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NALDIC @naldic.bsky.social · 11d

Meet one of our exhibitors!
Library 4 Multilinguals recognises that literacy is what allows children to not only learn more and get indulged into captivating stories, but it is the tool that helps them truly connects with their heritage.
#naldic #EAL #literacy
www.library4multilinguals.com

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NALDIC @naldic.bsky.social · 11d

Meet our second sponsor! Global Community Schools look for the top ingredients for transformative multilingual schooling. They’re selling their inspiration for free in an ideas exchange, and are looking for achievable, impactful, sustainable actions. #EAL #inclusion
www.globalcommunityschools.co.uk

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Linguistics and Knowledge About Language in Education SIG @lkalebaal.bsky.social · 15d

Some key takeaways from this year's BAAL annual conference on language/linguistics in Education @baal2025.bsky.social

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Some Key Takeaways from BAAL’s 2025 Annual Conference

by Dr Sally Zacharias (LKALE treasurer) This year, the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) annual conference was hosted by the University of Glasgow and being on the organising commit…

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NALDIC @naldic.bsky.social · 18d

Meet Across Cultures, one of our Gold #conference Sponsors!
Across Cultures offers a world-renowned service that partners with teachers to share the knowledge, skills and resources needed to support their #EAL learners within the demands of an evolving world.
www.axcultures.com
#SEND #assessment

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UofGTesol @uofgtesol.bsky.social · 20d

Welcome to our wonderful 25-26 MSc TESOL students!

@uofgeducation.bsky.social @uofgnews.bsky.social

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Sally Zacharias @salzacharias.bsky.social · Sep 7

Sorry you weren't feeling well Glenn! 😞

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Sally Zacharias @salzacharias.bsky.social · Sep 7

A sign of a good conference is when you come away afresh, with new ideas & feeling more hopeful about the world. And after #BAAL2025 I do!!

Organiser and volunteers at reception desk

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UofGTesol @uofgtesol.bsky.social · Sep 2

Meet Jordin a student from our 24-25 cohort talking about his experience as a TESOL student here at University of Glasgow!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qeR...

TESOL - Jordin's experience

YouTube video by University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences

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UofGTesol @uofgtesol.bsky.social · Sep 2

Chengyu was from our 24-25 MSc TESOL cohort - meet him here talking about his experiences on the course, both academic and intercultural.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg0U...

TESOL - Chengyu's Experience

YouTube video by University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · Aug 25

"I haven't slept for days," she says. "Every day, I wonder which will come first - a message from the UK government, or a missile.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gaza scholars await UK evacuation to pursue studies

Students express frustration over the uncertainty of evacuation plans to the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sally Zacharias @salzacharias.bsky.social · Aug 23

We're grappling with this too - I've just found this from @societyofauthors.bsky.social . It might be helpful...
societyofauthors.org/2025/08/07/b...

Bloomsbury explores AI licensing deal - The Society of Authors

Our campaign for the rights and interests of authors in the face of big tech companies using copyrighted work to train their generative AI models continues this week.

societyofauthors.org

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Sally Zacharias @salzacharias.bsky.social · Aug 11

😞😡

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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · Aug 11

Letter of the day (in the Times)

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Aug 10

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:

“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”

Israel just killed him.

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Sally Zacharias @salzacharias.bsky.social · Aug 10

I can see why

Sally Zacharias @salzacharias.bsky.social · Aug 10

How lovely 😍 Here's another...

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Sally Zacharias @salzacharias.bsky.social · Aug 10

I loved this post! Just been to National Museum of Scotland & saw Blaschke's glass models - there were some beautiful ones of snails (made 1860 ish I 🤔)

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · Aug 7

We're going to need journalists to stop talking about synthetic text extruding machines as if they have *thoughts* or *stances* that they are *trying* to *communicate*. ChatGPT can't *admit* anything, nor *self-report*. Gah.

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...

Screencap of headline from linked article, reading:

He Had Dangerous Delusions. ChatGPT Admitted It Made Them Worse.
OpenAI’s chatbot self-reported it blurred line between fantasy and reality with man on autism spectrum. ‘Stakes are higher’ for vulnerable people, firm says.

Above the headline: Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Family & Tech: Julie Jargon
Below:
By
Julie Jargon
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| Photographs by Tim Gruber for WSJ
July 20, 2025 7:00 am ET

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Dr Khawla Badwan @khawlabadwan.bsky.social · Aug 1

We do language
That's what documents
how we once lived this life
#GazaStarving #GazaGenocide #KeeptellingofGaza

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Deniz Ortactepe Hart @denizoh.bsky.social · Jul 17

Finally out! In this reflective paper I discussed my own privileges & vulnerability as a teacher educator, using the lenses of intersectionality & postdigital research. Available open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @baal-lesj-sig.bsky.social @pdse.bsky.social @uofgtesol.bsky.social

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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · Jul 27

More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. Please sign and share ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open letter: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities

More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · Jul 26

Gaza is a largely flat piece of land bordering to 2 countries with reasonable infrastructure. So we’re going to drop aid from the air ffs.

Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · Jul 26

Air drops? Should be demanding road access! Gaza situation is intolerable

Starmer suggests UK will play role in Gaza aid air drops

His comments come as he faces calls from 221 cross-party MPs for the UK to recognise a Palestinian state.

www.bbc.com

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Jul 26

Hundreds of people in both Aberdeen and Edinburgh have gathered to protest against Donald Trump this afternoon

The US President is currently in Scotland during a five-day trip where he is visiting two of his golf courses

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Jul 26

LATEST: Protests against US president Donald Trump have started in Aberdeen with Scottish Greens MSPs in attendance

🗣️ 'Not in our name. Never in our name.'

'Not in our name': Protests start in Aberdeen amidst Donald Trump visit

www.thenational.scot

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Jul 10

The world's most famous medical NGO concludes Israel is committing genocide.

It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International.

No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.

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