NATE’s 2024 Annual Conference – a celebration of secondary English teaching & research

King’s College London (July 1st 2024 – 10am – 4.20pm)

NATE Trainees & ECT members £19
Trainees & ECT £29
NATE members £39
Non-members £49

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Colleagues and students reflect on the passing of our former colleague, Francis O'Gorman, a passionate and prolific expert on the English literature of the long nineteenth century. Francis held the Saintsbury Chair of English Literature from 2016 to 2022.

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This is probably a unique opportunity: a free online session of advice for working-class people in higher education about how to get leadership jobs, and hopefully will cover why it's important, too.
Well done Damien!

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'Engaging with literary works written by people from various viewpoints, cultures and historical moments broadens our understanding of other people and our overall worldview.' University English Birmingham City University School of English Team English English Studies

Fab podcast interview with @UofGEngLit & UofGCulture (English Literature & Theatre Studies) alumnus Richard Gadd - writer, comedian, actor, whose show Baby Reindeer is a Netflix smash. Talks passionately about what his studies did for him
#EnglishCreates
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'We need to maintain a diversity of provision across the whole of the UK in different types of university'. Jo Fox & Professor Anna Vignoles speaking up for the value of Arts, Humanities & STEM School of Advanced Study, University of London The Leverhulme Trust Arts & Humanities Alliance (AHA) English Association University English

Jennifer Richards Professor Anna Vignoles School of Advanced Study, University of London The Leverhulme Trust Arts & Humanities Alliance (AHA) English Association University English Good to hear engagement with need to maintain a healthy critical creative education across the UK, & healthy pipeline of Arts & Humanities in education & its huge economic, social & cultural value. Look forward to longer, & more frequent, alerting & probing across the airwaves.

English Association Jordan Welsh Christine Ferguson 🇵🇸 Jennifer Richards Robert Eaglestone How splendid - and with excellent advice for government: “The government should be encouraging students to find paths they enjoy, not restricting it.” Happy, fulfilled, talented and highly-skilled young people - what's not to like? Arts & Humanities Alliance (AHA) University English

University English Carol Atherton Robert Eaglestone Team English Team English FE Chris Curtis Litdrive UK Literary Hub English & Media Ctr Hollie BL 🌻🐝 (She/Her) #EnglishFE Heidi Drake 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧 keep your eyes peeled for these events 👀👀 & plse spread the word ….

Lots of events in the pipeline, several with our colleagues English Association including Carol Atherton and Robert Eaglestone talking about Carol's important new book 'Reading Lessons'

Live Literature returns next week, Tues 16 April, 6-7:30pm!

Join us to hear poets Rory Waterman and Dr Rachel Mann read from their new Carcanet Press collections 👌

Free, with no need to book. 6pm start Libs and Museums (Bolton Central Library Theatre, BL1 1SE) 📚

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Times Higher Education Emma Cayley 谷曦 Dr Zahid Naz But even if an employability agenda is prioritised, arts, humanities, and social sciences should be prioritised too, as key job skills are fundamental to these subjects, as numerous recent The British Academy reports have shown University English English Association Arts & Humanities Alliance (AHA)

“Let’s think about loving stories instead, the discussion of individuals’ experiences of the world, & the way that different people experience their reality.”Splendid to see Carol Atherton Reading Lessons is getting the attention it deserves 👏🏽⭐️

Carol Atherton University English English Association

Farhana Shaikh 🍉 Words of Colour Really looking forward to speaking on decolonising curriculum and pedagogies together with Angelique Golding MA BlackBritLit graduate at this timely and important gathering. Goldsmiths, University of London Department for Education Black Curriculum University English English Association angela jacobs

Wonkhe Northumbria Uni Great piece on the necessity of SHAPE subjects for a healthy society and HE sector. See universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreates/ for a University English campaign to promote our subject and do some necessary myth-busting. All resources are free to use and share widely

Do you have caring responsibilities? Would you like to meet other carers and write some poems together? Join me & the poet Sarah Hesketh online for our Think Human poetry writing workshop! brookes.ac.uk/think-human
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✨✨✨ Our brilliant Think Human Oxford Brookes University with Gary Browning and many other talented and committed colleagues taking ideas out into the city. Coming soon, April 16-20 ✨✨✨