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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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Sam Evans @samevans.bsky.social · Jun 7
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
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bobtregoning.bsky.social
Dylan, Daisy, and the Disco Ball is out now!

⭐️🪩⭐️

Available at lots of lovely bookshops and online!

Words by @bobtregoning.bsky.social
Illustrations by Laura Brenlla
Published by @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social
August 7, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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jacquisydney.bsky.social
Loved the first #WiskaWildflower book by Harriet Muncaster and am thrilled to have received the second,The Crystal Cave together with assorted treasure 🌺

Out now for 7+ readers, huge thanks go to @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
The book, matching tote bag, letter from the author and pink pen. The book’s cover shows Wiska dressed in bright pink and green standing on the left looking towards her friend who has brown skin and is sitting cross-legged on the ground dressed in pink and holding a crystal up towards Wiska.
June 27, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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oxfordclarion.bsky.social
It is International Cat Day, which makes it a purrfect day to repost this.

oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
College cats of Oxford
Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics. The grey ball ...
oxfordclarion.uk
August 8, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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louiestowell.bsky.social
Ok, it's time for Finally Read The Longread Tabs I Have Open Sunday! This one's a LONG one...the edcuation select committee report on reading for pleasure. publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5902/cm...
Reading for Pleasure
Report of the Education Committee
publications.parliament.uk
July 26, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Smile it’s the weekend!

A liitle blue hippo made by an Egyptian artisan around 4,000 years ago! 🦛 ❤️

Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows an ancient Egyptian ‘roaring’ hippo statuette made of Egyptian blue faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. The hippo is seated with head at left, and turned to front. The hippo’s original tusks (the top incisors and lower canine teeth are known as tusks), are missing, so it looks as if the hippo is smiling. The blue body is decorated in black with stylised images of Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers. This decoration depicts the hippo’s marsh habitat as well as having layers of symbolism associated with regeneration e.g. lotus flowers open with the sun in the morning and close at night symbolising rebirth. Height 7.5 cm, length 12.5 cm. On display Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
July 18, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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oxfordclarion.bsky.social
An Oxford University Press survey of over 3,000 children, plus an analysis of the largest database of children's written language, finds that most children say that reading shapes how they treat others and helps them
to navigate real-life situations corp.oup.com/feature/more...
More than words: the real-life impact of reading - Oxford University Press
Our latest research report shows how reading helps children develop their emotional understanding and relate to their peers and the world around them.
corp.oup.com
July 17, 2026 at 12:01 PM
samevans.bsky.social
New research from Oxford University Press shows how powerful reading is in helping children navigate real-life situations, understand their emotions, and learn how to treat others.

Explore the More than Words report for full insights 📚

#NationalYearOfReading #UKEd #UKKidLit
More than words: the real-life impact of reading - Oxford University Press
Our latest research report shows how reading helps children develop their emotional understanding and relate to their peers and the world around them.
corp.oup.com
July 17, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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danlyndon.bsky.social
Heading upto Leeds, Leeds, Leeds for #SHP26! Trying hard to contain the excitement. Loads more people coming this year, superb workshops and keynotes to look forward to, and it's gonna be great to hang out with the SHP family for the weekend.
July 10, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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New research from Oxford University Press suggests that teens have much more nuanced opinions on AI than we might assume.

What are the implications of this for school leaders? Dr Alexandra Tomescu takes a closer look at this hot topic...

www.theheadteacher.com/attainment-a...
AI in education – New research on how teenagers are using it | Attainment and Assessment | The Headteacher
www.theheadteacher.com
June 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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New report from @oxfordunipress.bsky.social shares how students are thinking carefully about AI’s role in school, but they still want clear guidance and support from teachers. #RISEEduMag @techheaddd.bsky.social @pdlouisep.bsky.social www.riseedumag.com/students-wan... #AI #AIGuidance
Students want more guidance on using AI - new OUP report - R.I.S.E. Magazine
New report shows that teenagers are thinking carefully about AI’s role in school, but they still want clear guidance and support from teachers.
www.riseedumag.com
June 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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danlyndon.bsky.social
It's the final countdown, the end is nigh, just one more push, we've nearly made it! Tickets for the SHP Summer Conference close tomorrow. You know the score, don't miss out on the History Teachers' Glastonbury: store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... or store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
June 30, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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oxfordclarion.bsky.social
A temperature of 34.3 °C was provisionally measured at the Radcliffe Meteorological Station on Tuesday, equalling the record for temperatures in June set exactly fifty years ago today. The highest temperature ever recorded at Oxford was 38.1 °C on 19 July 2022.

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June 27, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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bobtregoning.bsky.social
Woohoo! The Rock Family Band, by Laura Brenlla and me, has been included in the @readingagency.bsky.social Summer Reading Challenge 2026!

This year’s theme is Read to the Beat and you can find the full booklist at readingagency.org.uk/read-to-the-...

