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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I think we're going to start gently with some Norwegian Fjords.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We're thinking of doing the same! Not sure how I feel about it.

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Pedro De Bruyckere @thebandb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Speaking several languages could keep your brain up to 13 years younger. Great headline. But what if you can't find the actual study? A small exercise in how to deal with scientific press releases. wp.me/p2nWPo-697

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Dan Willingham @dtwuva.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

New Substack: : Students should only use AI for things that they already know how to do well. dtwuva.substack.com/p/students-s...

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Students should only use AI for things they already know how to do well.

AI guardrails should protect important mental work

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In a good muffin the chips should be spread throughout.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I tend to use choc chip muffin as an example to avoid having to explain what a plum pudding is.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

That's partly why I haven't been back to the Festival of Education at Wellington since my first visit. Although I was perhaps more angry than sad.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It feels weird that you can just get rid of a whole government department at the drop of a hat.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Especially as there are examples where kids are given a choice of a (free) book such as Bookbuzz or even World Book Day.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

That's a tough thing for you to do. Thinking of you.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

How are they finishing their GCSEs? (Hope they've gone well)

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I have succeeded in stopping buying books or anything else from Amazon. It’s easy to give up next day delivery and most books can be found discounted on other websites. More of you should do this.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Got the book for Mother's day and am working my way through the recipes. Looking forward to the tartiflette.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I got it, but only through a lucky guess. Still, at least I've learnt a new word!

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

The cathedral is nice and the Museum aan het Stroom (MAS) is also worth a visit according to my other half.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

We use squares of foil which get reused several times, until they fall apart.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

FIA keep yammering about women in motorsport but nothing gets done. Here's a solution: mandate that every F1 team has to have one male and one female driver in, say, five years, and watch as billions are poured into women's motorsport to unearth and promote talent.

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

"Every adult is being used for every minute of the day" is an excellent thing to consider for anyone who wants change in schools. The pace and intensity of work in schools is remarkable. It shocks people when they first experience it.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

My (adult) children still have hagleslag for Sunday breakfast.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I'll wave when you go through my town on the way to the toon.

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 24/12/2025

You spectacularly generous people have raised £13k so far. We have a beyond-excited three year old likely to wake us at 5am, so it’s an early night here. I’ll have to catch up with the pix in the morning ♥️ #DuvetKnowItsChristmas www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I enjoyed reading this. Clear discussion of the problem with yet another 'literacy'.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I mean, he studied at Northumbria University, but that makes it even better.

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Mister E Fresh @mrfresher.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Does she not know that a lad from Llansantffraid who studied media at Newcastle University won an Oscar this year?

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

As a parent, I work really hard not to have a favourite child. The long-running cosseting of Andrew is pretty strong evidence that QE2 very much did have a favourite child.

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Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com · 28/10/2025

How to avoid concreting cowpats (and other AI hokem) Or, six questions to help scrutinise the AI system or policy solution you're being sold Delighted to write for @thehousemag.bsky.social @politicshome.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/news/article...

A photo of the article in the physical edition of The House magazine

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Wakefield is not North East England.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I should probably repost this, since it’s about… er… me. Yay me!

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Interesting approach that I have not come across before.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Doing better than usual - it's only taken me 7 weeks to realise that Only Connect is back for a new series.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

@alomshaha.bsky.social I was at an open air museum in Denmark today and they had a watch exhibition, and I saw it and thought of you!

Display of goldcoloured pocket watches in a museum case.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Sorry to hear that @samfr.bsky.social . Hope it gets.sorted as quickly and smoothly as possible.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

We saw it earlier in the summer - thought it was great!

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

There is better pastoral support offered now - but the challenge can be getting students to access it.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I was just talking yesterday to a colleague about the importance of helping new students to settle into the challenges of studying in the first 3-4 weeks at university.

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David Didau @didau.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Just because they’re funny doesn’t mean they’re right. The Dr Fox Effect shows we mistake charisma for clarity. The more you know, the harder it is to see what novices don’t. That’s the Curse of Knowledge. Know your subject and how it’s learned. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

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The merits and dangers of subject knowledge

What Dr Fox (or Ken Robinson) teaches us about the importance of teachers' subject knowledge

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

New post just out: "Britain isn't broken" We have our problems but the doomerism is getting out of hand. I look at the real picture on crime, migration, social cohesion and the economy - rather than the dsyoptian fantasies of the radical right. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...

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Britain isn't broken

We have our problems but the doomerism is getting out of hand

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Little local cafes where you can get a cuppa and cake.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Yeah, strangely 'change society' isn't considered a reasonable strategy. Which is a shame.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

For me, it's finding out that children whose birth you remember being announced are now teenagers!

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

The damage that TwXter has done to British national discourse is obvious when politicians and their advisors talk about DEI and other strongly-US focused talking points. They can't even get the letters in the order we generally use them in the UK.

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Prof Carol Davenport @thedrdav.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Education as both a window and a mirror.

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