Emma Kennedy
@emmakeddev.bsky.social
She/her. SFHEA. Educational development, higher education, UCU. Swears and views my own.
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So now we have a confession that that the so-called ‘investigation’ into the Tavistock was nothing more than a way to get it shut down.
Trans kids have died since then, because they can no longer get the healthcare they need.
This is on you @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Trans kids have died since then, because they can no longer get the healthcare they need.
This is on you @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
So now we have a confession that that the so-called ‘investigation’ into the Tavistock was nothing more than a way to get it shut down.
Trans kids have died since then, because they can no longer get the healthcare they need.
This is on you @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Trans kids have died since then, because they can no longer get the healthcare they need.
This is on you @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
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Tomorrow, we hear from Peter Sutcliffe as he launches his new Safer Streets campaign
Hang on!! BBC breakfast have got Kelvin Mackenzie on to talk about HONESTY in relation to news reporting, ARE YOU HAVING A FUCKING LAUGH!!!?
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Tomorrow, we hear from Peter Sutcliffe as he launches his new Safer Streets campaign
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inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
My view this morning. Planning a walk and hoping it won't turn into a swim. Still better than going to work.
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My view this morning. Planning a walk and hoping it won't turn into a swim. Still better than going to work.
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Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
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Proposal to change legal name of University of Greenwich to 'London & South East University Group'. For 2026-27 academic year. If you wanted to change the name of a *single degree programme*, the deadline would be coming up soon. Someone in a hurry? www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications...
Proposed new legal name for the University of Greenwich - Office for Students
We are consulting on a proposed new legal name for the University of Greenwich.
www.officeforstudents.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Proposal to change legal name of University of Greenwich to 'London & South East University Group'. For 2026-27 academic year. If you wanted to change the name of a *single degree programme*, the deadline would be coming up soon. Someone in a hurry? www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications...
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Extraordinary story from @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social: A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived.
One woman: “It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car...He has just wiped me out.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
One woman: “It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car...He has just wiped me out.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Extraordinary story from @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social: A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived.
One woman: “It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car...He has just wiped me out.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
One woman: “It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car...He has just wiped me out.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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FWIW I wrote this. I wrote it in part as a tool to use in persuasion in my own communities.
www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c...
www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c...
Perry: How can AI be used ethically when it’s been linked to suicide?
"It’s not on us, on you and me, to use AI ethically or responsibly. It’s on the companies to build safe, reliable, ethical products," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
FWIW I wrote this. I wrote it in part as a tool to use in persuasion in my own communities.
www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c...
www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c...
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How are all those David Miller defenders feeling now?
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
How are all those David Miller defenders feeling now?
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Devastated to share the news that was broken to colleagues in Music (and other departments) at the University of Nottingham yesterday. This is obviously a very difficult time for us and our students.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Devastated to share the news that was broken to colleagues in Music (and other departments) at the University of Nottingham yesterday. This is obviously a very difficult time for us and our students.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
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"FIFA is an international crime syndicate that occasionally organises football tournaments"
citation John Oliver
citation John Oliver
this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
the first what now
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"FIFA is an international crime syndicate that occasionally organises football tournaments"
citation John Oliver
citation John Oliver
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I was once on a validation panel for a partnership degree with a uni in Malaysia. The documentation promised that staff / students in Malaysia would have the same rights & protections as in the UK. I asked how this was possible in a country where same sex relationships were illegal.
Tumbleweed.
Tumbleweed.
Note the ‘British soil’ bit. My uni has plans to open a campus in China. The VC scoffed at me when I expressed concern that staff and students wouldn’t be able to speak freely, and that - as he said - the curriculum would be censored. It’s the price of doing business.
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I was once on a validation panel for a partnership degree with a uni in Malaysia. The documentation promised that staff / students in Malaysia would have the same rights & protections as in the UK. I asked how this was possible in a country where same sex relationships were illegal.
Tumbleweed.
Tumbleweed.
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Note the ‘British soil’ bit. My uni has plans to open a campus in China. The VC scoffed at me when I expressed concern that staff and students wouldn’t be able to speak freely, and that - as he said - the curriculum would be censored. It’s the price of doing business.
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Note the ‘British soil’ bit. My uni has plans to open a campus in China. The VC scoffed at me when I expressed concern that staff and students wouldn’t be able to speak freely, and that - as he said - the curriculum would be censored. It’s the price of doing business.
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Chasing the money trail on legally processed treasure cases in England & Wales reveals the eye watering public expense of owning / buying heritage that belongs to the nation from the people who found it.
