# Tom Crick

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Citizen-centred tech

Professor Tom Crick speaks to Brian Runciman about Wales’ science and technology reform and what our aspiration should be for digital skills and achieving a digitally competent population. In the context of Palantir and other large organisations interest in health data, how can and should we protec…

5 ‘Levelling the playing field: A Review of Mentoring in the CaBan Initial Teacher Education programme’ with Dr Luke Jones and Gethin Foulkes

Professor Tom Crick is joined by Dr Luke Jones and Gethin Foulkes to discuss their article, ‘Levelling the playing field: A Review of Mentoring in the CaBan Initial Teacher Education programme’. https://doi.org/10.16922/wje.24.2.3

6 ‘Primary school parent governors in a deprived south Wales community: how do their experiences contribute to our understanding of school governance?’ with Dr Allan Glyndwr Meredith

Professor Tom Crick talks to Dr Allan Glyndwr Meredith about his article ‘Primary school parent governors in a deprived south Wales community: how do their experiences contribute to our understanding of school governance?’ Read the article: https://doi.org/10.16922/wje.25.2.3 Visit the Wales Jour…

8 ‘Defining Parental Engagement in ITE: from relationships to partnerships’ with Professor Janet Goodall

Professor Janet Goodall and Professor Tom Crick discuss the article ‘Defining Parental Engagement in ITE’, which presents a unique view of the perceived value of parental engagement with children’s learning within Initial Teacher Education (ITE) in Wales, the first such investigation of its kind. …

Innovating for Change: Youth, Climate, and the Science Centres of Tomorrow

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Week 54: Waterland

Graham Swift's prize winning novel is set in the Fens of eastern England and fluctuates across multiple timelines. The narrator, Tom Crick, is a 52 year old history teacher who recounts stories of his family history and their deeply buried secrets. At its heart, the novel reflects history's purpose…

Sue Sentance on Computing in Schools in the UK & Ireland

Computing is widely taught in schools in the UK and Ireland, but how does the subject vary across primary and secondary education in Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland? We spoke to Sue Sentance, at the University of Cambridge about her paper Computing in School in the UK & Ireland: A Comparative …

13 ‘Languages Connect Us: An Investigation into Learner Perspectives on International Languages in Secondary Schools in Wales’ with Elin Arfon and Glesni Owen

The number of learners opting to study languages at GCSE other than Welsh and English has been in steep decline in secondary schools in Wales. Tom Crick talks to Elin Arfon and Glesni Owen about their article, which seeks to understand the factors influencing learner perspectives on studying langua…

16 ‘Vulnerable Learner Provision and Engagement in a post-pandemic world: preliminary evidence from a Welsh local authority’ with Alex McInch

In this episode, Tom Crick is joined by Alex McInch to discuss research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Vulnerable Learners in a south Wales local authority. The findings discuss the changing nature and profile of vulnerable learners; the range of vulnerable learner provision; as well as,…

17 ‘Policy and Professional Development for Generative AI in Welsh Education’ with Stephen Atherton

Stephen Atherton and Tom Crick explore how teachers and schools across Wales are already using generative AI, the gaps in policy, professional learning and institutional support, and the opportunities and challenges for teaching, assessment and inclusion. They also consider what this means for the…