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“I think what it helps prisoners do more than anything is connect, prisons for the most part are places of isolation and purposelessness."
We're still on a high from the news that our 2 founders have been awarded OBEs for their services to prisoners.
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There's still time to sign up for our next webinar on teaching literacy - from adults to children, online, in school or summer programmes with researchers and practitioners across the US and U.K. Details 👇👇👇👇 @ILC_RREurope @IOE_London #weareIOE
Our next ILC seminar is on Monday 15th May at 5pm. Register for free here
ucl.zoom.us/webinar/register… to hear authors of this forthcoming @UCLpress book talk about their work teaching literacies in diverse contexts
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@DrRachaelLevy1 and @sineadjhar Getting ready to do a workshop on shared reading at @BaytreeCentre @IOE_London #weareIOE
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It’s International Bagpipe Day.
Here’s Rona Lightfoot playing a 2/4 march, strathspey and reel on the bagpipe. The names of the tunes are 'John MacDonald of Glencoe', 'Arniston Castle' and 'Alex C. MacGregor’. The recording was made in 1953 by @EU_SSSA.
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Did you catch Mary's book programme last night? If not, fear not - you can listen again here.
@bbcshetland
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@EBSNhq @rapal_uk @NATECLA @LearnUnlimited @IOE_London A wonderful conference for adult literacy, numeracy and language work across Europe - come along!
📣 Call for Proposals for the EBSN Annual Conference 2023 📣
The Conference’s Program Committee is hereby issuing a Call for Proposals for all those interested in contributing to the conference.
👇 More information 👇
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A wonderful conference for adult literacy, language and numeracy work across Europe. Come along @rapal_uk @NATECLA @IOE_London @EBSNhq
📣 Call for Proposals for the EBSN Annual Conference 2023 📣
The Conference’s Program Committee is hereby issuing a Call for Proposals for all those interested in contributing to the conference.
👇 More information 👇
basicskills.eu/call-for-prop…
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Can't believe it's Week 10 already! Today we have a special symposium for students in our Global Education and International Development module @Warwick_Edu. Guest talks from Tida Tubpun & Sharin Shajahan Naomi, & a slot for @Lorena_SanchezT who co-taught with me this year!
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This week's #Tuesdaytitles are My country Colombia and Colombia - my beautiful land
Written by Natalia Cortes Victoria, a learner on our EU-funded CLIP project, this is an entertaining story about homelands, available at Entry 1 and Entry 2+ levels
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Today we have launched the 1st edition of our public searchable database of c18th letters. It contains 832 original letters. We are delighted to widen access to these letters! #letters #digitalhumanities #twitterstorians
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Special issue on lived experience, learning, community activism and social change
Ed. by S. Clancy, K. Harman & I. Jones
The push of neoliberalism struck adult education provision in many countries. Articles about Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Nepal, Romania.
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A Voice for Maria Favela: An Adventure in Creative Literacy | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2022/no…
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We have just sent out the Autumn 2022 Directive to our panel our Observers. Find out what they will be writing about here: massobs.org.uk/images/SxMOA2…
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Register for our 2nd ILC seminar this year with @Diana__Sousa and @PhilofEdWinch A Voice for Maria Favela. An Adventure in Creative Literacy ucl.zoom.us/webinar/register… – at Lambeth, London
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A pleasure to have @Lorena_SanchezT as guest lecturer in the @ba_edu_uea Global & Digital Perspectives in Educationa module. Thanks Lorena for sharing your research w/ adult literacy learners in Mexico & insights on the links bet ‘globalisation’ & indigenous knowledge systems.
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Do you have a question? Not sure of something? Visit our drop-in clinic at the IOE Library with any questions you may have about navigating the library and its resources. From 14/11 to 17/11, 12.30-14.00.
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ALT A friendly IOE Library team member at a desk ready to answer users’ questions.
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Number of adult learners has halved since 2010 - one of the biggest challenges facing @halfon4harlowMP fenews.co.uk/education/tuc-n…
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Happy #BookWeekScotland lovely people! Pop in to @womenslibrary this week to pick up your free Scotland's Stories book, or see us online at our Bold Types Showcase on Thurs to cheer on our brilliantly bold writers 👏bit.ly/3EwrLLi
ALT This year's free Book Week Scotland book is bright orange, with the title Scotland's Stories. The cover has a black ink pen, with an ink blob in the shape of Scotland. It's sitting in Glasgow Women's Library - you can see shelving and chairs in the background.
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Norman MacCaig, one of Scotland's most loved poets, was born on this day. Seamus Heaney famously said he had "direct access to the word hoard" and he wasn't wrong there.
So what's your favourite poem by Norman MacCaig?
ALT Photo by Duncan Dingsdale
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More Than A Score member Professor Gemma Moss on how we need to use data better to channel support to schools who need it @ILC_IOE
