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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 6d

UNLAWFUL ARREST

This woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it, a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group.

wedonotcomply.org

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 7d

These governments are making a lot of work for the compilers of the Oxford dictionary - the definition of terrorism now has to include “delivering food to children” and “sitting quietly”

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Daniel Xerri @danielxerri.bsky.social · 25d

The latest issue of Modern English Teacher contains an article that develops some of the ideas I shared in my IATEFL plenary earlier this year.

pavilionelt.com/met/

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TESOLAcademic @tesolacademic.bsky.social · 26d

Brilliant Nik. Thanks for sharing ☺️ 😂

Nik Peachey @nikpeachey.bsky.social · 26d

This is a wonderful archive of pessimism about various new inovations through history. It has some nice multimedia features and includes audio and examples of real news clips from the time pessimistsarchive.org Great entry about the dangers of Jazz pessimistsarchive.org/list/jazz/cl...

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A new leftist alternative? We live in hope! www.yourparty.uk @yourpartyuk.bsky.social · 27d

No wonder #KierStarmer as #LabourParty leader stuck by #PeterMandelson friend of #SexOffender #JeffreyEpsitien - after all he was devoted to spending every day undermining the leadership of #JeremyCorbyn #NiceOne #Starmer. For #RealChange sign up #YourParty #YourPartyUK
youtube.com/watch?v=X0dP...

Exclusive: Jeremy Corbyn on Peter Mandelson scandal

YouTube video by Peeps

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huwjarvis @huwjarvis.bsky.social · Sep 10

#YourPartyUK #YourParty & @greenparty.org.uk are clear STOP the #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine

Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · Sep 10

"New British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has admitted to receiving at least £210,000 from pro-Israeli lobbyist Gary Lubner
Although I’m sure this had no impact on her previous decision to ban Palestine Action as Home Secretary, or her future actions as Foreign Secretary."
via Rob Glorious

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TESOLAcademic @tesolacademic.bsky.social · Sep 10

OK, I KNOW it's probably OLD NEWS to some, but hey it's news to me - I'm pleased & wanted to share :-)

TESOLAcademic @tesolacademic.bsky.social · Sep 10

Successful campaign for plaque in honour of #PitCorder - founding figure of & one of the most influential in C20th #AppliedLinguistics. #LanguageEducation #TESOL #BALL #IATEFL #BritishCouncil @baal2025.bsky.social @iatefl.bsky.social @britishcouncil.bsky.social
yorkcivictrust.co.uk/plaque-unvei...

Plaque Unveiled to York-born Linguist Pit Corder thanks to York St John University student research

yorkcivictrust.co.uk

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TESOLAcademic @tesolacademic.bsky.social · Sep 10

#OpenAccess #PeerReviewedResearch #KnowledgeBuilding in #LanguageEducation #TESOL #AppliedLinguistics on #GenerativeAI #AI #EdTech #CALL #MobileAssistedLanguageUse ( #MALU )

Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · Sep 10

Open Access! "Generative AI and English language teaching: A global Englishes perspective", in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics! (Lee, Jeon, McKinley and Rose). Watch out for the 'standards' GenAI defaults to... your own voice and style may be lost! doi.org/10.1017/S026...

Generative AI and English language teaching: A global Englishes perspective | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics | Cambridge Core

Generative AI and English language teaching: A global Englishes perspective

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A new leftist alternative? We live in hope! www.yourparty.uk @yourpartyuk.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hi. @zackpolanski.bsky.social I note @graceblakeley.substack.com likes this suggestion. If you 2 could sort it that would be brilliant. Challenging #ExistingPowerRelations needs this to happen. Please @boldpolitics.bsky.social try to do it 4 a #ProgressiveAlternative @greenparty.org.uk #YourPartyUK

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A new leftist alternative? We live in hope! www.yourparty.uk @yourpartyuk.bsky.social · Sep 6

Agreed @zackpolanski.bsky.social channel @boldpolitics.bsky.social is a brilliant new outlet & after 1st interview with #AshSarkar it would be good to see @graceblakeley.substack.com up next. Ash made me think #YourPartyUK is where I belong, but Grace might persuade me it's the @greenparty.org.uk

Joseph Wells @josephwells.bsky.social · Sep 5

Yay! @zackpolanski.bsky.social new @boldpolitics.bsky.social is now on @bsky.app 🙌

Please give him a follow.

Also who do you want to see next on his #BoldPolitics? I choose @graceblakeley.substack.com 🙏

Repost and tag who you'd like to see in comments 👇

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A new leftist alternative? We live in hope! www.yourparty.uk @yourpartyuk.bsky.social · Sep 2

There is now a serious progressive alternative - help form & shape a progressive #PoliticalParty for #RealChange, including in #Education. Sign up to #YourPartyUK

University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Sep 2

UCU President Elect (HE) @dyfrigjones.bsky.social warns that Labour’s response to Home Office threats against international students is “a political stunt with little substance.”

👉 “Aping Reform’s policies is a dead end, it drives core Labour supporters away.”

