Professor of Education. Head of Manchester Institute of Education. Views are my own.
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Timeline of note:
2024 – Frontline loses DfE funding for social work CPD
2025 – Frontline’s founder, Josh MacAlister, becomes Children’s Minister
2026 – Frontline receive new social work CPD contract 5x larger than their previous contract
Frontline, founded by Children’s Minister Josh MacAlister, has won £36m+ in new DfE contracts for five new social worker training programmes, working with Ambition Institute, co-founded by his husband Matt Hood (now an advisor to Streeting)
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A super UCET blog by Karen Kilkenny - well worth a read ucet.ac.uk/blog/17755/from-g…
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An excellent piece Blog: From bit-part to co-author: challenging the teacher development ‘script’ to find a better way | UCET ucet.ac.uk/blog/17553/from-b…
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Delighted with this publication @KeitherParker : Mapping critical moments: a collaborative autoethnographical exploration of social justice formation in leaders of teacher educator programmes using life grid methodology tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Understanding the key domains of adolescent social media experience: a parallel Delphi study with young people and key adults - ScienceDirect great paper by MIE colleagues- was delighted to be able to contribute in a small way sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Nottingham professors to lead university teacher trainers' body. Delighted with this appointment!! Congratulations Stef and Jo!
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Super post and resource from my colleague Karen Beswick @OfficialUoM bera.ac.uk/blog/one-link-to-…
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Lisa Murtagh retweeted
📣 New free-to-access paper published by @GlobalEdTechHub team!
NOW PUBLISHED! 🚨
Digital personalised learning to improve literacy and numeracy outcome
@Louis_Major_ @beckydaltry , Mary Otieno, Kevin Otieno, @DrZhao_ , Chen Sun, Jessica Hinks & Aidan Friedberg
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#ResPapersInEduc #numeracy #literacy
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Pleased this piece written with @KeitherParker is now available on UCET blog ucet.ac.uk/blog/17302/the-im…
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Delighted to have been involved in this publication. Full article: Teacher agency and generative artificial intelligence: teaching in higher education as a responsive, cultural activity tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Lisa Murtagh retweeted
This quote perfectly captures all that’s wrong with OFSTED’s understanding and judging of ITE. It matters little what trainees remember, what counts is how they apply their learning in classrooms and how that helps children and young people learn. We’re not training parrots.
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🌟 Abstract submission now open!
The BERA TEAN Conference 2026 provides a powerful professional development experience for teacher educators and for researchers into teacher education and development. #BERATEAN
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And while I'm here, why is it that what appears to be an editing note that you've accidentally left in apparently about doing lip service to #equality and #inclusion??? @Ofstednews @SchoolsWeek @warwickmansell
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So then, Ofsted unveils its “new” inspection framework today. Two and a half years after Ruth Perry’s death, and what is the result?
A monumental failure of leadership from successive Secretaries of State, the DfE and Ofsted. The old framework… with a new coat of paint…
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Great opposition to Ofsted's new report card system from schools. Indeed, great opposition to Ofsted, but @Ofstednews plough on, ignoring all...
@Rory_Gribbell @dan_ofsted @Ofsted_MCoffey
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Come and work with us at the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment
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