As a past president of our professional body, I believe engaging with this work is a professional responsibility if we want a strong, inclusive teaching profession.
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#TeacherEducation #Equity #ProfessionalLearning
Important reading for the profession.
The new issue of @collegeofteaching.bsky.social Impact focuses on Equity in Teacher Education & Development.
Enjoyed a visit to the @royalacademy.bsky.social Open Studios last night.
🎄 "A 2024 study by the Policy Institute at King’s College London found that one in nine people surveyed (11 per cent) said they would be spending Christmas Day alone, up from one in 20 (five per cent) who said the same 55 years ago"
The i cites our research from last year
Its the annual holiday countdown for my @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast! Over the next 24 days I'll be highlighting the episodes from this year as well as giving shoutouts to some of the books of the year too!
I LOVED this concert. Indeed, ravishingly beautiful playing and singing.
To find out more:
👉 Download the report: pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...
👉 Join the online launch event today at 12:00PM GMT: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/db8bb0...
Another important report from @creativepec.bsky.social 👏👏👏
Enjoyed contributing composition lessons to the @oaknational.bsky.social music curriculum - lots of adaptable resources available to all www.thenational.academy/teachers/pro...
New report from @creativeuk.bsky.social on diversity and leadership in CCIs 7608628.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/760862...
Please come along and hear me discussing my new book "Someone Else's Music: Opera and the British" at this event at the Royal Academy of Music on 26 September.
www.ram.ac.uk/whats-on/ope...
"Perhaps most damaging for universities themselves, only 17 per cent of the public know that student fees in England have not kept up with inflation since 2012, meaning they’ve lost a third of their real value"
✍️ @bobbyduffy.bsky.social on our new study
Catch up on our report with @hepi-news.bsky.social, out yesterday, which looks at public misperceptions of higher education ⬇️
👩🎓 The public hugely overestimate how many graduates regret going to university and significantly underestimate the importance of higher education to the UK economy 📈
We are looking for an experienced Comms & Events Officer to join us on a full-time two-year fixed contract. The role is based at RSA House London (some hybrid) and a starting salary of £30,942 (inc London weighting). The closing date is 7th Sept.
Find out more and apply: pec.ac.uk/job_entries/...
Top job going here with a lovely team…
If you love the UK's culture of creativity and have a background in communications and events, we want to hear from you. 👇
Enjoy playing #Satie piano music? Upload a video of yourself performing your favourite piece to Insta for this fun-looking Leeds piano event:
What's On project's class and TV symposium, 19th September, all welcome!
Anyone making their way to Edinburgh (or already nearby!), I *think* that there are still tickets available - come here me, @markrt.bsky.social and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social chat about whether Culture is still bad for you www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
CfP! We Want More: Music / Sociology!
Call for papers | International Popular Music Studies Conference at @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social 8th April 2026, deadline for abstracts 1st Oct 2025 www.eur.nl/en/eshcc/eve...
Delighted to contribute by chairing a panel at the @royalsociety.org conference on the future of mathematics & data education @collegeofteaching.bsky.social
Wiebke Pöpel’s award-winning film portrait of the German composer Helmut Lachenmann, 'My Way’.
Folkestone New Music
7pm Wednesday 9 July
Kollectiv, Folkestone
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of #Satie with a new blog post. Includes link to 35% discount off my book on Satie @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social boydellandbrewer.com/blog/music/t...
Great summary of some of the key research points in the new Industrial Strategy & Sector Plan
Entries are now open for the 2024 Tippett prize, for works which have received a premiere public performance at any time during the calendar year 2024.
This new blog by @drdaveobrien.bsky.social, Dr Mark Taylor and Dr Ruoxi Wang, highlights the relationship between subjects studied before university and graduates who go on to work in arts, culture and heritage (ACH) jobs. Read more: pec.ac.uk/blog_entries...
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