Please check before you work in the garden. The garden injuries are coming in including this 400 gram hedgehog admitted today that had made it through hibernation only to suffer lacerations to the nose and back of the head from a strimmer.

I like this - muscular poetry in the business sector! And why not? eepurl.com/VKvan

An interesting thought piece by my colleague Paul about teacher training and the Marxist blob! paulltnt2013.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/the-fu…

UCU Congress approved a motion to abolish Ofsted. uculeft.org/2014/06/annual…

Interesting suggestions here! Back to school, Mr Gove: authors choose their GCSE set texts gu.com/p/3ppgf/tw via The Guardian

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Ultimately, it's not the head of Ofsted that's the problem. The problem is the idea that education needs to be overseen by a police force.

Just great: Amanda Naylor on stage #mtteppads #epoetry

Many thanks to Kate at All Saints for hosting my u/grad students - so proud of positive feedback & great observations of teaching Macbeth!

Observing Macbeth in school - happy to see my u'grads' knowledge growing!

Innovating Pedagogy 2016 report published. New forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world. open.ac.uk/innovating

Theresa May appoints former history teacher as head of education at Number 10 ow.ly/Mf07308lzzY

Both sides need to negotiate Brexit together. Cross-party team should be formed to start the talks. Mad idea? Politics IS mad just now.

Young graduates 'deserting teaching' tes.com/news/school-ne…

First Sunday in Oct BBC Radio 4 I'll be at St Beuno's to rediscover how Hopkins created his new style of poetry Emma-Louise Williams Loftus Media x.com/PoetrySociety/…

UCL demands all undergrads have a language GCSE, or study one with their degree. Sign language has joined its list ow.ly/3k3830eer9a

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