Mark Holloway
@markgh.bsky.social
Father, husband, #WBA supporter. Making slow progress with an Ed D on the value of the Personal in Writing (I think) while working in Higher Education. Still believe in education as a force for good.
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The UK electricity is already the most expensive in the world.
Price set to rise again in October as Ofgem's pricing formula lets companies rip people off.
Who protects the people?
Price set to rise again in October as Ofgem's pricing formula lets companies rip people off.
Who protects the people?
August 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The UK electricity is already the most expensive in the world.
Price set to rise again in October as Ofgem's pricing formula lets companies rip people off.
Who protects the people?
Price set to rise again in October as Ofgem's pricing formula lets companies rip people off.
Who protects the people?
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‘In the second half of the 20th century the role of university English seemed to consist in clarifying classic texts “to a generation who were compelled to study them but had difficulty in enjoying them”.’
Colin Kidd on a history of English studies: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colin Kidd on a history of English studies: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colin Kidd · Lumps of Cram: University English
What is the missing noun to which English refers: literature, language or both? If both, does English belong with the...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...
August 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...
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#LoveLD Our co-edited book: Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education is out now - freely available from www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... - and dedicated to my wonderful partner Thomas Burns: "In loving memory of Tom Burns who teaches us to dance with hope and joyful practice even now."
Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education
Bringing together a diverse range of educators and practitioners, this collection showcases real-world innovations that challenge the status quo and offer glimpses of a more humane and inspiring educa...
www.openbookpublishers.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#LoveLD Our co-edited book: Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education is out now - freely available from www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... - and dedicated to my wonderful partner Thomas Burns: "In loving memory of Tom Burns who teaches us to dance with hope and joyful practice even now."
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#LoveLD - love the LDPPodcast - and this issue with our friend and collaborator @sandra_abegglen - on collaboration - looking back at www.bloomsbury.com/uk/collabora... & forward to the forthcoming Stories of Hope book: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116.... Girl done good @LevellerB
Collaboration in Higher Education
Collaboration in Higher Education, an open access book, focuses on the opportunities and challenges created by engaging in collaboration and partnership in high…
www.bloomsbury.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
#LoveLD - love the LDPPodcast - and this issue with our friend and collaborator @sandra_abegglen - on collaboration - looking back at www.bloomsbury.com/uk/collabora... & forward to the forthcoming Stories of Hope book: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116.... Girl done good @LevellerB
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This is excellent. Well and truly puts Reform and Farage in their place. Well done Durham Miners' Association. Reform of course now run Durham Council.
www.durhamminers.org/statement_du...
www.durhamminers.org/statement_du...
DMA statement - Durham Miners Gala and Reform UK
Reform UK have chosen to criticise us publicly for not inviting them to the Gala. They obviously don’t understand how this works, so we will explain...
www.durhamminers.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is excellent. Well and truly puts Reform and Farage in their place. Well done Durham Miners' Association. Reform of course now run Durham Council.
www.durhamminers.org/statement_du...
www.durhamminers.org/statement_du...
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Brilliant day at #ALDCON25. Enjoyed thinking, learning, and talking about embedding academic skills, the vital human-ness of writing, transitions, metaphors, data, and criticality. Managed to curate my day so that Daniel Pearce was the headline act…and what an amazing location. Beautiful.
June 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Brilliant day at #ALDCON25. Enjoyed thinking, learning, and talking about embedding academic skills, the vital human-ness of writing, transitions, metaphors, data, and criticality. Managed to curate my day so that Daniel Pearce was the headline act…and what an amazing location. Beautiful.
Heading to the actual centre of time (that’s my understanding of it anyway) for #ALDCON25.
Won’t really believe there’s a direct train from St Albans to Greenwich until I get there.
Won’t really believe there’s a direct train from St Albans to Greenwich until I get there.
June 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Heading to the actual centre of time (that’s my understanding of it anyway) for #ALDCON25.
Won’t really believe there’s a direct train from St Albans to Greenwich until I get there.
Won’t really believe there’s a direct train from St Albans to Greenwich until I get there.
Fascinated by @niftyfoxcreative.bsky.social livescribing (on the left) at #HertsImpactSymposium2025
June 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Fascinated by @niftyfoxcreative.bsky.social livescribing (on the left) at #HertsImpactSymposium2025
Great insight on AI as empire from @karenhao.bsky.social which I wish everyone woukd listen to: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... via @theguardian.com
The OpenAI empire
Podcast Episode · Today in Focus · 29/05/2025 · 26m
podcasts.apple.com
May 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Great insight on AI as empire from @karenhao.bsky.social which I wish everyone woukd listen to: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... via @theguardian.com
“The journey will only properly come into being with the diary that I shall write”.
May 25, 2025 at 5:20 AM
“The journey will only properly come into being with the diary that I shall write”.
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The AI slop summer book preview/supplement in the Chicago Sun-Times is about what's happened in media more than what's happening with AI. This Slate piece gets it and I have some thoughts from the perspective of someone who writes about books for a major Chicago newspaper. slate.com/technology/2...
I Talked to the Writer Who Got Caught Publishing ChatGPT-Written Slop. I Get Why He Did It.
The latest A.I. controversy didn’t just hallucinate a summer reading list. It exposed how broken the system already is—and how fast it’s unraveling.
slate.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The AI slop summer book preview/supplement in the Chicago Sun-Times is about what's happened in media more than what's happening with AI. This Slate piece gets it and I have some thoughts from the perspective of someone who writes about books for a major Chicago newspaper. slate.com/technology/2...
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"If ever you’re in need as I was may you have an island of strangers like I had"
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
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My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen
The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"If ever you’re in need as I was may you have an island of strangers like I had"
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s the third of May.
May 3, 2025 at 6:32 AM
It’s the third of May.
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Free #LoveLD #ALDinHE online event - LD@3 – What does "digital confidence" look like to us? with Rachel Bancroft and Bethany Witham (Nottingham Trent University) 6 May 2025 3-4pm. Book at: aldinhe.ac.uk/events/events-calendar
April 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Free #LoveLD #ALDinHE online event - LD@3 – What does "digital confidence" look like to us? with Rachel Bancroft and Bethany Witham (Nottingham Trent University) 6 May 2025 3-4pm. Book at: aldinhe.ac.uk/events/events-calendar
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📢📢Book your free ticket! Online launch event for: JLDHE Special Issue Liberating Learning 12 May 3 - 4.30pm. jldhe.aldinhe.ac.uk/event-tickets/launch-event-for-special-issue-of-jldhe-on-liberating-learning Join us to talk about key themes & topics and consider next steps – individually ... #LoveLD
April 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢📢Book your free ticket! Online launch event for: JLDHE Special Issue Liberating Learning 12 May 3 - 4.30pm. jldhe.aldinhe.ac.uk/event-tickets/launch-event-for-special-issue-of-jldhe-on-liberating-learning Join us to talk about key themes & topics and consider next steps – individually ... #LoveLD
Cornwall is a bit special.
April 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Cornwall is a bit special.
Empattering : the practice (mine, anyway) of recommending @patthomson.bsky.social’s blog every time I run a writing workshop. patthomson.net/2025/04/17/i... #EduSky
inventing new words
Even though it seems highly rule-bound, the English language changes all the time. Every year new words are added to the dictionary. These days a lot of new words come from popular culture and…
patthomson.net
April 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Empattering : the practice (mine, anyway) of recommending @patthomson.bsky.social’s blog every time I run a writing workshop. patthomson.net/2025/04/17/i... #EduSky
Took me 21 seconds to change this lightbulb… 🙄
April 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Took me 21 seconds to change this lightbulb… 🙄