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A new leftist alternative? We live in hope! www.yourparty.uk @yourpartyuk.bsky.social · Aug 30

For #YourPartyUK our #EnglandFlag #StGeorgeFlag even on roundabouts can celebrate #ethnicity of #StGeorge who had #Greek father & #Palestinian mother, thus representing #ethnicdiversity #refugeeswelcome etc & much positivity besides. Let's turn the #farright narrative on its head. Join us Sign up

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TESOLAcademic @tesolacademic.bsky.social · Aug 29

#OpenAccess #PeerReviewedResearch #EthnicDiversity #KnowledgeBuilding in #LanguageEducation #TESOL #AppliedLinguistics

Karen Ashton @karenashton.bsky.social · Jun 6

Hot off the press! Pleased to share that this article with
@qiyuegrace.bsky.social is now available online (and open access!).
'Teacher positioning of their practice for linguistically and culturally diverse learners'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Teacher positioning of their practice for linguistically and culturally diverse learners

This article draws on open-response survey data (n = 86) to qualitatively explore New Zealand language teachers’ positioning of their pedagogical practice for linguistically and culturally diverse ...

www.tandfonline.com

TESOLAcademic @tesolacademic.bsky.social · Aug 27

#KnowledgeBuilding in #LanguageEducation #AppliedLinguistics #TESOL

Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL @tcsaltjournal.bsky.social · Jul 14

Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL (SALT) has published our newest Special Issue on Digital CA! We invite you to view the issue here: journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/SA... @lansi2024.bsky.social @tcalandtesol.bsky.social

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A new leftist alternative? We live in hope! www.yourparty.uk @yourpartyuk.bsky.social · Aug 27

Based on evidence so far #DavidLammy doing the right thing on #Gaza is quite unlikely. I hope I'm wrong. The #Palestinian people, including some of it's brightest hopes for a better future deserve so much more. #InStruggle. #FreePalestine. For #RealChange #UCU should support #YourPartyUK

University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Aug 27

Our General Secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social has written to David Lammy demanding the FCDO urgently evacuates *all* Palestinian students with British university places from Gaza.

The British government must act now – to help Palestinian students and end its complicity in Israel's genocide.

Letter to David Lammy and Hamish Falconer

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TESOLAcademic @tesolacademic.bsky.social · Aug 26

New & more progressive #EducationPolicy at ALL levels from #nursery to #university will, in due course, need to come out of #YourPartyUK. In the meantime any thoughts from interested followers on what the party should call itself?

A new leftist alternative? We live in hope! www.yourparty.uk @yourpartyuk.bsky.social · Aug 26

Many of you, like me, will have received an email from #YourPartyUK inviting suggestions for our party name. If you have ideas there's a short form to fill in. The Facebook Page link has lots of suggestions in the comments. What do BlueSky followers think?
www.yourparty.uk/ourname#//

Name your party — Your Party

www.yourparty.uk

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · Aug 25

Ed Tech Digest larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/08/25/e...

Ed Tech Digest

Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four li…

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huwjarvis @huwjarvis.bsky.social · Aug 19

#ForTheMany Let's do this #RealChange

A new leftist alternative? We live in hope! www.yourparty.uk @yourpartyuk.bsky.social · Aug 19

#YourPartyUK me thinks that with 750,000+ who have already signed up we SERIOUSLY need to be having a FAR bigger impact at this point. Discuss 🤔

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TESOLAcademic @tesolacademic.bsky.social · Aug 13

#KnowledgeBuilding in #LanguageEducation #AppliedLinguistics #TESOL. #OpenAccess

Karen Ashton @karenashton.bsky.social · Jun 6

Hot off the press! Pleased to share that this article with
@qiyuegrace.bsky.social is now available online (and open access!).
'Teacher positioning of their practice for linguistically and culturally diverse learners'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Teacher positioning of their practice for linguistically and culturally diverse learners

This article draws on open-response survey data (n = 86) to qualitatively explore New Zealand language teachers’ positioning of their pedagogical practice for linguistically and culturally diverse ...

www.tandfonline.com

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TESOLAcademic @tesolacademic.bsky.social · Aug 10

#OpenAccess #PeerReviewedResearch #KnowledgeBuilding in #LanguageEducation #TESOL #AppliedLinguistics

Dan Isbell @danielrisbell.bsky.social · Aug 10

New study with Maggie McGehee (recent SLS MA grad) on English proficiency test scores (Duolingo, IELTS, TOEFL) and int'l student academic outcomes at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

We considered first-year GPA and adverse academic outcomes (probation, drop-out) among grad and undergrads.

www.altaanz.org

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A new leftist alternative? We live in hope! www.yourparty.uk @yourpartyuk.bsky.social · Aug 5

I think you might mean "Occasionally this government listens to workers. And acts"? For a #government that will do far better sign up to #YourPartyUK & help build a #NewPoliticalParty which challenges #ExistingPowerRelations & will thus genuinely be on the side of #WorkingPeople.

GMB Union @gmb.org.uk · Aug 5

Wages not based on ages has long been GMB's mantra.

You don't pay less rent if you're young. Your food bill isn't lower.

Today's news that an end is coming to age-bands in minimum wage laws is massive.

This government listens to workers. And acts.

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Anna Nicolaou @annanicolaou0.bsky.social · Jul 28

Are you currently teaching ESL, EFL, EAP, or English in any context and have 6+ months of classroom experience? Then please help Paulette Papapericleous with her MA dissertation at King’s College London!
👉 Take the survey here: qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

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A new leftist alternative? We live in hope! www.yourparty.uk @yourpartyuk.bsky.social · Jul 29

First interview by @zarahsultana.bsky.social on a #NewPoliticalParty. Good to see her bypass the #MSM & give it to @novaramedia.com coz even the slightly #centerleft mainstream (e.g. @newsagents.bsky.social patronise & mock us - "you can't make this up"). #YourPartyUK
youtu.be/VDC8lNkFfTQ?...

EXCLUSIVE: Zarah Sultana's First Interview Since Resigning From The Labour Party

YouTube video by Novara Media

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A new leftist alternative? We live in hope! www.yourparty.uk @yourpartyuk.bsky.social · Jul 26

It's started & yet we already have 300,000+, more than the Tories or Reform. As we grow they will come for our policies & fail, so then they will ruthlessly undermine individuals. The lessons of history is that we must build an alternative #hegemony. #YourParty #ForTheMany #TaxTheRich

Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Jul 25

Has the sabotage already begun?

👉 www.yourparty.uk

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