Librarian. Writer.
London, England
Joined January 2019
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I interviewed Amy Dempsey about her new book ‘Modernism’, part of the @thamesandhudson Art Essentials series. Have a read. I think it would be a good addition to any #schoollibrary collection too. #BookReview #artbook #review thamesandhudson.com/news/int…
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THREAD: 1/ Teacher-y people... I'm looking for platforms and sources that have video content of teaching in context. You know, the "real-life kind" good practice, effective teaching, pedagogy in practice: in particualr primary, and Science, but welcome all levels and subjects.
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FAO indie bookshops selling this #littlepeoplebigdreams title. I have a few of these *complimentary* drawings left to help you with your contests/promos. DM me. 👍
#astridlindgren @QuartoKids
@booksaremybag #IndieBookshopWeek – at Camberwell, London
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This is great... the @oldvictheatre are going to be streaming their production of A Monster Calls next Friday: oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2…
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Want to know how to reference an @Ofstednews report, using #Harvard, in your essay/report/article/work?
We've nailed it down here for you libguides.ioe.ac.uk/c.php?g=… and there's even guidance on how to preserve the school's anonymity in the reference, if that's a requirement, too.
Coronavirus: research reveals way to predict infection – without a test theconversation.com/coronavi… via @ConversationUK
Coronavirus: there is no global south exceptionalism theconversation.com/coronavi… via @ConversationUK
I’ve watched the @UCLLHL at cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/lunch-h… and it was a fascinating analysis of longitudinal data and the benefits of #readingforpleasure
I’ll add this to my listen list 👇 – at Camberwell, London
#IOEPodcast Episode 2️⃣ now out! What is reading for pleasure? How is it beneficial? And is it teachable?
@ProfAliceS @CLSCohorts joins @RobWebster_ to explore the lifelong benefits of a love of reading. This is Research for the Real World: bit.ly/rrws1e2
#UCLMinds
Fascinating and extremely important research into COVID-19 and the factors associated with, and having an impact on, likelihood of a person dying in hospital. The scale of the data that's been interrogated is unprecedented... required reading.
OUR NEW PAPER.
Factors associated with COVID-19-related hospital death in the linked electronic health records of 17 MILLION adult NHS patients.
Largest study of its kind ever, anywhere.
The power of UK / NHS data, realised.
opensafely.org/outputs/2020/…
medrxiv.org/cgi/content/shor…
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Treat yourself and your family to a trip to the high seas in today's daily deal.
For just 99p you could join Sally Jones in The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius (tr. Peter Graves).
Today only!
amazon.co.uk/Murderers-Ape-J…
Here are #mythreebooks for the @PublishersAssoc challenge ... a book you loved as a child, a book you love right now, and a book you can’t wait to read: Quick, let's get out of here by @MichaelRosenYes my first encounters with reading poetry on my own and still superb ... 1/2
Bad Science by @bengoldacre is superb and should be on the Science GCSE curriculum, I think; and 'the discomfort of evening' is my my next book club read and looking forward to that one :-)
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Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies is available for you to access for free until 31st May 2020 here libproxy.ucl.ac.uk/login?url… Study and compare countries through six key education levels
There are a bunch of recordings of #IOEDebates and #IOELectures freely available at ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news-and-event… ... a good source of info and research for #teachers and #ITE students
The great @BarringtonStoke have a guide for #homeschooling for #parents at with loads of advice & links to content, articles & sources for support, including @IOE_London too. Go to their website at barringtonstoke.co.uk/ & wait for the pop-up prompt for the free pdf download.
Author videos and resources on the @MacKidsSL site, along with teacher/librarian guides too... take a look: mackidsschoolandlibrary.com/…
The Old Vic @oldvictheatre are a beacon in theatre-land, and they have put together a whole bunch of resources, videos, interview and more, for teachers and students: oldvictheatre.com/join-in/fo…
Thread about a @talis list (rl.talis.com/3/ucl/lists/31F…) that I have been working on for #teachers and #education students. It includes subj assoc, open access academic sources & edu orgs, such as @EnglishAssoc @Ofstednews @BERANews @tes @TheNFER @google Scholar & a whole bunch more
Our curriculum resources librarian @johnionabooks is making a reading list of academic and prof reading & resources for trainee #teachers / #ITE students. It includes subject associations, educational orgs, their journals & other sources of reading and research in #education.