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Sam Evans
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Community Manager, UK Education at Oxford University Press 📚 Oxford Children’s, OUP Primary, OUP Secondary #UKEd #EduSky
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A sprinkling of snow in Oxford this morning. #UKEd
Oxford University Press building with a light sprinkling of snow on the pavement and grass.
January 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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📢 Calling RE teachers & leads! Don't miss this free OUP webinar in association with @aqaeducation.bsky.social 4.30pm today!

Dr Rachael Jackson-Royal covers everything you need to know about changes to the AQA GCSE Religious Studies exams from 2026.

Register here: ow.ly/psz450XAFpG

#UKEd #TeamRE
Webinar banner: “Maximising Success in AQA GCSE Religious Studies for exams in 2026.” Hosted by Dr Rachael Jackson-Royal. Date and time: 4.30pm, Tuesday 2 December 2025. Colorful border on top and bottom and headshot of the guest speaker.
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Calling language lovers! Voting is open for Oxford Word of the Year 2025 🎉 This year's shortlist:
💙 biohack
💚 aura farming
🧡 rage bait
Which will you choose? Cast your vote here: corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...
#OxfordWOTY #UKEd #EduSky #TeamEnglish #LangSky #BookSky @oxunipress.bsky.social
Oxford Word of the Year 2025 voting now open. Image features a modern, abstract design with three vertical panels: left panel shows blue bubbles and a capsule, center panel has a green matcha cup on a wavy white background, and right panel displays a fishing hook on a pink textured background. Oxford Word of the Year 2025 entry for ‘biohack.’ Definition reads: ‘To attempt to improve or optimize one’s physical or mental performance, health, longevity, or wellbeing by altering one’s diet, exercise routine, or lifestyle, or by using other means such as drugs, supplements, or technological devices.’ Background features light blue abstract bubbles. Oxford Word of the Year 2025 entry for ‘aura farming.’ Definition reads: ‘The cultivation of an impressive, attractive, or charismatic persona or public image by behaving or presenting oneself in a way intended subtly to convey an air of confidence, coolness, or mystique.’ Background features soft green abstract waves. Oxford Word of the Year 2025 entry for ‘rage bait.’ Definition reads: ‘Online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted in order to increase traffic to or engagement with a particular web page or social media account.’ Background features soft pink abstract shapes.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Voting opens on Monday 24 November for Oxford Word of the Year 2025! 👀 Can you guess which three words made the shortlist? 🤔 #OxfordWOTY #WOTY #WordOfTheYear #EduSky #UKEd #LangSky @oxunipress.bsky.social
Poster with a gradient gray background and a black silhouette. Large text at the top says “VOTE,” with glitch-like distortion underneath. Smaller text reads “FOR OXFORD WORD OF THE YEAR 2025” and at the bottom, clear text says “Oxford Word of the Year.” Poster with an orange background and bold text at the top saying “VOTE,” partially obscured by black scribbles over a deliberately pixellated main image. At the bottom, clear text reads “Oxford Word of the Year.” Poster with a vibrant pink and purple gradient background and a person in silhouette. Elegant script at the top says “Vote,” and bold yellow text reads “FOR OXFORD WORD OF THE YEAR 2025.” At the bottom, white text says “Oxford Word of the Year.”
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Exciting news to share! Phoenix Brothers by Sita Brahmachari has been nominated for the 2026 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social Medal for Writing! 🎉

From OUP's Super-Readable Rollercoasters series, this is a moving tale of resilience and identity.

#Carnegies2026 #TeamEnglish @cilip.bsky.social
Book cover of Phoenix Brothers by Sita Brahmachari with text: “Nominated for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing.” This powerful story is part of OUP's Super-Readable Rollercoasters series, expertly edited to remove barriers to comprehension and designed to engage and inspire less-confident readers in Key Stage 3.
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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If you’ve not seen it already, you might like this project exploring the powerful connection between music, memory, and grief.

www.instagram.com/musictodie4
Screengrab of Instagram account musictodie4 exploring how music supports us with grief
October 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Happy National Teaching Assistants' Day to all the talented TAs working in our schools! 🎉 Thank you to all the TAs who help children with severe allergies, like my son, stay safe in school and TAs, like my daughter, who support children with SEND. You're all amazing! 🙌 #NationalTADay
Text says: Happy National Teaching Assistants’ Day! 26th September 2025 #NationalTADay. Purple background with stars and diverse figures waving.
September 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Teaching AQA GCSE Norman England? Don't miss OUP's free webinar in association with AQA & English Heritage Tues 23 Sept 4pm! Aaron Wilkes will draw out the key points to focus on from the 2026 version of the AQA Historic Environment resource pack on Pevensey Castle.
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#HistoryTeacher
Free webinar: Pevensey Castle: Teaching the AQA Norman Historic Environment 2026 with Aaron Wilkes, scheduled for Tuesday 23 September at 4pm. Text alongside a photos of Aaron Wilkes sitting on a stone wall at the Pevensey Castle site.
September 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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📣 Calling #TeamEnglish Do you teach AQA GCSE English Literature? Would you like to win an interactive workshop on Macbeth or Romeo and Juliet for your students?

