The thing with #BrewEds #PrimaryRocks and I'm guessing the same applies to #ResearchEd is you can go to an event and instantly change as a teacher. There's always something there that you want to add/remove from your practice

or something that really shapes you and your "why" when it comes to teaching

They're accessible. Two examples of how these events have changed me are @DrSamSims at Essex BrewEd on teacher retention and @TemplarWilson on reading at #PrimaryRocks.

These are the best two but there are many others.

I don't think university based research and publications really hit teachers directly. They're too abstract and academic. They're often vague and philosophical.

If university staff want to "muscle" in on #PrimaryRocks #BrewEd and #researchED they need to up their game, namely by making their research more accessible, more relevant and, in some cases, less ideologically/politically loaded and prescriptive.