Deborah
@drdebs1.bsky.social
Academic, lecturer, teacher educator, educational researcher, science specialist, former teacher
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Covid infections have never gone away. Just transparency. When the government declared the Pandemic over they:
Ended testing
Masking
Restricted vaccines
Ended transparency on the stats
It’s not over folks.
Ended testing
Masking
Restricted vaccines
Ended transparency on the stats
It’s not over folks.
October 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Covid infections have never gone away. Just transparency. When the government declared the Pandemic over they:
Ended testing
Masking
Restricted vaccines
Ended transparency on the stats
It’s not over folks.
Ended testing
Masking
Restricted vaccines
Ended transparency on the stats
It’s not over folks.
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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VACANCY: Lecturer in Sociology (13 months, starting Jan 2026)
Closing date: 20 Oct 2025
Teaching PG modules on ‘Social Theory: Structure, Relations & Interaction’ & ‘Research Design’.
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Closing date: 20 Oct 2025
Teaching PG modules on ‘Social Theory: Structure, Relations & Interaction’ & ‘Research Design’.
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
October 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
VACANCY: Lecturer in Sociology (13 months, starting Jan 2026)
Closing date: 20 Oct 2025
Teaching PG modules on ‘Social Theory: Structure, Relations & Interaction’ & ‘Research Design’.
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Closing date: 20 Oct 2025
Teaching PG modules on ‘Social Theory: Structure, Relations & Interaction’ & ‘Research Design’.
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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The National Institute of Teaching has been granted the power to award degrees, in a move it says takes it closer to becoming a 'specialist, school-led university for the teaching profession'
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National Institute of Teaching gains degree-awarding powers
Move means government's flagship teacher training provider will award its own PGCE to trainees
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June 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The National Institute of Teaching has been granted the power to award degrees, in a move it says takes it closer to becoming a 'specialist, school-led university for the teaching profession'
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Early career teachers and their mentors have struggled with a 'high and complex' workload, a review of the government’s Early Career Framework has found
Early career teachers struggled with workload, finds ECF review
The Early Career Framework has been ‘mostly successful’, despite various challenges. Here are seven key messages
www.tes.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Early career teachers and their mentors have struggled with a 'high and complex' workload, a review of the government’s Early Career Framework has found
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🧵/ This heartbreaking case highlights why so many doctors like me have been begging NHS England & the Dept of Health to stop endangering NHS patients by substituting doctors with non-medically trained PAs
We've been dismissed & smeared as "toxic bullies".
Please read this thread & decide.
We've been dismissed & smeared as "toxic bullies".
Please read this thread & decide.
February 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🧵/ This heartbreaking case highlights why so many doctors like me have been begging NHS England & the Dept of Health to stop endangering NHS patients by substituting doctors with non-medically trained PAs
We've been dismissed & smeared as "toxic bullies".
Please read this thread & decide.
We've been dismissed & smeared as "toxic bullies".
Please read this thread & decide.
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UK universities warned to ‘stress-test’ assessments as 92% of students use AI
UK universities warned to ‘stress-test’ assessments as 92% of students use AI
Survey of 1,000 students shows ‘explosive increase’ in use of generative AI in particular over past 12 months
British universities have been warned to “stress-test” all assessments after new research revealed “almost all” undergraduates are using…
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
UK universities warned to ‘stress-test’ assessments as 92% of students use AI
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Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.
February 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.
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This example couldn’t illustrate more effectively the costly, inefficient madness of swapping triage by highly trained & skilled GPs with a whole cacophony of unnecessary scans, radiation, appointments & bureaucracy.
If this is really Labour’s vision of the future NHS, it’s wildly misguided.
If this is really Labour’s vision of the future NHS, it’s wildly misguided.
So this is the new great idea🤔
I’m pretty sure if Sarah had seen a GP she wouldn’t have needed to have a CT scan, no need to speak to the ENT registrar & yes it could be managed in the community
Why does NHS England always underestimate the skills of GPs?
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
I’m pretty sure if Sarah had seen a GP she wouldn’t have needed to have a CT scan, no need to speak to the ENT registrar & yes it could be managed in the community
Why does NHS England always underestimate the skills of GPs?
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
January 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This example couldn’t illustrate more effectively the costly, inefficient madness of swapping triage by highly trained & skilled GPs with a whole cacophony of unnecessary scans, radiation, appointments & bureaucracy.
