Westchester Words: UK and International, Education and Edtech Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:51:04 -0500 http://westchestereducation.co.uk en-gb © 2026 Westchester Words: UK and International, Education and Edtech yes 7020f87f-264b-5549-99f1-d8b3926966f2 Westchester Education UK and International, and guests episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) education, education services, education publishing, project management, content development, editorial services, production services, culturally responsive education, DEI, Westchester Education UK and International, and guests https://storage.buzzsprout.com/t4pb40adaw959uid5980a5wilwrt?.jpg Westchester Words: UK and International, Education and Edtech http://westchestereducation.co.uk UK National Curriculum and Assessment Review with Ger Graus UK National Curriculum and Assessment Review with Ger Graus Rebecca Durose-Croft and Global Education Adviser, Professor Dr. Ger Grause, OBE discuss the UK Curriculum and Assessment Review. The conversation focuses on the changes being proposed, potential long-term impacts for learners, ways to ensure teacher preparedness, and how the recommended changes can be implemented in an equitable manner.

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]]> Rebecca Durose-Croft and Global Education Adviser, Professor Dr. Ger Grause, OBE discuss the UK Curriculum and Assessment Review. The conversation focuses on the changes being proposed, potential long-term impacts for learners, ways to ensure teacher preparedness, and how the recommended changes can be implemented in an equitable manner.

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]]> Westchester Education UK and International, and guests Buzzsprout-18464651 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:00:00 +0000 1312 UK National Curriculum, UK Education, Personalized Learning, Literacy, Digital Literacy, Digital Learning 4 1 full false Accessibility in Educational Resources Accessibility in Educational Resources Westchester Education Content and Services Manager, Emma Hudson, speaks to Stacy Scott, Head of Accessibility at Taylor and Francis about accessibility in educational publishing, including some of Stacy's own experiences as a visually impaired student, what it means to create 'born accessible' content and tips about what publishers need to think about when the European Accessibility Act comes into force in 2025. 

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]]> Westchester Education Content and Services Manager, Emma Hudson, speaks to Stacy Scott, Head of Accessibility at Taylor and Francis about accessibility in educational publishing, including some of Stacy's own experiences as a visually impaired student, what it means to create 'born accessible' content and tips about what publishers need to think about when the European Accessibility Act comes into force in 2025. 

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]]> Westchester Education UK and International, and guests Buzzsprout-14653013 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000 1964 Taylor & Francis, Digital Accessibility, Bookshare, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Screen Reader, Text To Speech, DAISY Consortium, Publishing Accessibility Action Group, Puprle Pound, Metadata, Discoverability, ePub, European Accessibility Act, WCAG 2 3 full false Applying a Global Perspective to Improve English Language teaching Applying a Global Perspective to Improve English Language teaching Rebecca Durose-Croft and Jennifer Cole explain how a global perspective is beneficial when developing content to meet the specific requirements of English Language learners. 

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]]> Rebecca Durose-Croft and Jennifer Cole explain how a global perspective is beneficial when developing content to meet the specific requirements of English Language learners. 

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]]> Westchester Education UK and International, and guests Buzzsprout-13668268 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 21:00:00 +0000 738 English Language Learning, English Language learners, ELL, English Language Teaching, ELT, English Learners, ELs, content development, learning materials, language curriculum, culturally relevant teaching, culturally relevant learning materials 2 2 full false Renewable English Renewable English Managing Director for Education, Rebecca Durose-Croft, talks to Harry Waters, teacher and founder of Renewable English, about giving teachers the tools to raise climate change awareness and how to bring the climate change discussion into the classroom. 

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]]> Managing Director for Education, Rebecca Durose-Croft, talks to Harry Waters, teacher and founder of Renewable English, about giving teachers the tools to raise climate change awareness and how to bring the climate change discussion into the classroom. 

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]]> Westchester Education UK and International, and guests Buzzsprout-12076446 Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +0000 1088 climate change, education, cross-curricular, ELT, secondary education, social justice issues, sustainability, sustainable development goals, SDGs, climate change awareness 2 1 full false Working outside traditional publishing: Supporting foundations, charities and institutions Working outside traditional publishing: Supporting foundations, charities and institutions Rosie Stewart leads a discussion with Tyler Carey and Julie Willis on the ways in which Westchester works with foundations, charities and institutions. This fast-paced and often highly confidential work comes with its own requirements and challenges

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]]> Rosie Stewart leads a discussion with Tyler Carey and Julie Willis on the ways in which Westchester works with foundations, charities and institutions. This fast-paced and often highly confidential work comes with its own requirements and challenges

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]]> Westchester Education UK and International, and guests Buzzsprout-11703041 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 22:00:00 +0000 767 publications, publishing, foundations, charitable organizations, institutions, editorial, editorial services, project management, publication programs, confidentiality, reports 1 9 full false Editorial Processes, Part 2: Working with Freelancers Editorial Processes, Part 2: Working with Freelancers In this second instalment about editorial processes, Rosie Stewart and Kat Mitchell discuss their experiences of working with freelance editors and proofreaders, including the importance of maintaining open communication, and ways in which editing and proofreading have been affected by the development of digital publishing.

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]]> In this second instalment about editorial processes, Rosie Stewart and Kat Mitchell discuss their experiences of working with freelance editors and proofreaders, including the importance of maintaining open communication, and ways in which editing and proofreading have been affected by the development of digital publishing.