As always @tessmachling.bsky.social is asking the hard but right questions
As always @tessmachling.bsky.social is asking the hard but right questions
Following on from last week's blog on Treasure 'rewards', I've been trying to dig deeper into the numbers.
Although very preliminary, what I've found does not make for happy reading...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/04/l...
Although very preliminary, what I've found does not make for happy reading...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/04/l...
Looking for Treasure…
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Introduction Following on from my blog last week, I have been trying to find out exactly how much is being paid …
bigbookoftorcs.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Chasing the money trail on legally processed treasure cases in England & Wales reveals the eye watering public expense of owning / buying heritage that belongs to the nation from the people who found it.
As always @tessmachling.bsky.social is asking the hard but right questions
As always @tessmachling.bsky.social is asking the hard but right questions
Oceangoing bollocks from Emma Barnett on the Today programme implying David Lammy was 'out shopping' while police were looking for mistakenly-released prisoners. Because what major police operations need most is the deputy PM tagging along to 'look busy'. 🙄
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Oceangoing bollocks from Emma Barnett on the Today programme implying David Lammy was 'out shopping' while police were looking for mistakenly-released prisoners. Because what major police operations need most is the deputy PM tagging along to 'look busy'. 🙄
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The number of people between 16 and 34 who died or were injured in a work-related incident increased by 76% between 1939 and 1946
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The number of people between 16 and 34 who died or were injured in a work-related incident increased by 76% between 1939 and 1946
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I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
Colleagues in staff/educational development - how do you deal with aggression or bullying from workshop attendees? I don't mean people disagreeing or not really participating, but open hostility? I'm not new to it, but wondered if anyone's been finding success here
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Colleagues in staff/educational development - how do you deal with aggression or bullying from workshop attendees? I don't mean people disagreeing or not really participating, but open hostility? I'm not new to it, but wondered if anyone's been finding success here
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I hope it is now obvious why pillars of democracy like universities, the law, public broadcasting should be funded so that they are beyond the reach of financial coercion by hostile agents.
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I hope it is now obvious why pillars of democracy like universities, the law, public broadcasting should be funded so that they are beyond the reach of financial coercion by hostile agents.
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Same reason my colleagues who taught languages moved away from having students do their own family trees as an assignment - it can be a sensitive subject, and there are plenty of other ways to rehearse that vocabulary.
Gotta say, there's never been a *good* time for assignments that require students to track their weight and calorie intake, but right when rates of food insecurity are going through the roof is definitely one of the worst times for it 👀
November 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Same reason my colleagues who taught languages moved away from having students do their own family trees as an assignment - it can be a sensitive subject, and there are plenty of other ways to rehearse that vocabulary.
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In addition to the excellent suggestions below:
give schools a library budget, and allow them to carve out space for there to be a library (a lot of primary schools don't have one, which is frankly astounding)
Bring back mobile libraries, so the books go where the people are
give schools a library budget, and allow them to carve out space for there to be a library (a lot of primary schools don't have one, which is frankly astounding)
Bring back mobile libraries, so the books go where the people are
If you want kids to read:
-Reopen the closed libraries
-Give them free books
-Sponsor author visits in schools with high % pupil premium or FSM students
-Work on adult literacy
Then Y8s will have a chance of passing this test
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
-Reopen the closed libraries
-Give them free books
-Sponsor author visits in schools with high % pupil premium or FSM students
-Work on adult literacy
Then Y8s will have a chance of passing this test
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests
Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In addition to the excellent suggestions below:
give schools a library budget, and allow them to carve out space for there to be a library (a lot of primary schools don't have one, which is frankly astounding)
Bring back mobile libraries, so the books go where the people are
give schools a library budget, and allow them to carve out space for there to be a library (a lot of primary schools don't have one, which is frankly astounding)
Bring back mobile libraries, so the books go where the people are
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Were you outraged by this salary? Now is the time to do something about it and support British Library workers #BritishLibraryOnStrike www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
November 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Were you outraged by this salary? Now is the time to do something about it and support British Library workers #BritishLibraryOnStrike www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
Made beetroot, carrot and ginger soup, for cosy season (and also 'three minutes in the microwave for a warming delicious lunch' season). 🥕🫚
November 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Made beetroot, carrot and ginger soup, for cosy season (and also 'three minutes in the microwave for a warming delicious lunch' season). 🥕🫚
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Laurence Fox wrote a song about Charlie Kirk, and this is the only comment on it.
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Laurence Fox wrote a song about Charlie Kirk, and this is the only comment on it.