If this is really Labour’s vision of the future NHS, it’s wildly misguided.
If this is really Labour’s vision of the future NHS, it’s wildly misguided.
Lee Shulman coined the term 'pedagogical content knowledge' to represent the specialist knowledge needed by teachers to make content knowledge meaningful and accessible to learners. Such an influential figure for teachers and teaching.
He was a leading advocate for the importance of professional expertise in teaching. Lee Shulman passed away on Dec 30 at the age of 86. A legend who leaves a huge legacy. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie... @pmdewitt.bsky.social @pasisahlberg.bsky.social
Lee Shulman Obituary (1938 - 2024) - Legacy Remembers
View Lee Shulman's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
www.legacy.com
January 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Lee Shulman coined the term 'pedagogical content knowledge' to represent the specialist knowledge needed by teachers to make content knowledge meaningful and accessible to learners. Such an influential figure for teachers and teaching.
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Since 1997 there have been no less than 25 commissions, select committee inquiries & white papers on social care.
Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by...
... announcing the 26th one 😳
Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by...
... announcing the 26th one 😳
January 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Since 1997 there have been no less than 25 commissions, select committee inquiries & white papers on social care.
Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by...
... announcing the 26th one 😳
Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by...
... announcing the 26th one 😳
Neil Young pulls out of Glastonbury 2025, claiming festival is ‘under corporate control’ of BBC www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Neil Young pulls out of Glastonbury 2025, claiming festival is ‘under corporate control’ of BBC
The 79-year-old musician says the BBC ‘wanted us to do a lot of things in a way we were not interested in’
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Neil Young pulls out of Glastonbury 2025, claiming festival is ‘under corporate control’ of BBC www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
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Unions have urged schools still using performance-related pay (PRP) to ditch the 'shoddy practice', after polling reveals some have retained it
Ditch performance-related pay, unions tell schools
New survey reveals some teachers still have performance targets linked to exam results
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December 1, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Unions have urged schools still using performance-related pay (PRP) to ditch the 'shoddy practice', after polling reveals some have retained it
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"Middle-class women of a certain age to the south-west, Sir. A handful of 'em."
December 1, 2024 at 4:17 PM
"Middle-class women of a certain age to the south-west, Sir. A handful of 'em."
Welcome news given recent changes in requirements so soon after their introduction.
🔎 Exclusive: Ofsted inspections of initial teacher training providers are set to be postponed for this academic year, Schools Week understands
Teacher training inspections 'postponed until January 2026'
Ofsted inspections initial teacher training providers are set to be paused for this academic year, Schools Week understands.
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November 26, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Welcome news given recent changes in requirements so soon after their introduction.
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Working memory and teaching in Primary
🤔Does breaking things down into sequences work for all primary students?
🤔Can we use the same rehearsal and retrieval methods with everyone in a primary class?
🤔Can all in a primary class pay the same amount of attention?
(Gathercole and Alloway)
🤔Does breaking things down into sequences work for all primary students?
🤔Can we use the same rehearsal and retrieval methods with everyone in a primary class?
🤔Can all in a primary class pay the same amount of attention?
(Gathercole and Alloway)
November 18, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Working memory and teaching in Primary
🤔Does breaking things down into sequences work for all primary students?
🤔Can we use the same rehearsal and retrieval methods with everyone in a primary class?
🤔Can all in a primary class pay the same amount of attention?
(Gathercole and Alloway)
🤔Does breaking things down into sequences work for all primary students?
🤔Can we use the same rehearsal and retrieval methods with everyone in a primary class?
🤔Can all in a primary class pay the same amount of attention?
(Gathercole and Alloway)
I'm a new arrival over here and appreciating the Edu starter packs - thanks. 👋
November 18, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I'm a new arrival over here and appreciating the Edu starter packs - thanks. 👋
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I'm hunting down every last one of you lovely ITE / ITT folk. I'm mainly relying on people's bios to determine who might want to be included here, so if I've missed you, let me know and I will update this list.
Reposts appreciated 👍
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Reposts appreciated 👍
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November 18, 2024 at 1:10 PM
I'm hunting down every last one of you lovely ITE / ITT folk. I'm mainly relying on people's bios to determine who might want to be included here, so if I've missed you, let me know and I will update this list.
Reposts appreciated 👍
go.bsky.app/FZXkStn
Reposts appreciated 👍
go.bsky.app/FZXkStn