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]]> Westchester Education UK and International, and guests Buzzsprout-11182555 Mon, 22 Aug 2022 23:00:00 +0000 746 1 8 full false Editorial Processes, Part 1: Past, Present and Future Editorial Processes, Part 1: Past, Present and Future Rosie Stewart, Editorial and Pre-press Director at River Editorial, in conversation with Kat Mitchell, Publishing Services Manager at emc design, discussing the relationship between design and editorial mark-up, as well as how proofreading methods and mark-up have changed over the past decade, where we are now, and what the future might look like.

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]]> Rosie Stewart, Editorial and Pre-press Director at River Editorial, in conversation with Kat Mitchell, Publishing Services Manager at emc design, discussing the relationship between design and editorial mark-up, as well as how proofreading methods and mark-up have changed over the past decade, where we are now, and what the future might look like.

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]]> Westchester Education UK and International, and Kat Mitchell, emc Design Buzzsprout-11109281 Tue, 09 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0000 1035 Publishing, publishing services, editorial, editing, proofreading 1 7 full false The Importance of Reading Aloud The Importance of Reading Aloud Managing Director, Rebecca Durose-Croft talks to Literacy Consultant Sarah Loader, about what reading aloud can provide, at what age we can read aloud to our children, and how it can promote a lifelong love of reading.

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]]> Managing Director, Rebecca Durose-Croft talks to Literacy Consultant Sarah Loader, about what reading aloud can provide, at what age we can read aloud to our children, and how it can promote a lifelong love of reading.

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]]> Westchester Education UK and International, and guests Buzzsprout-10943398 Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:00:00 +0000 747 literacy, reading aloud, reading skills, reading mastery, phonics, vocabulary acquisition, vocabulary achievement,education, early literacy, primary literacy, literacy skills, literacy competency, 1 6 full false Reading for Pleasure Reading for Pleasure Managing Director, Education, Rebecca Durose-Croft talks to Literacy Consultant Sarah Loader, about reading enjoyment in children post-pandemic.

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]]> Managing Director, Education, Rebecca Durose-Croft talks to Literacy Consultant Sarah Loader, about reading enjoyment in children post-pandemic.

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]]> Westchester Education UK and International, and guests Buzzsprout-10910901 Tue, 05 Jul 2022 22:00:00 +0000 764 reading, phonics, literacy, education, reading for pleasure, early literacy, primary literacy 1 5 full false The Use of Video in Educational Material The Use of Video in Educational Material Content and Services Director, Rebecca Durose-Croft talks with Simon Haynes, producer and owner of film and video production company S H Creative, about how the use of video in educational materials has changed over the past decade, and what the future of video looks like in the advent of new media.

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]]> Content and Services Director, Rebecca Durose-Croft talks with Simon Haynes, producer and owner of film and video production company S H Creative, about how the use of video in educational materials has changed over the past decade, and what the future of video looks like in the advent of new media.

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]]> Westchester Education UK and International, and guests Buzzsprout-10612274 Fri, 13 May 2022 15:00:00 +0000 1420 education, educational materials, educational content, educational video, video content, learning videos 1 4 full false Returning to school: The challenges and benefits – A conversation with Sarah Loader, Literacy Consultant Returning to school: The challenges and benefits – A conversation with Sarah Loader, Literacy Consultant Rebecca Durose-Croft and Sarah Loader continue their conversation from episode 2, discussing some of the challenges and the benefits of returning to school, for children, parents, and educators.

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]]> Rebecca Durose-Croft and Sarah Loader continue their conversation from episode 2, discussing some of the challenges and the benefits of returning to school, for children, parents, and educators.

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]]> Westchester Education UK and International, and guests Buzzsprout-10014985 Sat, 05 Feb 2022 01:00:00 +0000 657 UK, education, school, return to school, challenges, opportunities, parents, students, educators 1 3 full false Westchester Words UK & International - Podcast Trailer Westchester Words UK & International - Podcast Trailer Find all of our episodes on your favorite podcast platform or at our website.

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]]> Westchester Education UK and International, and guests Buzzsprout-10014977 Sat, 05 Feb 2022 01:00:00 +0000 70 1 trailer false Lessons Learnt in Lockdown Lessons Learnt in Lockdown During the first eighteen months of the pandemic, many schools across the UK were on lockdown, with primary and secondary education taking place in the home environment. As a result there was a greater deal of parental involvement in the education of the children. In this episode, Rebecca Durose-Croft has a conversation with literacy consultant, Sarah Loader about the lessons educators and parents learnt as a result of the lockdown, and what will be carried forward as children return to the classroom setting.

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]]> During the first eighteen months of the pandemic, many schools across the UK were on lockdown, with primary and secondary education taking place in the home environment. As a result there was a greater deal of parental involvement in the education of the children. In this episode, Rebecca Durose-Croft has a conversation with literacy consultant, Sarah Loader about the lessons educators and parents learnt as a result of the lockdown, and what will be carried forward as children return to the classroom setting.

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]]> Rebecca Durose-Croft, Westchester Education UK and International, and Sarah Loader, Literacy Consultant Buzzsprout-10014926 Sat, 05 Feb 2022 01:00:00 +0000 929 UK, lockdown, education, parental participation, homeschooling, lessons 1 2 full false How Westchester Education UK Supports Education Publishers and Content Providers How Westchester Education UK Supports Education Publishers and Content Providers A conversation with Rebecca Durose-Croft, Content and Services Director for Westchester Education UK, about how Westchester partners with education publishers, ed-tech providers, and other education entities to create superior curriculum materials for students and teachers.

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]]> A conversation with Rebecca Durose-Croft, Content and Services Director for Westchester Education UK, about how Westchester partners with education publishers, ed-tech providers, and other education entities to create superior curriculum materials for students and teachers.

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