🎶🎸🎤

@oxfordchildrens.bsky.social
April 3, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
The Ladybird fan.
Mind your fingers
Artist: Gerald Witcomb (1976)
A photo realistic illustration of a three bladed propeller fan set against a plane beige background
June 24, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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curatorkate.bsky.social
One of my favourite downpipes…not sure I had a particular thing for rainwater goods, until I saw this! 🤩 😂
One of the many excellent new(ish) interventions at Caernarfon Castle.
June 25, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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oxfordclarion.bsky.social
Oxford University Libraries and Museums are encouraging Oxfordshire cultural venues to join a nationwide 'Cool Off in Culture' campaign, due to launch later this month.
The campaign highlights cultural venues as spaces where people can take refuge and enjoy culture during periods of extreme heat.
Person wandering in the Ashmolean. There is a stone bust looking out at the camera (Roger Close. The photography, not the bust)
June 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
A stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman bowl made of translucent blue-green mosaic glass 🩵

Looks like it contains the cool turquoise blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea! 🌊

Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a circa 2,000 year-old Roman cast glass ribbed bowl composed of translucent blue-green and opaque white mosaic glass. It has a plain rounded rim and sides which curve inwards towards the base. Below the rim, around the exterior of the bowl there are sixteen vertical, evenly-spaced ribs. The bowl sits on a textured grey surface in a museum display case which lights up the bowl so that it looks as if it contains swirling turquoise blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Dimensions: height 5.8 cm, diameter 11.5 cm.
June 21, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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New Report: Navigating AI in #Education: Pupils' Perspectives the Role of #AI in the Classroom
(via @oxfordunipress.bsky.social)

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#GenAI #students
June 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
In 1902 a farmer ploughed up this bronze horse at Trundholm, Denmark.

Thinking it was an old toy he took it home for his children! 😱

On closer inspection he contacted the National Museum.

Now the ‘Sun Chariot’ is an iconic symbol of Denmark’s Bronze Age 3,400 years ago!

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
My photo shows an artefact from the early Danish Bronze Age, known as the ‘Sun Chariot’. It is shown in profile in a museum display case and is comprised of a slender stylised bronze horse standing facing right pulling a large circular gold disc. Both the horse and disc are on wheels. The horse’s long legs attach to a frame with four thin wheels, two on either side. The wheels are open circles each with four spokes. The upper part of the rear wheel is missing. A long bronze rod connects the horse’s wheel frame to that of the circular disc which is said to represent the sun. One side of the ‘Sun Disc’ is gilded, as seen in my photo. Except for an outer bronze border, most of the disc’s surface is covered with sheet gold densely ornamented with spirals. Cast from bronze, the horse pulling the gilded sun disc is said to symbolise the motion of the sun through the sky. It measures approx. 54 cm in length, 35 cm in height, and the diameter of the sun disc is 25 cm. Part of the collections of the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.
June 12, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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Today, @oxfordunipress.bsky.social is unveiling the new report ‘Navigating AI I Education’.

Surveying almost 4,000 students, the study shows that UK pupils have a surprisingly sophisticated attitude towards AI use in the classroom.

Read more in the report here: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
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June 9, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Happy weekend!

Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago! 🐙❤️

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo collage shows four pottery vessels, all creamy yellow in colour, with black painted decoration depicting lively stylised octopuses with writhing arms. All on display at Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. Top L - Minoan storage jar decorated in ‘Marine Style’ with a wide-eyed octopus, argonauts, rocks, and coral. Rounded body which tapers to a narrow circular base. Short cyclindrical neck with black wavy decoration reminiscent of waves. Loop handles attached to the shoulders. Height 55 cm. From Zakros, 1500-1450 BC Top R - The iconic Minoan ‘Marine Style’ flask. Rounded body with short cyclindrical neck out-flared at rim, and two small curved handles attached between the top of the spout and the shoulders of the flask. An almost cartoon-like octopus, with wide eyes and sucker-lined arms. Other motifs include sea urchins, seaweed and rocks. Height 27cm. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC. Bottom L - Minoan alabastron, broad at the base, swelling outwards into a fuller belly before narrowing near the top with a very short cyclindrical neck with flat rim. Decorated in “Marine Style” with a wide-eyed octopus among rocks. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1370 BC. Bottom R - ‘krater’ with rounded body narrowing at the bottom towards the foot. Wide flaring mouth and rim with black painted wavy decoration, and two sturdy handles attached on each side between the top of the mouth and shoulders of the vessel. Decorated with a front facing stylised octopus with wide eyes and tentacles which loop up and down around the body of the pot, 1370-1300 BC.
June 6, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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The Oxford Revise Spanish guides fully prepare you for your exams. Grab yours for that last minute revision that works! You can build confidence and stay on track, and with plenty of original exam practice. Good luck, everyone!
oxfordrevise.com/gcse/spanish/
June 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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martijnspruit.bsky.social
Alan Rickman could read the Oxford Dictionary and I would still swoon, for all I care.
That voice !
June 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Ben’s busy and left us to play. Best songs to sing along with friends:
1. Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Wonderwall, Oasis
3. R.E.S.P.E.C.T., Aretha Franklin
4. Islands In The Stream, Dolly & Kenny
5. Waterloo, ABBA

#fridayfive
June 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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When you use an Oxford comma, you're doing your part to make the world beautiful, meaningful, and understandable.
May 21, 2026 at 7:24 PM