English 4-11

Published three times per year, English 4-11 supports literacy in the primary classroom and is for teachers, including trainee teachers, of primary English. Accessible and lively, the magazine is packed with articles, covering Early Years Education to the end of Key Stage 2. You’ll be inspired by accounts of innovative practice and successful projects, reports of classroom research, reviews of books, software and other resources, interviews with authors, and articles to spark discussion. It is a joint publication of the English Association and the United Kingdom Literacy Association.

English 4-11 is available either via a membership of the English Association, or one off copies can also be purchased.

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Outside Higher Education: Business and English by Rick Rylance, CEO and Dean, SAS

I want to call attention to two myths which concern the employment of English graduates. The first concerns their supposedly forlorn chances in the job market, the second concerns how we imagine our relations with wider society and the economy.   The idea that English graduates are derelicts in employment is annoyingly persistent. It’s also…

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Working Together: The Digital World and English Studies By Tiago Sousa Garcia

Jenny invited me to speak because of my unusual background. I’m not entirely sure how unusual it is, particularly in current company. Although I currently have a degree, MA and doctorate in English Literature, before embarking on the Humanities train, I did a professional course — I think roughly equivalent to a higher apprenticeship, higher…