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Crown House Publishing @crownhousepub.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

#BecauseofYouThisisMe by @jazampawfarr.bsky.social‬ ‪ is coming this July! ✨ Learn more about this title & pre-order your copy now at: buff.ly/WsxOj0S Can’t wait? 👀 Read this exclusive look inside on our website now: buff.ly/T7v2OzR @itlworldwide.bsky.social‬ #Edusky #Booksky

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I’m so sick of these stories. I’m exhausted, enraged & frustrated. Misogyny in medicine kills. The patriarchy kills. The health gap kills. We all have these stories. Some of us are lucky enough to survive, but many aren’t. Tell your stories. Keep screaming until this never happens again:

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Georgia O'Connor, U.K. boxer, dies at 25 after saying doctors 'gaslit' her on cancer concerns for months

O'Connor announced her cancer diagnosis in January, saying, "Not one doctor took me seriously."

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Melissa B @drboyd.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Modified AQA past papers to fit what's been published for 2026. I am not linked to AQA - not official, just my interpretation. Only June - Nov to follow - will go in same folder! Hope it saves some time - all and any feedback welcome! www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/y9wf4...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

US artist Alison Saar's "Rise" is a linoleum print created in 2020 as a response to the Black Lives Matter movement #WomensArt

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 16/04/2025

Cancer changes you forever. Even if you’re lucky enough, like me, to have the type of cancer that can be cured. Your body is not the same. Life is not the same. It can feel very isolating when friends and family don’t understand this. #graphicmedicine #cansky

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I was honoured to deliver a speech today at the International Roma Day celebrations in Glasgow, to listen to everyone’s amazing speeches & match with the community. A million thanks to Romano Lav for the amazing work! Opre Roma

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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

speaking in non-dominant patterns and using non-standard grammar has nothing empirically to do with ‘bad behaviour’ but it has lots to do with it ideologically

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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

am giving a talk at Goldsmith's on the 21 May on collaborating with teachers to design futures of linguistic justice in schools, it'll be fun and it's free 💜 www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 10/04/2025

I hope you have someone who can be there alongside you through these difficult times. I hope that if help is available, you are strong enough to ask for it and accept it. 4/7

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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

this is the story of how the so-called word gap came to be embedded in England's education policy, and how it (re)normalised discourses of linguistic deficiency which framed the acquisition of 'more words' and 'better words' as a social justice tool www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Word rich or word poor? Deficit discourses, raciolinguistic ideologies and the resurgence of the ‘word gap’ in England’s education policy

Educational linguists across England and the USA have long critiqued deficit-based language ideologies in schools, yet since the early 2010s, these have enjoyed a marked resurgence in England’s edu...

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

Bridget hanging out in Grant Wood's American Gothic.

Bridget in Bruegel's Hunters In The Snow (with a freshly caught mouse).

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Miiiiiiiiss @miiiiiiiiss.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

My teacher bestie is leaving. Not just our school, but education. She is one of the best, inspirational, creative teachers I know. A sad day for all the children she could have taught. Hopefully everything she is hoping for will materialise. This could have been prevented. Look after your staff!

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 01/04/2025

✍️ #NaPoWriMo is here with the challenge to write a poem a day! Throughout April, The Poetry Society will be featuring poetry writing prompts created by poets that we've worked with recently through competitions, publications and projects. Today's prompt is from @joedunthorne.bsky.social, (...)

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Chris Curtis @xris32.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Had quite a few people ask for my @LitdriveUK PowerPoint. #LitdriveCPD25 Here it is: dropbox.com/scl/fi/j10pbmn… Probably will make very little sense without my commentary so will blog about it at a later date. Got 60 English Lit Paper 2s to mark by Friday.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt via Smithsonian Magazine

Image of a section of material with a cross design in thin lines and colours of red and grey against a dark background

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Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.

There is an impulse in moments like this to appeal to self-interest. To say: These horrors you are allowing to happen, they will come to your doorstep one day; to repeat the famous phrase about who they came for first and who they'll come for next. But this appeal cannot, in matter of fact, work. If the people well served by a system that condones such butchery ever truly believed the same butchery could one day be inflicted on them, they'd tear the system down tomorrow. And anyway, by the time such a thing happens, the rest of us will already be dead.
No, there is no terrible thing coming for you in some distant future, but know that a terrible thing is happening to you now. You are being asked to kill off a part of you that would otherwise scream in opposition to injustice. You are being asked to dismantle the machinery of a functioning conscience.
Who cares if diplomatic expediency prefers you shrug away the sight of dismembered children? Who cares if great distance from the bloodstained middle allows obliviousness. Forget pity, forget even the dead if you must, but at least fight against the theft of your soul.

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Chris Curtis @xris32.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

All set for tomorrow. Looking forward to #LitdriveCPD25

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MrTaylorMaths2 @mrtaylormaths2.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

'Further thoughts on Etymology' Including chains of understanding Polygon-Polymer-Polytheism-Monotheism-Monomer mrtaylormaths2.wordpress.com/2025/03/27/f... Feedback appreciated 👍🏼

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Further Thoughts on Etymology

A previous post was about how etymology can help with the common misconception of getting the concept of Area and Perimeter the wrong way around. I wanted to have the excuse to discuss further some…

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Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Do I have to tap the DAMN sign again?

