“These results suggest that the ability to form distant associations between existing concepts may be more crucial for learning than merely possessing a larger vocabulary size.” Science of Learning, Open Access report: nature.com/articles/s4153…

Frontline practitioners, managers & leaders describe ongoing reforms in children's social care, proposed by #MacAlisterReview: "risk laden", "unlikely to work", "risk doing more harm than good" & lack "sufficient grounding in the realities of practice". communitycare.co.uk/2025/07/17/ove…

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I would recommend anyone who thinks 'just telling' comes with no penalty at all to re-read 80s cognitive load work. There is a risk of 'a set mind'. This can be mitigated, but ignoring it is risky.

It was always going to come down to creative accounting rather than a genuine policy shift. Equally there isn’t an increase in STEM teachers-this is the stuff of unicorns - where do you train to become a new STEM teacher? Time for Labour to step and own the policy in this space.

ITV News now reporting on story I've been writing about in recent weeks: "Strict behaviour policy blamed for 'exodus of 500 pupils' from Ark Alexandra Academy in Hastings. itv.com/news/meridian/…

The fruit of dialogic education is dialogic intelligence: not the ability to work alone to quickly answer questions set by others, but the capacity to participate meaningfully in shared thinking, driven by real questions that matter. open.substack.com/pub/rupertwege…

Latest paper with @npachler UCL Institute of Education Explores AI and human mediated pedagogy. Open Access bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bj…

An excellent collection of thought-provoking chapters👇

Good thread about measurement.

What a great agenda at today's #AI and Language Education symposium organised by National Consortium for Languages Education at UCL Institute of Education. Follow us for updates and insights from the experts speaking today.

Now that AI demonstrably outperforms humans in many tasks, the core question is what do we risk losing if we offload tasks to AI- what's acceptable? Teachers are using AI to save time on tasks, but do we risk 'cognitive atrophy ' the more we do this? Mutlu Cukurova

Using AI to assess speaking and listening: exciting new developments to support teachers and motivate students, but important to focus on 1st principles and know what it is we're teaching and assessing. Teachers' knowledge remains key Dr. Vahid Aryadoust & Christine Goh

.Prof. Kevin W. H. Tai and Seongyong Lee show GenAI has great potential for supporting multilingual learners in contexts around the world but struggles with translanguaging as AI responds based on statistical probability which can reinforce standardised (dominant) language.

AI for assessment and feedback with Prof Mary Richardson and Dr Catarina Correia UCL Institute of Education : as AI becomes both assessor and tool, key Q's for teacher role. Engagement ≠ quality. Erroneous beliefs AI is unbiased and convenience always good. We still need a human in the loop.

Using AI to practise language & cultural learning comes w risks: David Wei Dai and Zhu Hua. AI prone to creating stereotypical scenarios & sycophantic agreement w user, while users react differently bc they know AI isn't human. Fundamental Qs re learner psychology & agency.

How do we tame the AI 'beast' in language education? Prof Yongcan Liz & Yunan Zhang. When we start to use AI, what are the issues? Do learners and teachers have the same goals? This tension can help us shape and create a framework for developing AI-oriented educational products.

Fantastic presentation from Joe Dale showing us in real time how to use AI to create a bespoke animated storybook from scratch, aligned to exam board vocabulary lists. Most tools FREE. Great stuff!

.JeNoMFL from National Consortium for Languages Education shows how powerful NotebookLM from Google can be for language teachers: free, and fenced (generates only from resources you upload). Teachers and pupils must embrace AI tools with caution and curiosity: question it to make the most of it!

A really stimulating day National Consortium for Languages Education listening and talking about research into AI in language learning.