Enter here for the chance to win a Study Boost workshop at your school with Shakespeare's Globe and Oxford Revise!
👉 ow.ly/50vy50WM2UQ
Opportunity to enter a Shakespeare Study Boost workshop competition. The background shows the interior of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre with ornate decorations and columns. The text reads: "OXFORD REVISE + SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE 1 WEEK LEFT! WIN A SHAKESPEARE STUDY BOOST WORKSHOP FOR YOUR SCHOOL!* Sign me up #StageTheirSuccess *Competition ends 26th September 2025. T&Cs apply." There are also images of two Oxford Revise books for AQA GCSE Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet.
September 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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When my daughter sat her A levels she didn't think she'd be going back to school in Sept! She got into her first choice uni, decided to take a gap year, applied for a teaching assistant role in a primary school, starts today. So proud of her, it'll be challenging but fun! Any tips for new TAs? #UKEd
Back to school image featuring a young woman holding books, with school items such as backpack, crayon, pencil
September 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Commas are important! Couldn’t agree more. Spotted outside The Oxford Wine Company today 🍷 #Oxford
Chalkboard sign outside The Oxford Wine Company with text: Commas are important! Red cross No more wine please Red tick No, more wine please
June 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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How can the effective teaching of Asian Empires and the Silk Roads enrich your Key Stage 3 curriculum? Brilliant @oupsecondary.bsky.social webinar this evening with our teacher-authors Aaron Wilkes @shalinapatel.bsky.social @davidrawlings.bsky.social and Elena Stevens. #HistoryTeacher #KS3History
Teaching Asian Empires and the Silk Roads at KS3 webinar featuring OUP teacher authors Aaron Wilkes, Shalina Patel, David Rawlings and Elena Stevens
June 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Looking back to this time last week when #Readerful won the ERA Award for best Primary Resource or Equipment Non-ICT. 👏🏆

Fantastic recognition for the OUP Primary Literacy team and all the amazing authors & illustrators who've worked on the Readerful series! 🥳📚✨

#UKEd #EduSky #KidLitUK
Members of the OUP Primary Editorial and Design team with the Education Resources Award for Readerful, winning best Primary Resource or Equipment Non-ICT at the 2025 awards ceremony.
May 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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🎉 Congratulations to the team behind OUP’s #Readerful for winning the ERA Award 2025 for best Primary Resource or Equipment Non-ICT! 📚🏆

Talented team of editors, designers, authors, illustrators & expert advisors including @benniekara.bsky.social & series editor @jamesclements.bsky.social

#UKEd
Members of the OUP Primary Editorial and Design team pictured with the ERA Award for Readerful, winning best Primary Resource or Equipment Non-ICT at the 2025 awards ceremony.
May 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Glorious tulips at Arundel Castle Tulip Festival. #TulipTuesday #Bloomscrolling #Arundel
Tulips on display at Arundel Castle Tulip Festival
April 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Happy #TulipTuesday tulip lovers! 🌷 #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Arundel
Pale pink and yellow tulips at Arundel Castle tulip festival.
April 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Just started In Ascension by Martin MacInnes - seems fitting to read it overlooking the sea with the sounds of waves crashing on the shore.
The book In Ascension, written by Martin MacInnes, in the foreground with gardens and the sea in the background
April 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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It’s #TulipTuesday 🌷

Classic tulips captured at Arundel Castle tulip festival, looking across to the cathedral.

#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Arundel
Bright red tulips in pots at Arundel Castle tulip festival, with an immaculate lawn behind and Arundel Cathedral in the background.
April 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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I love tulips and have just discovered glorious #TulipTuesday 🌷

Here are some beauties from the tulip festival at Arundel Castle, photo taken yesterday.

#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Arundel
Colourful display of tulips, labelled All Colours, at Arundel Castle tulip festival
April 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Beautiful blue skies and blossom. Remembering my beautiful mum on Mother’s Day 💕
Cherry blossom against a bright blue sky
March 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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The OUP team are at the @litdrive.bsky.social conference today! Come and say hi to Katie & Alex to check out #Rollercoasters plus #OxfordRevise English Language & NEW English Literature revision guides! 👋📚 #TeamEnglish #LitdriveCPD25 @funkypedagogy.bsky.social @lyndsaybawden.bsky.social
OUP team members on the stand at LitDrive National Conference, with a display of resources including Oxford Revise English Language and English Literature revision guides, plus Rollercoasters for KS3 reading.
March 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Let me know what you think! There was a marmite peanut butter available here for a few years, think it’s discontinued. I never bought it as I preferred to balance the marmite and peanut butter myself!
Jar of Marmite peanut butter with a bright yellow lid.
March 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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It’s a beautiful day at OUP! ☀️ #Oxford @oxunipress.bsky.social
Front Lodge at Oxford University Press with columns either side of the gated entrance to the quad. North Wing at Oxford Universiry Press with wisteria not yet in bloom climbing the walls and bicycles parked in front.
March 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Half term treat by the sea. Warming up with hot chocolate after our freezing cold walk!
Two large cups of hot chocolate, one topped with marshmallows and cream, on a table in front of a window looking out to sea.
February 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Happy Superb Owl Sunday! #SuperbOwl
A display of three owl figurines in various sizes and materials, set on a glass shelf with jewellery and tags around them, on display in a glass cabinet at Yarnton Antiques Centre in Oxfordshire.
February 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM