Simon Asquith
@simonasquith.bsky.social
University lecturer and researcher in Educational Leadership. Eden Valley, Cumbria and University of Birmingham, UK. Hills, old boats and good dog walks.
Enjoying the work of the Univ of Manchester team on critical leadership at #belmasoffice.bsky.social @belmasoffice.bsky.social annual conference in Brighton, UK.
July 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Enjoying the work of the Univ of Manchester team on critical leadership at #belmasoffice.bsky.social @belmasoffice.bsky.social annual conference in Brighton, UK.
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The BELMAS Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 5th July during the 2025 BELMAS Conference in Brighton.
Members will have the chance to submit questions in advance for the Trustee Board to address during the meeting. Find out more and submit your questions here: tinyurl.com/y2eecvew
Members will have the chance to submit questions in advance for the Trustee Board to address during the meeting. Find out more and submit your questions here: tinyurl.com/y2eecvew
June 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The BELMAS Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 5th July during the 2025 BELMAS Conference in Brighton.
Members will have the chance to submit questions in advance for the Trustee Board to address during the meeting. Find out more and submit your questions here: tinyurl.com/y2eecvew
Members will have the chance to submit questions in advance for the Trustee Board to address during the meeting. Find out more and submit your questions here: tinyurl.com/y2eecvew
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If you’re joining us at the BELMAS Conference in Brighton this July, we invite you to come along to our sessions from the BELMAS RIGS. Please note that a handful of the RIG sessions will also be held online for those not attending the conference.
Get all the details: tinyurl.com/yc5y5fkr
Get all the details: tinyurl.com/yc5y5fkr
June 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If you’re joining us at the BELMAS Conference in Brighton this July, we invite you to come along to our sessions from the BELMAS RIGS. Please note that a handful of the RIG sessions will also be held online for those not attending the conference.
Get all the details: tinyurl.com/yc5y5fkr
Get all the details: tinyurl.com/yc5y5fkr
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this would be so sad... please sign the petition!
Crummock Water #LakeDistrict - Day 5 of 7 posts showcasing its beauty which will be lost forever if United Utilities carries out its plan to reduce the water level by 4.6 feet. Find out more here and sign the petition: change.org/p/stop-unite... ...please share to raise awareness
April 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
this would be so sad... please sign the petition!
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Remember Fiona Hill? She’s now sounding the alarm again: “We’re definitely on a path toward full-on state repression. There’s no question about it. I’ve thought about this for an extraordinarily long time.” When Fiona speaks, we should all listen.
April 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Remember Fiona Hill? She’s now sounding the alarm again: “We’re definitely on a path toward full-on state repression. There’s no question about it. I’ve thought about this for an extraordinarily long time.” When Fiona speaks, we should all listen.
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Bluesky – we’re so happy to be here!
March 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Bluesky – we’re so happy to be here!
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Mark Carney wins Liberal leadership by landslide - 86% of the vote in 4 way contest - so will be Canada's PM and lead the party into a general election which has gone from certain defeat to a competitive election
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Mark Carney to be next Canada PM after winning Liberal leadership race
Former central banker will be only second prime minister in Canadian history without a seat in parliament
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Mark Carney wins Liberal leadership by landslide - 86% of the vote in 4 way contest - so will be Canada's PM and lead the party into a general election which has gone from certain defeat to a competitive election
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Truth Matters on Trump... open.substack.com/pub/politics...
The only person that can stop Trump, is his own incompetence?
As we come to the end of yet another week of chaos, it’s becoming more and more evident that the wheels are coming off the Trump express train.
open.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Truth Matters on Trump... open.substack.com/pub/politics...
My God, @vicderbyshire.bsky.social is amazing at how she poker faces Trump's acolytes. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My God, @vicderbyshire.bsky.social is amazing at how she poker faces Trump's acolytes. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Well done the Marsh Family!
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Well done the Marsh Family!
Well done the Marsh family!
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Well done the Marsh family!
So I and many others now have a long night of listening to podcasts!!
@therestpolitics.bsky.social @newsagents.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @scaramucci.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social
@therestpolitics.bsky.social @newsagents.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @scaramucci.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
So I and many others now have a long night of listening to podcasts!!
@therestpolitics.bsky.social @newsagents.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @scaramucci.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social
@therestpolitics.bsky.social @newsagents.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @scaramucci.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social
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The "reporter" asking why Zelensky never wears a suit is a propagandist by the name of Brian Glenn with "Real America's Voice TV", one of the propaganda outlets now front-and-centre in the White House press shop. More on Brian here: inews.co.uk/news/world/t...
Trump’s latest outrage against the media is right out of Putin’s playbook
Trump is punishing media that do not do his bidding - and killing America’s free press
inews.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The "reporter" asking why Zelensky never wears a suit is a propagandist by the name of Brian Glenn with "Real America's Voice TV", one of the propaganda outlets now front-and-centre in the White House press shop. More on Brian here: inews.co.uk/news/world/t...
