📢We're holding our 2nd #InformalLiteracyDiscussion on '#COVID-19 & its impact on #AdultLearning & Education' w/ reflections fr the Philippines, Afghanistan, Uganda & the UK. Co-hosted by UEA UNESCO Chair! Join us 30 Sept, 12-1pm (UK time)! Register here: bit.ly/AdultLearningC…

What does #Literacy mean to you? Share a photo that best represents literacy for you, write a caption with the hashtag #EverydayLiteracy, tag us @BALID_UK & get the chance to win £50 & a feature in our International event this November! More info here: balid.org.uk/?page_id=2035

Settling down to watch #thewriteoffs on Channel 4 shortly. No idea what to expect, but I think anything highlighting the issues around adult literacy to a wider audience will be welcome and could help inspire others to take up learning.

Very proud of these learners #thewriteoffs with Channel 4 and @sanditoksvig More here dailymail.co.uk/femail/article…

A Point of View - Experience Trumps Facts bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… and human rights with David Goodhart

Building Back Better - hot off the press! rapal.org.uk/journal/ Learning and Work Institute Hazel Klenk UCL14+EduWork Sam Duncan Philida Schellekens UCU NATECLA National Centre National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) Helen Ryan English for Action 🧡 Dermot Bryers Denise Mullen @mary_Rose_p CSPACE Research

Love the imagery on this site - very happy to have a poem I authored up there too ❤ wexfordstories.com/your-stories

Good to know bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

"... people with dyslexia are specialised to explore the unknown. This is likely to play a fundamental role in human adaptation to changing environments..." cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

A great thread detailing some of our work on the Roding & hoe it could be used as a model for other local communities to become guardians of their rivers.

“Before landscapes die, they first vanish in the imagination”. This is the story of a small brook on the outskirts of London, the Aldersbrook, which has survived against the odds, but in the worst state imaginable, & my attempts to act as a guardian of this river & its rights🧵

Amazing to see so many social practices approaches in the Multiply programme: lots of involvement and feedback encouraged RaPAL (Research and Practice in Adult Literacies) #EMESOLConf23

Social practices approaches: barriers to learning in the homeless sector; A Charter: Empowerment Through Literacy RaPAL (Research and Practice in Adult Literacies) @Literacy_100 #EMESOLConf23

Judith Alamprese investigates how technological tools meet individuals' learning profiles and objectives RaPAL (Research and Practice in Adult Literacies) #EMESOLConf23

Talk on 31/1. Free tickets still available! Look forward to seeing you all.

31/1. Free tickets still available! Beavers could return to Wealdstone Brook in Woodcock Park | Brent & Kilburn Times kilburntimes.co.uk/news/24072111.…

WEMBLEY MATTERS: Beavers Viable on the Wealdstone Brook in Woodcock Park, Kenton friendsofwoodcockpark Natural England #beavers Pic: TaraFurlong wembleymatters.blogspot.com/2024/02/beaver…

Beavers in our park! Well done! Tara Furlong

Was awaiting Poetry Unbound - An Evening With Padraig O Tuama, Irish poet, theologian and conflict mediator, Southwark Cathedral after enjoying a short read poetryunbound.substack.com/p/how-to-read

Always wise words from Karen Giles FCCT Thank for for empowering so many. We know you will be rising even higher with your heavenly wings looking down on us to make sure we are keeping the promises to ourselves 🙏🏽🌹🪽