Jon Wheatley
@comms-jon.bsky.social
Comms Professional in HE. Currently Head of Comms and marketing at
@UCLEngineering
. Like being outdoors, ideally on a bicycle. Views my own. Obvs.
@UCLEngineering
. Like being outdoors, ideally on a bicycle. Views my own. Obvs.
At #HEM25 listening to Lizzie Burrows @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social paint a picture of the challenging landscape of UKHE
July 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
At #HEM25 listening to Lizzie Burrows @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social paint a picture of the challenging landscape of UKHE
This is excellent
I know we're all focused on the US psychodrama right now, but... what should we be doing in the UK, as our spluttering economy lurches into yet another crisis?
I've written a new personal post on what the UK needs to do now...
acjsissons.medium.com/what-now-for...
I've written a new personal post on what the UK needs to do now...
acjsissons.medium.com/what-now-for...
What now for the UK economy?
The UK economy is facing yet another crisis. After Covid, the 2022 gas crisis and the Liz Truss bond market fiasco, we now have to face the…
acjsissons.medium.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is excellent
Reposted by Jon Wheatley
I'll run through the main immediate / obvious things the UK govt needs to do in service of this:
1. Fix the crisis in our universities.
Something we're good at? Check
Huge exporter? Check
Important anchor for most of our cities? Check
The universities problem cannot go unchecked.
1. Fix the crisis in our universities.
Something we're good at? Check
Huge exporter? Check
Important anchor for most of our cities? Check
The universities problem cannot go unchecked.
April 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I'll run through the main immediate / obvious things the UK govt needs to do in service of this:
1. Fix the crisis in our universities.
Something we're good at? Check
Huge exporter? Check
Important anchor for most of our cities? Check
The universities problem cannot go unchecked.
1. Fix the crisis in our universities.
Something we're good at? Check
Huge exporter? Check
Important anchor for most of our cities? Check
The universities problem cannot go unchecked.
Upset by the lack of hum
January 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Upset by the lack of hum
Well this is bloody rubbish. Feeling for Tom and all the other authors wondering if they can pay the bills.
Yesterday the Bookseller ran a piece on the reasons why I - and other authors attached to my publisher - have not been paid.
www.thebookseller.com/news/exclusi...
www.thebookseller.com/news/exclusi...
Exclusive: Unbound faces 'financial uncertainty' as authors wait for delayed payments
Crowdfunding publisher Unbound’s new CEO has expressed her "deepest regret" after authors and freelance contributors reported missed and late payments for their work.
www.thebookseller.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Well this is bloody rubbish. Feeling for Tom and all the other authors wondering if they can pay the bills.
Reposted by Jon Wheatley
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December 20, 2024 at 11:05 PM
We are hiring. Come and work with us at the Institute of Making : www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/blog/we-are-...
Time to get the Dark is Rising off the bookshelf again
December 21, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Time to get the Dark is Rising off the bookshelf again
It’s great seeing people I actually follow on here but it’s strange how x conditions you to infinite scroll. I’m not being fed random content and I’ve forgotten how to interact
November 30, 2024 at 8:47 AM
It’s great seeing people I actually follow on here but it’s strange how x conditions you to infinite scroll. I’m not being fed random content and I’ve forgotten how to interact
Late night in Chinatown
November 21, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Late night in Chinatown
Coming to the end of a relaxing view days in Perth. I hear it’s snowing in the uk. This is deeply troubling.
November 20, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Coming to the end of a relaxing view days in Perth. I hear it’s snowing in the uk. This is deeply troubling.
Got a student recruitment trip on the other side of the world tomorrow. Cue 18 hours on a plane. Excited and apprehensive.
November 8, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Got a student recruitment trip on the other side of the world tomorrow. Cue 18 hours on a plane. Excited and apprehensive.
Oh look. I can see the posts of people I actually follow. This is novel.
November 7, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Oh look. I can see the posts of people I actually follow. This is novel.
Twitter continues to burn. Will this be the next big thing? Or one of the others. Either way, I'm here now.
October 5, 2023 at 12:39 PM
Twitter continues to burn. Will this be the next big thing? Or one of the others. Either way, I'm here now.
Might try and spend a bit more time here...
September 4, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Might try and spend a bit more time here...