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Supporting English & Media teachers and students through publications and classroom resources, online and in-person CPD, student magazines and research.

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EMC Webinar Package – Autumn 2024

Live and on-demand access to all EMC afternoon and twilight webinars during the Autumn term 2024 for the whole department.

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emag & MediaMag

Quarterly magazines for advanced level students.

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Autumn Courses

Full day in-person and online and afternoon webinars.

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The Nottingham Stylistics Toolkit

Free online resource for lang & lit teachers!

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MediaMagazine Production Competition 2024 – Being Seen

Find out who the winners are and watch their videos.

Being Seen
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CurriculumPlus Bespoke Packages

Refresh your KS3 curriculum with EMC CurriculumPlus Bespoke Packages.

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Award-winning publications from EMC

Anthologies, classroom resources, creative writing workbooks and books for teachers.

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New Directions: Language Diversity research and resource pack (Download, EMC_Free)
Awe and Wonder – An EMC Anthology of Nature Writing
EMC Poetry Playlist – Contemporary Voices for the Classroom (Hard copy)
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The Nottingham Stylistics Toolkit (EMC_Free)

In-person & online courses to refresh and stimulate and school-based workshops.

All courses must be booked online before the booking deadline – 8am, two working days before the course. See the courses section for details of our new termly webinar package.

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EMC CPD Online: Teaching Writing for GCSE

Developing confidence and independence in writers for GCSE English Language. NB: This is a repeat course.

18 Sep 2024

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EMC CPD Face-to-Face: Language Investigations for the AL Language NEA

Ideas, tips and resources for successful language investigations. NB: This is a repeat course.

02 Oct 2024

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EMC CPD Online: Course With a Resource – How to Teach a Cluster of Nature Poems at KS3

How to develop a unit of work, what students need to learn when studying poetry at KS3 and how this learning occurs.

03 Oct 2024

EMC Magazines – Subscribe or Renew

Print and online, online-only and print-only packages. Unlimited simultaneous logins at your institution.

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emagazine 105 (September 2024)

emagazine – EMC’s quarterly magazine & subscription website for advanced level English Literature, English Language and Language and Literature students.

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MediaMagazine – EMC’s quarterly magazine and subscription website for advanced level Media and Film Studies students.

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EMC Blog

Informed opinion on current debates, EMC news, recommended sites, reading & resources

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Teaching Writing: Putting Intentions Before Techniques

Barbara Bleiman argues that a focus on meaning and intentions needs to come before a focus on form when teaching writing.

16 Sep 2024

Talking to your SLT about English

Blog by Barbara Bleiman designed to help convince your SLT that English teaching has its own distinctive pedagogy

04 Sep 2024

Rethinking Formative Assessment Working Group

Summary of action research projects by teachers working on formative assessment with the English and Media Centre

18 Jul 2024