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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EXCL: Keir Starmer’s decision to cut foreign aid budget to pay for increased defence is a “strategic mistake” that will add to burden on Britain’s armed forces, former army chief tells @alethaadu
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer’s cut to aid budget a ‘strategic mistake’, says former army head
Exclusive: Gen Lord Richard Dannatt warns ‘shortsighted’ move will ultimately add to burden on Britain’s armed forces
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
EXCL: Keir Starmer’s decision to cut foreign aid budget to pay for increased defence is a “strategic mistake” that will add to burden on Britain’s armed forces, former army chief tells @alethaadu
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"Understanding risk probably represents my greatest area of learning as a CEO...This learning shifted my thinking from believing that risk is all about keeping us safe, to seeing it as something that allows us to know our organisations better so that we can do more. It can release our potential."
February 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Understanding risk probably represents my greatest area of learning as a CEO...This learning shifted my thinking from believing that risk is all about keeping us safe, to seeing it as something that allows us to know our organisations better so that we can do more. It can release our potential."
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How can we maximise our opportunities as trust leaders to improve educational outcomes for children? Find out more in the New Domains of Educational Leadership written by our Chief Executive @leoracruddas.bsky.social: https://t.co/zZW4M9DXjO.
@hachettelearning.bsky.social
@hachettelearning.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How can we maximise our opportunities as trust leaders to improve educational outcomes for children? Find out more in the New Domains of Educational Leadership written by our Chief Executive @leoracruddas.bsky.social: https://t.co/zZW4M9DXjO.
@hachettelearning.bsky.social
@hachettelearning.bsky.social
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Terrific article from Peter Hyman in the New Statesman makes ng sense of how we should respond to current cataclysms www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
Donald Trump is right. There is a “swamp”, but it’s the left that must drain it
The left needs an agenda to reinvent the failing state.
www.newstatesman.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Terrific article from Peter Hyman in the New Statesman makes ng sense of how we should respond to current cataclysms www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
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NEW: The Education Maintenance Allowance, a weekly cash transfer to disadvantaged students aged 16-19, did not improve their long-run outcomes.
The EMA only provided around 40p of benefits to students for every £1 spent.
THREAD on our new @nuffieldfoundation.org-funded report:
[1/10]
The EMA only provided around 40p of benefits to students for every £1 spent.
THREAD on our new @nuffieldfoundation.org-funded report:
[1/10]
February 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
NEW: The Education Maintenance Allowance, a weekly cash transfer to disadvantaged students aged 16-19, did not improve their long-run outcomes.
The EMA only provided around 40p of benefits to students for every £1 spent.
THREAD on our new @nuffieldfoundation.org-funded report:
[1/10]
The EMA only provided around 40p of benefits to students for every £1 spent.
THREAD on our new @nuffieldfoundation.org-funded report:
[1/10]
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We are keen to learn from organisations and individuals with expertise around EdTech who are willing to share their knowledge and views by submitting evidence via this open call by no later than 10 March 2025.
Submit evidence here: docs.google.com/form...
#EdTech
Submit evidence here: docs.google.com/form...
#EdTech
February 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
We are keen to learn from organisations and individuals with expertise around EdTech who are willing to share their knowledge and views by submitting evidence via this open call by no later than 10 March 2025.
Submit evidence here: docs.google.com/form...
#EdTech
Submit evidence here: docs.google.com/form...
#EdTech
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@paulmason.bsky.social on the 2.5% hike. Some good points, not least on the nuclear situation and the UK's land forces challenge. @theneweuropean.bsky.social
To rearm properly, Britain must borrow
Spending 2.5% of GDP on defence is a good start – but it’s not enough
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
@paulmason.bsky.social on the 2.5% hike. Some good points, not least on the nuclear situation and the UK's land forces challenge. @theneweuropean.bsky.social
@paulmason.bsky.social on the 2.5% hike. Some good points, not least on the nuclear situation and the UK's land forces challenge. @theneweuropean.bsky.social
To rearm properly, Britain must borrow
Spending 2.5% of GDP on defence is a good start – but it’s not enough
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
@paulmason.bsky.social on the 2.5% hike. Some good points, not least on the nuclear situation and the UK's land forces challenge. @theneweuropean.bsky.social
"...his most dangerous opponents, Reform and Farage, have indelibly linked themselves with the source of the chaos- a revanchist America under Trump, with its petty obsessions, and frenzied delusions." Sound analysis of Starmer's new opportunities by @lewisgoodall.com
These are dark days. But for Starmer, the collapse of the old order is a moment of political promise. He can use it to remake his premiership and the continent: new political space has unfolded before him in every direction.
Will he seize it? New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Will he seize it? New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Europe’s darkest moment could be Starmer’s biggest opportunity
The collapse of the old order is a moment of political possibility. Starmer must seize it.
open.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"...his most dangerous opponents, Reform and Farage, have indelibly linked themselves with the source of the chaos- a revanchist America under Trump, with its petty obsessions, and frenzied delusions." Sound analysis of Starmer's new opportunities by @lewisgoodall.com