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Jenny Jenkin
@paretothinker.bsky.social
leadership coach, HE commentator, cheerleader for university folk, fan of all things coastal.

#HigherEd #WomeninHE #GenderEquity

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-jenkin-paretothinking
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Quick Monday intro. Hello and lovely to meet you here!
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Beautiful light ! A #foxoftheday in silhouette , taken by Andrea Shaw ( @shaws-light.bsky.social‬ on BlueSky ) , thank you Andrea !
June 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Fantastic Devon Nightjar action this eve. Very little churring, but lots of close flight, contact calls and wing-clapping. Best views I've ever had! Too close to video, quite often. At least 5. #UKBirding
May 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Good morning , thank you to @shaun_emac for sharing today's #foxoftheday . Please keep 'em coming !
June 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
My first bluebells of the year!
April 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Number of UK universities leaving Elon Musk's X grows.

Seven UK universities, including two Russell Group institutions, have left X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Meanwhile, more and more are popping up here on Bluesky.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
March 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Yet women are less likely to be in leadership positions than men.

Good article here countering the meritocracy myth. www.forbes.com/sites/tomasp...
Women, Men, And Meritocracy: A Scientific Perspective
Will the current backlash against diversity and inclusion boost or harm meritocracy?
www.forbes.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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'Once-in-a-lifetime' starling murmuration for Leicestershire village
'Once-in-a-lifetime' starling murmuration for Leicestershire village
One Rearsby resident said she was privileged to have witnessed the spectacle.
www.bbc.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Yet another challenge the whole sector is struggling with, and I would guess almost all of us are finding PhD funding and recruiting a lot harder than Cambridge www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Cambridge risks losing ‘unbelievable talent’ amid PhD funding cut
Warning by vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice comes as ‘Silicon Valley’ planned between Oxford and Cambridge
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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This should disqualify you from standing for election in my view. No representation without taxation.
February 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"What will you do now, with the gift of your left life?" - Duffy's words, carved in stone at Durlston Head. Everytime, they jolt me from autopilot to conscious choice. From guilt-driven yes’s to my choices. What will you do with yours? 🌊

I help female HE leaders find control, confidence & impact.
February 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Mayors shouldn’t accept this cut and neither should we. feweek.co.uk/fury-as-dfe-...
Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets
Combined authorities told to expect reductions in 'already deeply diminished' adult skills funding
feweek.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
So, after many frustrating days of trying, I’ve finally created an account with DeepSeek.

And that’s where it ends.

I’ve singularly failed to elicit any information, useful or otherwise. I hope it’s because there are so many millions of others doing the same. Not my technical incompetence!!
January 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Happy Burns Night one and all!
January 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Blue pool in wareham forest tonight. Breathtaking.
January 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Dorset snowdrops!
January 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Tonight's episode of Digging for Britain (BBC2, 8pm) features the archaeological excavation of the Killerton estate by @nationaltrust.bsky.social and @exeter.ac.uk, in search of a lost Elizabethan manor house. You can read more about this story on our website @ news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
January 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
If it comes good, this will mark real progress.
Women and their partners should be entitled to paid bereavement leave if they experience a miscarriage as part of new employment laws being brought in by the Labour government, MPs have urged.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
MPs and campaigners demand paid bereavement leave for miscarriage
MPs call on government to introduce entitlement to paid bereavement leave for miscarriage in new legislation
www.independent.co.uk
January 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Dear BlueSkyers. Sadly I'm getting many reports of scammers pretending to be me here, incl messaging people with 'investments' . Pls share/help me spread word that, as you know, THIS IS MY ONLY BLUE SKY account (proved as my handle is an official MoneySavingExpert one). All others are scams
January 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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🥳 Happy birthday Wikipedia!

🤝 For 24 years people have volunteered to make knowledge freely available to everyone online.

📖 Our Chief Exec, Lucy Crompton-Reid, reflects on the people-power behind the world's largest encyclopaedia in the latest edition of the RSA journal.
Wikimedia: people-powered - RSA Journal Issue 4 2024
In an age where knowledge is everything, Wikimedia’s behind-the-scenes communities are keeping the lights on and ensuring the truth is told.
buff.ly
January 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.

Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
January 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I’m doing REDJanuary (do check it out) and was utterly delighted when we came across a flock of redwings for today’s rather gentle RED12.

Pic is not mine - they were too quick!!

Happy days….
January 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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A landmark in the academic exodus from X? More than 60 German universities, including Heidelberg and Free University of Berlin, announce X exits, saying: “The values ​​that promote diversity, freedom and science are no longer present on the platform.” www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
January 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I've taken the plunge and set myself up here. Would love to connect with people interested in #HE #universities and anyone else who knows me or would like to!
January 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
RED2
January 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM