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Conferences

UKLA International Conference 2019

Literacy and Play for All: Improvisation, possibility and imagination Friday 12th to Sunday 14th July 2019 Sheffield Institute of Education

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Celebrate Schools

Do you know the next UKLA Literacy School of the Year?

Entries for the 2019 Award are welcomed until 8 January 2019

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UKLA Bookshop

New Minibook

Creative Planning with Whole Texts

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Free Resources

Knowledge and inspiration

Resources for all

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Cutting Edge Research

Explore UKLA Research

Apply for a UKLA Research Grant by 1 November 2018!

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International

UKLA Internationally

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Margaret M Clark OBE debates the phonics screening test and the evidence behind it.
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Why the Government’s Latest Phonics Funding Could Be Better Used Elsewhere
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UKLA and LoveReading launch a new scheme for teachers

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