Drew Burrett

Incredible decision. Worse still to see the assailant's unrepentant response when asked if he regretted his actions. Surely this sentence must be reviewed. BBC News - Man who fractured cyclist's skull in road rage attack given supervision order www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A fantastic opportunity to invest in the potential to destroy the world as we know it. I can't be alone in questioning how our species ever got to this point. BBC News - Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic risk' to humankind ahead of blockbuster share listing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New project: a live 3D Moon showing tonight’s real phase, with every lunar landing pinned by its country’s flag. I think full screen with readout hidden and a little zoom in, gives the best immersion.. It’s a beta, so please poke at it and tell me what breaks or what can improve it! 🙏

If you can't remember whether the clocks go forward or back in the UK this weekend, here's a handy phrase to help you: the clocks go back this weekend

I am pleased that an article on my research into the professional learning experiences of teachers in Scotland has been published today www.nexus-press.com/journal/FEPR... @iopscotland.bsky.social @colinmcgill.bsky.social @brucenextlevel.bsky.social @mrdissent.bsky.social @drewburrett.bsky.social

I am pleased that your article's main findings articulate so well with what I hope to address through my work at @uogcfte.bsky.social I hope it will also help to convince education leaders to address these findings and give greater prominence to the value of subject specific professional learning.

An interesting piece on Women’s Hour this morning, interviewing the one of the researchers from this study. Seems that even Marie Skłodowska Curie is not important enough to merit inclusion in GCSE and A Level syllabi. Shocking!

Fusion Device xkcd.com/3313/

Approving the Jackdaw gas field solves none of our problems, while contributing to the existential crisis of climate breakdown. The government has privileged special interests above the general interest. It's a shameful, cowardly decision.

More a snitch than a fess. I work in admin for a national courier firm. When you get those "how did the driver do?" feedback emails you are enabling their maximum profit business model by completing them. There are no area managers because you are doing the job for them for free.

I'm sure some of my BSky pals are Jags... Written by my pal Kenny, this is a great read, and a genuinely striking bit of design, with fabulous photography throughout.

Join us in Ayr on 31/10 for conversations 🗣️ about AI and inclusive education, approaches to teaching reading, primary-secondary transitions, teacher health & wellbeing and an introduction to CfTE online, the online portal of @uogcfte.bsky.social See you there: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-qu...

Open Publisher files with Libre Office or Affinity Studio. Both let you edit and export to pdf youtube.com/shorts/8B98N...

Coordinated emails effectively creating a 'denial of service' attack on Scottish schools. This must be more than a prank, but who could be behind it and why? What is there to be gained? BBC News - Police investigating hoax threat emails sent to Scottish schools www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📢Teacher friends! Less than 2️⃣weeks until Pedagoo Queenie👑 Thought-provoking workshops, engaging discussions & the opportunity to meet with curious & creative educators like you 🫵 #connect #share 🗓️11am - 2pm, Saturday 31 October🎃 📍Queen Margaret Academy, Ayr 🔗🆓🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-qu...

2️⃣ weeks until @paulinemurray08.bsky.social hosts Pedagoo Queenie👑 @ Queen Margaret Academy, Ayr. Prof learning #ByTeachersForTeachers 🗣️AI for inclusive ed, staff HWB, pri-sec transitions, life-changing impact of reading for pleasure, intro to CfTE & more 🔗🆓🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-qu...

Scaramucci, Scaramucci, shall I do the fiasco? Blunderbolts and farting, very soon departing… She!

Really useful take on the ongoing expansion and related criticism of AI.

👀⬇️A fab opportunity for teachers to connect, share & learn with like-minded educators🗣️💭 Don’t miss Pedagoo Queenie👑 in Ayr on 31/10🎃. Join @paulinemurray08.bsky.social @senoract.bsky.social @kennypieper.bsky.social @drewburrett.bsky.social @mrdissent.bsky.social @karen-faulds.bsky.social & others🤩

📣Teacher pals! Pedagoo is a sharing space for educators. October break means it’ll soon be Pedagoo Queenie👑 31/10. Time to connect, share & learn with curious & creative people 🔗🆓🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-qu... 🔗🗣️ forms.gle/62WLRjtn9aUS... 🔗 flyer to share drive.google.com/file/d/1B1av...

