Joint statement on the proposed National Tutoring Programme The subject associations for English recognise that the last year has seen a disruption to young people’s education unlike any other since the Evacuation of the Second World War, and welcomes all efforts to provide recovery from the losses sustained in education and welfare, including the £76m…
Supporting English Studies You will be all too aware that this is an extremely difficult time for colleagues in English studies across the sector. Some of these stories have received a great deal of publicity; others have not. Over the last 12 months we have worked directly with a number of departments, in collaboration with…
Jump to: Summary Consultation response UPDATED: Consultation outcome Summary The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), which regulates qualifications, examinations and assessments in England, made a call to teaching professionals as a means of providing support to schools and colleges to help reduce the impact on learning due to the disruption in education caused…
Download the full statement as a PDF The English Association commits to being an anti-racist organisation and stands against any type of racism and racist activity. This means that we recognise that, as an organisation, and as individuals who make up that organisation, we are part of a society in which racial inequality…
Press Release Forty-nine professional academic associations issue call for “new deal for higher education.” As UK higher education institutions reportedly fall in the global rankings ,[1] forty-nine professional associations representing diverse academic research fields and thousands of UK-based academics wrote today to Education Ministers in the UK and devolved governments calling for “a new deal for…
The English Association and University English have submitted a joint response to the consultation on UKRI’s proposed Open Access policy. Open access (OA)refers to the removal of price and permission barriers to peer-reviewed research. It refers to peer-reviewed research disseminated online in a digital format without a paywall and published under some form of open license. OA…
Primary Phase The English Association supports the use of systematic synthetic phonics teaching as part of a broad and balanced approach to the teaching of early reading. The 2019 Ofsted ‘Education inspection framework: Overview of research’ is clear that ‘Phonics is only one component of learning to read’ (p. 21). This is supported also by…
Ofsted invited responses to their proposals for changes to the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) framework. The framework will be published in summer 2020. The English Association’s Primary and Secondary Education Committees responded to the consultation as follows; thank you to Dr Penny Amott and Dr Joan Foley for their work on this response. Primary Phase…
The English Association was founded in 1906 with the aim of fostering knowledge, understanding and the enjoyment of the English language and its literatures, as well as good practice in teaching and learning at every level. It was granted a Royal Charter in 2006. The Association has 293 Fellows, senior figures who have made a…