky.social #historyteacher #PGCE #ITT cohort of 2025/26. They have been a dream. One of my fab tutees wrote this in my card. It is a total privilege to support bright, curious, ambitious, caring, professional people into #teaching. THIS is why I do this job. 👇
We're really pleased to share some of our recent projects that showcase #UoNSoE's work towards the #UNESCO Sustainable Development Goal 4 - quality education for all. nottingham.ac.uk/education/sdgs/index.aspx
How the work of the School of Education contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for quality education - The University of Nottingham
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Congratulations to @clancyfirefox.bsky.social and @iainj.bsky.social who recently received the @scutrea.bsky.social Ian Martin Award. This was presented for their work with the Centenary Commission on the Adult Education Research Circle ‘Building community, democracy and dialogue’.
Our last #PGCE information event for this academic year. Applications to our primary or secondary PGCE courses for 2026 entry must be submitted to the DfE by 5pm on Monday 10 August. Interviews for successful applicants will take place up until Wednesday 19 August. Attend event: bit.ly/2ObzBwU
A reminder to colleagues in our partnership schools. Please register by 1 July if attending the #ITE summer conference. bit.ly/4aIDrdj
Dr John Perry has been appointed co-convenor of the #BERA English in Education SIG. Dr Perry taught English in secondary schools for over 20 years, was a headteacher for several years, and has previously led #UoNSoE's Ofsted-rated outstanding English #PGCE course. www.bera.ac.uk/community/en...
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The English in Education SIG is a forum for researchers to investigate what is a broad and complex area of knowledge: our starting point is the school subject of English, but we embrace many...
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This week I’ve worked on a ROAM strategy for first drafts. It’s a strategy about readers, objectives action and impressions and draws on Bernhoff s Writing without Bullshit. patthomson.net/2026/06/21/r...
ROAM: four questions before you draft
Josh Bernoff, who wrote Writing Without Bullshit, had a suggestion for anyone about to start drafting. Work out your ROAM first. What’s ROAM I hear you ask? Well, it’s a set of ques…
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One for languages teachers in our partnership schools. The Languages Education Research Group will be discussing authenticity in the classroom at the next meeting on 1 July. Please register by 25 June if planning to attend. bit.ly/4eTwTuQ
Please come and chat with our #UoNSoE education team if you are interested in education PG study. Applications remain open for 2026 entry until August. Or we'd love to chat with you if you are thinking ahead for September 2027! nottingham.ac.uk/studywithus/postgraduatestudies/masters-open-day.aspx
#UoNSoE's Professor Chris Day was recently presented with a certificate of appointment as Guest Professor of the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, by its President Yu Jihong. This is in recognition of his long-standing collaboration with BNU's Center for Teacher Education Research.
We're named once again among the world’s top 100 universities 🎉 The latest QS World University Rankings 2027 recognise the strength of our research, education and global outlook in a highly competitive landscape. What this result means for Nottingham ➡️ bit.ly/4oDc1LM #WeAreUoN #Top100
This new BERA blog special issue with a focus on refugee education has been co-edited by #UoNSoE's Professor Joanna McIntyre. www.bera.ac.uk/blog-special...
Refugee education: Challenging stereotypes and deficiency approaches
This BERA Blog Special Issue grows out of the distinct yet shared lived experiences of its authors. Each of us has witnessed how, across the UK and Europe, refugee education is too often shaped by...
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A playful strategy for reflecting on data analysis decisions patthomson.net/2026/06/15/h...
have a word or two with your data
When we work with our data we have to decide who and what gets to be in the story. A number goes in the table or it doesn’t. A quote earns half a page, a passing mention, or nothing at all. T…
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25 years ago, I was a #PGCE student buying my own copy of this legendary #ITT set text. If you had told me then that I would one day be invited to write a chapter for the 10th edition, I would never have believed you. Incredibly honoured. #Mentoring #TeacherEducation #UKTeaching #UKEd #EduSky
I am still smiling about the announcement of the inaugural @htenuk.bsky.social #historyteacher #Mentoring award last night. AND I am so proud of @uonsoe.bsky.social #mentor Ellie Richardson who was nominated by one of our #PGCE beginning teachers & was runner up in a highly impressive field. 🤩🎉🥰
History Teacher Educators' Network@htenuk.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe @htenuk.bsky.social committe found it hard to choose a winner. Our shortlist was full of incredible #mentors engaged in brilliant #history- specific mentoring practice. And so we would also like to share our shortlist, and... 3/
