Niche tweet, but if we’re talking about impossible situations, the expression ‘between the devil and the deep blue sea’ began as a bold translation of a Latin proverb ‘a fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi’: literally ‘a precipice in front, wolves behind’.

Victoria Brennan given the Centre for Educational Research (CERES) 2024 Annual Conference Rising Star award @LJMUImpact LJMU School of Education

CERES Annual Conference 204 Research Lightening Talks @LJMUImpact LJMU School of Education

CERES Annual Conference 2024 Research Lightening Talks @LJMUImpact LJMU School of Education

As part of my regular series on lost positives, I’m happy to report that you can be ‘consolate’ as well as ‘disconsolate’. If you’re lucky, you can also be gruntled, feckful, woeless, and in a state of total array.

Having been the Centre for Educational Research (CERES) for around two decades at LJMU, we're happy to announce that we've become the "Liverpool Institute for Research in Education" (LIFE) and look forward to the next stage in our journey!

14 different literature review types categorized by method used

I really like the Norwegian word ‘gruglede’. It means, essentially, to be excited about something whilst dreading it at the same time. greatbigstory.com/susie-dents-to…

Following a few requests from teachers and school leaders, I've made short video on the key ideas that I think teachers (and parents/carers) need to know about reading development, based on my reading concept map. The Reading Map - A Primer youtu.be/JvtUxB5WM1k?si… via YouTube

I'm writing today about kennings in Old English. Essentially these are two word-metaphors that were used instead of concrete nouns, and they are exquisite. A ship was a 'wave-horse', the sea was a 'whale-road', the mind was a 'thought-chamber', and the sun was a 'sky-candle'.

Hello teachers and parents: on National Poetry Day this year, we will premiere a show, that I did for the Children's Bookshow. Children's Bookshow You can see a taster here, but it will come live on Oct 3. You could watch it in school, on the day perhaps? youtube.com/watch?v=yJfeIX…

🚨Breaking : CANVA got upgraded! Canva Create is officially here and it's INSANE Here're 12 Canva features you should not miss:

A reminder of the verb to 'spuddle' (17th century): to work feebly or ineffectively, or to spend a lot of time getting absolutely nowhere.

Ask lots of questions before choosing your provider: Where exactly will my training programme take place? How much of my programme is on line? How much of the course is subject specific? Will I study in a group? Who awards my PGCE? What can I expect in my placement school?

ChatGPT can now create presentations. Stop wasting hundreds of hours creating PowerPoint presentations. Here’s how to do it in a few minutes:

We are thrilled to announce the first Keynote Speaker of our International Conference 2025... FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE Children's Laureate 2024-26, he is a renowned scriptwriter and children's novelist. We are overjoyed he will be joining us. #uklaliverpool2025 Frank Cottrell-Boyce

ChatGPT generates fake references to papers that don't exist. So, researchers at Stanford built Storm. It's an AI-powered app that generates well-researched articles with references to published sources. Here's how to use it:

✨ What an incredible night at the Educate Awards✨ Huge thanks to our amazing guests! It was a pleasure celebrating with such passionate educators & friends of EdenFiftyOne. ♥️ #EducateAwards team, you're the best!🌟 #CreativeLiteracy #ProudSponsor

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When I trained to teach, the focus was on teaching the different purposes of writing. Writing to persuade, to explain, to describe. By contrast, The Writing Revolution teach writing as a means of advancing thinking. I think it's the latter approach that is more important in a