Nick Kitchener-Bentley

💯 this! For secondary English as well as primary. The example of developing creative writing through talk and role-play is such a good one!

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England’s curriculum review needs to be more radical | Letters Letters: Dr Rupert Higham, Caroline Norbury and Colin Richards on recommendations in the Francis report

IOE academics weigh in on the Curriculum and Assessment Review, a 🧵

"Cooperation, more than competition, will secure young people’s futures... knowledge without the capacity to bring about change is a fast-devaluing currency" says @ruperthigham.bsky.social
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‘Making Our Own Story’ – Promoting Student Agency Through a Narrator Role This piece of writing considers the ways in which the teacher adopting the process drama approach of a narrator role can promote student agency when co-constructing fictional work. Drawing upon tra...

Here is my latest publication in the academic journal Changing English: 'Making Our Own Story' - Promoting Student Agency Through a Narrator Role. It's all about celebrating learners’ agency, ideas and identities within the fiction! 🎉✨

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Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance 2025 13–19 November is Transgender Awareness Week, followed by Transgender Day of Remembrance on 20 November.

On #TransDayofRemembrance we remember, mourn and honour all those who have tragically been lost to anti-trans violence.

Find out how you can:
- Demonstrate support and allyship
- Join community networks and get support at UCL
- Access the gender expression fund
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Stonewall responds to the UK dropping six places in this year's ILGA… The ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map ranks the legal and policy landscape for LGBTQ+ people across Europe. Today it has been announced that he UK has reached an…

🌍 The ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map ranks the legal and policy landscape for #LGBTQ+ people across Europe.

🚨 The latest rankings today shows the UK has reached an all-time low position of 22 out of 49.

This should be a wake-up call for the British government.

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Trans and nonbinary people are essential to the movement for sexual and reproductive health and rights.

They should be free to live authentically — with dignity and respect. Trans and nonbinary communities deserve that and more. 💞🏳️‍⚧️ #TransDayofVisibility #TDOV #ImForPP
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Happy Eid to all our celebrating students and staff!

What an incredible Friday!

1. Saw my wonderful friend @nkbentley.bsky.social who is now a Lecturer at IOE!

2. Attended the Teaching Commission meeting.

3. I joined a panel of colleagues at a conference organised by @barbarableiman.bsky.social on ‘Linguistically Informed Oracy.’ TY Barbara!

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Iconic to see fabulous @msybibi.bsky.social today @ioe.bsky.social to hear about all of her brilliant work. Yamina was at the IOE today as part of her vital work with the Teaching Commision - we love to see it! 🩷✨

#1 for 12 years in a row ✨

@ucl.ac.uk's IOE is ranked first for Education in the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject.
#QSWUR #WeAreIOE

1/ If the Government goes ahead with its proposals on AI, it will give tech companies the ability "to take what they like, when they like, without informing or compensating the writers of the work they use to train their models," says WGGB President Sandi Toksvig

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It was absolutely fantastic! (Our set… and the show)!

Nick standing with the set for The Cost of Everything

It was fabulous to see this brilliant production of The Cost of Everything! I was so impressed by the thoughtful way that @hiddentrack.org.uk co-constructed the show with their audience, creating an urgent interrogation of neoliberalism and a joyful exploration of a meaningful alternative economics!

🎉 Happy 199th birthday, UCL! 🎉

We’re just one year away from celebrating 200 years of innovation, discovery, and impact.

UCL has always been a place of firsts. Now, we look ahead to an exciting bicentenary year!

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#UCL200 #UCLFoundationDay #UCLBirthday

Inclusive Recruitment: 20 Tips to Consider | Diverse Educators Our biggest advice is plan ahead and design for inclusion. These tips can all feed into a longer term piece of strategic work around your talent management process and people strategy.

Today's Diverse Educators blog is by me!

Inclusive Recruitment: 20 Tips to Consider

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#DiverseEd

Couples wed in a riot of colour as Thailand legalises same-sex marriage It's a momentous day for Thailand, one of very few places in Asia to recognise marriage equality.

Here is some wonderful news - and much-needed joy! 🩷🏳️‍🌈✨🏳️‍⚧️🩷 Couples wed in a riot of colour as Thailand legalises same-sex marriage www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...

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Why is belonging important? Inclusive classrooms can transform a student’s experience. @msybibi.bsky.social @hannahwilson.bsky.social #DiverseEd #IncludEd25

I bet they - and you - were fantastic!

How utterly fabulous to see this production of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ at the National Theatre - a completely wonderful, joyful and hilarious show!

The 'Talk for Learning aspect of oracy...What should all teachers of every subject & all phases know? This from the Bullock Report (1975) should be posted up, in large format, on every Staffroom wall.

UCL in global top 10 for influential researchers A total of 75 UCL academics are featured in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2024, recognising authors of the most influential research papers around the world.

UCL (@uclofficial.bsky.social) is in the global top 10 for influential researchers, with 75 of its academics listed in the 2024 Clarivate ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ – including IOE's James Thomas.
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What a great idea, Hannah. Thank you so much! ✨🎉

Have you read our #DiverseEd book?

I have done a starter pack to find out chapter editors and contributors.

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