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Hamish Chalmers

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University of Oxford. Education. EAL.

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One battle at a time. If you’ll excuse the pun.

13.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure. But when those wars happen, blockade of global energy supply would at least be one less thing that we would need to worry about.

13.03.2026 13:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Quite. And if we're not invading countries to steal their oil we might need fewer jet fighters

13.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder when the last time Goodwin had a fiver in his wallet was.

13.03.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bring them all on

13.03.2026 11:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yet

12.03.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if some of the older texts share some roots with Dutch.

12.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s always an upside

12.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Totally

12.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bravo

12.03.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Has to be calling a general election in the pouring rain with no umbrella, right.

12.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If we just got on and built some wind farms and solar fields we could dispense with all of this nonsense.

12.03.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 1141 πŸ” 244 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 10
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Remembering lessons about uncertainty

08.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us for a packed half-day of learning about literacy in the Early Years, led by Professor Iram Siraj OBE πŸ“–πŸ’‘

πŸ“… Friday 20 March
⏰ 9am - 1.30pm
πŸ“ Department of Education, University of Oxford

Book your ticket ➑️ bit.ly/4spSwqJ

Oxford Education Deanery Scholarships available to join this event.

04.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You lost, get over it. To…ahem…coin a phrase.

02.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dear Labour Party
If I wanted Reform UK, I’d vote for Reform UK.
If I wanted a shitty cosplay version of Reform UK, I’d vote Tory.
These spaces are occupied.
What I want is a Labour party that represents progressive Labour values and doesn’t insult its base.
Too much to ask?

01.03.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

This is fun. A blogger tells as a story of a trip to Wulfleet. Every β€˜page’ the blogger travels 100 years back in time, and with him his writing style, spelling, grammar and syntax. It’s a retrospective in prose of the English language.

www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

22.02.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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researchED Birmingham 2026 The world's greatest education conference returns to Brum!

BABS!!

WE’RE BACK ON 28TH FEB!! FEW TIX STILL AVAILABLE. COME ALONG AND HEAR FROM ACE PEOPLE INCLUDING @carlhendrick.substack.com @daisychristo.bsky.social @didau.bsky.social @jonhutchinson.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social @alexjquigley.bsky.social

#rEDBRUM

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched...

15.02.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely. This Darwin quote sums up every writer’s life.

12.02.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Interesting symposium tonight at St Antony’s: β€˜What isn’t working in contemporary politics?’ (How long have we got!) Feat: @samfr.bsky.social, @pronouncedalva.bsky.social, @stellacreasy.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social and Damian Hinds.

02.02.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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City Of Heroes

β€œI will bear witness to fascism”

30.01.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Streets of Minneapolis

This is πŸ”₯ open.spotify.com/track/6AtgHx...

29.01.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is SO GOOD.

28.01.2026 10:57 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s not even a new path. Look, there are footprints going off into the distance. Path’s already been walked.

25.01.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I bet they had to look up exactly how old it is.

18.01.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Regression to the mean.

17.01.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ™οΈ New podcast: Bullying or counter-connecting?

In our new Deanery Digests podcast, Dr Julia Badger and assistant headteacher Simon Fox discuss new research that explores definitions of bullying and coins a new term: counter connecting.

🎧 Listen: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/bullying-or-... #Edusky

16.01.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bullying or Counter Connecting – Two inclusive definitions for schools Podcast Episode Β· Deanery Digests Β· 15/01/2026 Β· 24m

β€˜Bullying or Counter-Connecting’. Dr Julia Badger and AHT Simon Fox talk with me about research on understanding bullying and how existing definitions fail to capture nuances, esp re special schools. They propose a complementary concept: counter connecting podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d... #EduSky

15.01.2026 11:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is very very funny. There's really no reason to take it with any seriousness at all. I love it

15.01.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 422 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 1
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Bullying or Counter Connecting – Two inclusive definitions for schools Podcast Episode Β· Deanery Digests Β· 15/01/2026 Β· 24m

β€˜Bullying or Counter-Connecting’. Dr Julia Badger and AHT Simon Fox talk with me about research on understanding bullying and how existing definitions fail to capture nuances, esp re special schools. They propose a complementary concept: counter connecting podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d... #EduSky

15.01.2026 11:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0