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The government has accepted the independent pay body’s recommendations on teacher pay for 2024-25, offering a fully funded 5.5% rise tes.com/magazine/news/…

Very welcome news and the pay rise being fully funded was crucial. Given the current recruitment and retention crisis, this was a vital positive step to addressing the issue.

“Leadership isn’t mystical and mysterious. It has nothing to do with having “charisma” or other exotic personality traits. It is not the province of a chosen few. Nor is leadership necessarily better than management or a replacement for it.” hbr.org/2001/12/what-l…

The key to behaviour management in any classroom and school is balancing structured discipline approaches with relationship-building and intrinsic motivation. An article which I would recommend to all teachers and leaders in schools: researchgate.net/publication/28…

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Lovely BTS shots

Cool simulation which demonstrates AI / ML algorithmic bias in recruitment: survivalofthebestfit.com

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Topical trends in Computer Science Education research. Full bibliometric analysis by Rahman et al. (2023) here: mojes.um.edu.my/index.php/JUKU…

Just signed up for The Big Computing Leadership Conference. Overview here: rundontwalk.co.uk/2024/06/12/the… Primary Booking here: stem.org.uk/cpd/537845/big… Secondary Booking here: stem.org.uk/cpd/528596/big… Thanks to Phil Wickins and Alan Harrison, httcs.online

The BBC sound effects library is now completely free to access. This is news. sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?cat=Mac…

What should you call your academic event? Another great flowchart from PhD Comics.

A precursor: A PM missing Cobra meetings. During the pandameic, a Chancellor who was more worried about the economy than protecting the vulnerable. The PM suggested we clap for the NHS but when they asked for pay rises, this was batted back for over a year leading to strikes.