The BAWESS Project
bawess.bsky.social
The BAWESS Project
@bawess.bsky.social
Welcome to the official Bluesky account of the BAWESS project at the University of Bath! Here you can find all the latest updates about this ground-breaking corpus linguistics project to promote disciplinary literacy at secondary school level.
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Disciplinary literacy & corpus-based pedagogy: The BAWESS project

A 3-year national project for UK and International secondary schools 

Find out more about how your school can participate at our website or contact [email protected]

#thebawessproject #disciplinaryliteracy #UniOfBath
Disciplinary literacy & corpus-based pedagogy: The BAWESS project
This project will investigate disciplinary literacy writing development in exam years and develop teaching resources to support writing for high-stakes exams.
www.bath.ac.uk
Annual survey of primary school staff underlines the importance of literacy learning at all stages of childhood:

#thebawessproject #UniOfBath
Nearly a third of kids can't use books when starting school - and try to swipe them like phones
Staff also report around 28% of children started school unable to eat and drink independently, and 25% had difficulty with basic life skills.
news.sky.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Pedagogical adaptation for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is one of the key recommendations from the National Curriculum review of 2025. #thebawessproject #SEND #NationalCurriculumReview2025 #UniOfBath
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
January 23, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Disciplinary literacy & corpus-based pedagogy: The BAWESS project

A 3-year national project for UK and International secondary schools 

Find out more about how your school can participate at our website or contact [email protected]

#thebawessproject #disciplinaryliteracy #UniOfBath
Disciplinary literacy & corpus-based pedagogy: The BAWESS project
This project will investigate disciplinary literacy writing development in exam years and develop teaching resources to support writing for high-stakes exams.
www.bath.ac.uk
January 21, 2026 at 1:51 PM