HIVE MIND - having a bit of a crisis, perhaps someone can help… Does anyone London-ish have a fairly recent model MacBook I might be able to borrow just for a few days? Hoping someone can sort me out 😕

40% of *everything being shipped everywhere on Earth* is fossil fuels Just an absolute laughing-stock clown-show of an energy source. This is laughably absurd, why do we treat this like it's normal and good Fossil fuels are a satirical fuel www.irena.org/-/media/File...

*** NEW POST *** One of the biggest frustrations I come across is an apparent gap between pupils knowing something in the classroom and what they go on to write in the exam. I take a look at why this gap exists and what we can do to address it. enserm.substack.com/p/the-knowin...

For today’s @ftweekend.com I am at the restaurant inside the high end Mayfair furniture shop RH London. And it’s chaos. Warm water. Can’t mix cocktails. Run out of hamburgers. Dull food for bored oligarchs who don’t eat. Have a few quotes and a pic of a £22 baked potato. www.ft.com/content/5993...

We are building a classroom observation tool "Have you sat at the back of a colleague’s lesson and formed a judgement about how good it was? It feels valid. Experienced teachers surely know good teaching when they see it. The evidence says otherwise, and it is worth exploring..." buff.ly/f4DNn8K

👀⬇️A fab opportunity for teachers to connect, share & learn with like-minded educators🗣️💭 Don’t miss Pedagoo Queenie👑 in Ayr on 31/10🎃. Join @paulinemurray08.bsky.social @senoract.bsky.social @kennypieper.bsky.social @drewburrett.bsky.social @mrdissent.bsky.social @karen-faulds.bsky.social & others 🤩

With Halloween coming up, it's time for the reminder to avoid buying/using fake spiderwebs. They can entangle and entrap birds. There's some good alternative ideas on this web page ... birdlife.org.au/news/bird-sa...

Early start on a Saturday. Heading to Crieff to meet delegates at the SATPE Conference, tell them about the work of @uogcfte.bsky.social and show them how to access the resources and events on the cfte-online.gla.ac.uk website

I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.

This is what all the #AI #techbros have been working towards all along...

I haven't blogged in years, but prompted by an email @qualifications.gov.scot I've dusted off some old ideas... drewburrett.substack.com/p/revisiting... Please feel free to comment and share.

Looking forward to speaking to delegates at today's #BGESciences event at @enuteachered.bsky.social about the work of the Centre for Teaching Excellence @uogcfte.bsky.social and the resources available on CfTE Online - cfte-online.gla.ac.uk

The programme for Pedagoo Queenie👑 is filling up but you’ve still time to get involved! Join me @paulinemurray08.bsky.social @senoract.bsky.social @drewburrett.bsky.social @mrdissent.bsky.social @kennypieper.bsky.social @karen-faulds.bsky.social & others in Ayr on 31/10/26. All the links you need ⬇️

Looking forward to this. Have signed up to do a session on the work of @uogcfte.bsky.social, with a walkthrough of the content available through cfte-online.gla.ac.uk

Posting photo collages from our last #PedagooQueenie👑 because we’re back in Ayr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿on 31/10. For more PQ shenanigans 👀📸⬇️ you can 🔗🗣️sign up to lead a parallel session forms.gle/62WLRjtn9aUS... 🔗🆓🎟️register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-qu... 🔗⤵️download & share flyer drive.google.com/file/d/1hgYH...

@uogcfte.bsky.social are co-hosting this event with @tie.scot on LGBT Inclusive Education. It's a great CLPL opportunity for all educators, and will give those new to the work of the Centre a great example of the kinds of professional learning available. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/493601...

This is just free labour for Sainsbury's, who totally coincidentally are the biggest donor to Andy Burnham. This is pointless because Sainsbury's isn't offering 10,000 jobs, it won't even hire 1000 of them. It's just nonsense and free labour.

In the 4th blog in the series I look at the purpose and detailed content of a curriculum strand on the properties of matter stuartphysics.co.uk/2026/08/20/s... @colinmcgill.bsky.social @drewburrett.bsky.social @mrdissent.bsky.social @andrewkbailey13.bsky.social @brucenextlevel.bsky.social

Preparing for a workshop on teaching critical thinking in STEM in light of current, let's say pressures, and decided I should start my talk with a slides that lays out the values that form my premises:

Fantastic.

Wow , just saw a 4 star review of the ADHD Myth ? Documentary in The Guardian - on so many levels it failed as a proper investigative documentary and yet…? It is hard not to despair at just how terrible our journalism is in this country - Relentless damaging mediocrity