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Lyndsay Bawden (she/her) FCCT MEd 🏳️‍🌈 @lyndsaybawden.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

English teachers and Y11 parents! I have two copies of my Power and Conflict #OxfordRevise to give away. Follow and repost for a chance to win one 📚 #TeamEnglish #EduSky

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Elizabeth Elliott @elizabethelliott.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

‘Arts & Humanities researchers …find themselves increasingly having to produce outputs in their own time…Such circumstances make it feel odd to decouple Arts & Humanities researchers from their outputs…egregious when that decoupling means those outputs cannot move with the researchers who made them’

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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

‘there is now a worry that REF2029 will enable a different injustice: that institutions can hold onto the outputs of staff they have sacked, while making it harder for them to gain new academic employment because they are no longer linked to the work they created.’ This must be changed.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Sister and Friend, 2024 ♀ by Betty Acquah, Ghanaian feminist painter #WomensArt #InternationalWomensDay ♀

Painting created with dots and dashes in vibrant colours depicting two Black girls in red and purple dresses walking with backs to the viewer with arms round each other

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Helen Clare @menopauseinschools.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

1/3 I talk a lot about menopausal brain fog and how that impacts our work in schools, but working in a classroom is a physical job. You use your voice and body to engage pupils. You occupy the space in our classroom effectively. #Edusky #EduskyUK #WomenEd

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Jay Timotheus @jaytimotheus.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Great opportunity to join the subject director team at Co-op Academies Trust. Work across a range of schools and make a genuine difference in the lives of thousands of young people. Link: www.coopacademies.co.uk/page/?title=...

Advert for Co-op Academies Trust Director of English post.

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Nick Lowry @nicklowryed.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Amazing opportunity to be our next Trust Director of English! An exciting and varied role and the opportunity to have a national profile with our large Trust. Virtual information sessions are available, details are in the advert. www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...

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Trust Director of English, Trust Wide - Tes Jobs

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Literary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

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Jasmine Lane 🦡 @msjasminemn.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Really exciting opportunity to join Trinity Brixton and my EAL team on our journey to providing outstanding EAL provision which allows every child to leaves us with no door closed to them. Any questions feel free to DM. RT appreciated futureacademies.face-ed.co.uk/Vacancies/De...

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Vacancy Detail -SCH-FuA-0072 - SAMpeople Recruit

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Simon Bowland @simonbowland.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Still not managed to pick up any new projects, and March onwards is looking extremely empty for me, so editors and creators, please keep me in mind when staffing new projects! This will be my 22nd year as a full-time comic pro and I don't want to stop just yet!

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Madeleine F-B @mxfb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

🧵 🤰🏻 Sometimes it seems like the system is rigged against new mothers and birthing partners who are career driven, when it comes to maternity pay and conditions… 🍎🎓

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Amjad Ali @trythisteaching.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I’m running a 45 min quick webinar for £5 a ticket - on raising standards and interventions to improve outcomes. 11/3/28 7.30pm on zoom! Grab a ticket here- www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/effective-...

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Effective Revision and Interventions to improve outcomes!

Learn strategies to revise effectively and implement interventions to enhance outcomes in this online event!

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Chris Curtis @xris32.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Got a head of English looking to relocate to Oxfordshire. I rate them.

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Chris Curtis @xris32.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Got a part time English teacher with some scope TLR in Reigate. DM to pass on details

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Chris Curtis @xris32.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy to promote any English teacher jobs or English curriculum leader roles if you are looking for someone. Especially around Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Copy me in.

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Dr Penny Rabiger @pennyrabiger.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Good morning Sunday people! It’s time for another #Edujobs #EduSky bulletin: an hour of job ideas in education but not in the classroom. Wave if you’re watching. Share if I miss one. Shout if you get one.

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ALT: a looney tunes looking for a job poster with wile e coyote looking through binoculars

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Dr Penny Rabiger @pennyrabiger.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Curator - Legacies of Enslavement | Science Museum Group | Manchester #Edujobs #EduSky uk.indeed.com/viewjob?from...

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Curator - Legacies of Enslavement - Manchester M3 4FP - Indeed.com

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Hugh Richards @hughrichards.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Can you help me share some great news? The @histassoc.bsky.social Subject Leader Development Programme has been given a Teach Secondary CPD award: we were Highly Commended! We have now trained nearly SIX HUNDRED Subject Leaders of History, both in post and aspiring to the role. 1/

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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Three mini mock papers for GCSE English Language Paper 2 (AQA) www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... 📰 🖊️

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Teachers Talk Radio @ttradioofficial.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

** Announcing ** Dr Melissa Boyd is joining us in Manchester for TTR Connect as part of the English Strand. She will be sharing on 'Bridge Texts'. Don't miss out on a ticket! Limited free teacher tickets here: www.ttradio.org/teachers-tal...

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Zara Shah @zarashah.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I’ve had the delight of hearing @drboyd.bsky.social speak and can promise she’ll leave you wanting more. Seats are going fast! Have you booked yours yet? #edusky #teamenglish #ukEd #freeCPD

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Melissa B @drboyd.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

@matt-lynch.bsky.social @litdrive.bsky.social @teamenglish1.bsky.social Using Matt's excellent resources and playing around with the new AQA 2026 Lang 1 format. DM me any edit suggestions/feedback and will update as I go along! www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/qivo4...

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Happy: Black history Black present Black future Black love Black joy Black health Black healing Black people Black community Black family Black kids Black culture Black creativity Black ingenuity Black legacy Black innovation Black liberation Black resistance Black existence ...month🖤

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