Emma Palmer
@the-emmapalmer.bsky.social
🎓 Director of #FoundationYear at Uni of Hull.
☕ Can be found with a baby on me whilst holding a coffee.
🗨️ All opinions are my own
#academicsky
https://linktr.ee/HullBabySteps
☕ Can be found with a baby on me whilst holding a coffee.
🗨️ All opinions are my own
#academicsky
https://linktr.ee/HullBabySteps
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Emma Palmer
@the-emmapalmer.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Me in a nutshell
🎓 #highereducation - Foundation Year, Sense of Belonging and Student Identity
📷 #Photography - Mix of phone and camera
🎭 #Theatre
🎮 #StardewValley, #TheSims #AnimalCrossing
👩🍼Navigating motherhood for the first time (follow my blog Instagram - @HullBabySteps)
☕ Can't beat a brew!
🎓 #highereducation - Foundation Year, Sense of Belonging and Student Identity
📷 #Photography - Mix of phone and camera
🎭 #Theatre
🎮 #StardewValley, #TheSims #AnimalCrossing
👩🍼Navigating motherhood for the first time (follow my blog Instagram - @HullBabySteps)
☕ Can't beat a brew!
Finally deleted X 🎉
January 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Finally deleted X 🎉
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"We teach students, not subjects" - Bryan Dewsbury
January 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"We teach students, not subjects" - Bryan Dewsbury
Mini-me is a rough critic 😂 I hope she'll be happy with the revised version of the first draft after @katharinehubbard.bsky.social and I meet up this week!
January 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Mini-me is a rough critic 😂 I hope she'll be happy with the revised version of the first draft after @katharinehubbard.bsky.social and I meet up this week!
Yaaaay!! 👠👠🌈
The votes are in 🗳️ Our 2025 panto, as chosen by the audience of Treasure Island, will be... The Wizard of Oz!
December 29, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Yaaaay!! 👠👠🌈
Merry Christmas everyone 🎄whatever your day is like, I hope you find joy ❤️
December 25, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Merry Christmas everyone 🎄whatever your day is like, I hope you find joy ❤️
Little elf enjoyed seeing Daddy elf at work 🌲
(She did cry when she first met Santa, but she got over it pretty quickly and had her milk in the end!)
(She did cry when she first met Santa, but she got over it pretty quickly and had her milk in the end!)
December 8, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Little elf enjoyed seeing Daddy elf at work 🌲
(She did cry when she first met Santa, but she got over it pretty quickly and had her milk in the end!)
(She did cry when she first met Santa, but she got over it pretty quickly and had her milk in the end!)
Little one went swimming for the first time - tried to roll when on a float board and realised that's not a good idea when it was too late 🤦♀️ (we avoided any trauma but she was surprised to say the least!)
November 26, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Little one went swimming for the first time - tried to roll when on a float board and realised that's not a good idea when it was too late 🤦♀️ (we avoided any trauma but she was surprised to say the least!)
My baby rolled over from tummy to back for the first time today... She's finally figured out how to get out of tummy time 😂
a close up of a baby 's face with a white background
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November 22, 2024 at 8:30 PM
My baby rolled over from tummy to back for the first time today... She's finally figured out how to get out of tummy time 😂
We were joined with the cutest teddy bear the woods did ever see 🧸
November 22, 2024 at 7:37 AM
We were joined with the cutest teddy bear the woods did ever see 🧸
A beautiful walk in Beverley Westwood for Jack's birthday 🍂
November 22, 2024 at 7:19 AM
A beautiful walk in Beverley Westwood for Jack's birthday 🍂
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We've made a #FoundationYear starter pack! Let us know if you'd like adding to this - and please do share / subscribe go.bsky.app/6TibNny
November 21, 2024 at 3:13 PM
We've made a #FoundationYear starter pack! Let us know if you'd like adding to this - and please do share / subscribe go.bsky.app/6TibNny
To the volunteer's mum at the #HullWomensAid #charityshop who knitted this adorable lilac dog - this is my baby's favourite thing right now. She smiles and talks to it all the time 💜
November 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
To the volunteer's mum at the #HullWomensAid #charityshop who knitted this adorable lilac dog - this is my baby's favourite thing right now. She smiles and talks to it all the time 💜
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new @wonkhe.bsky.social blog by Steve Leech and Sarah Hale wonkhe.com/blogs/founda...
Foundation year cuts need a rethink
The government's plan to cut funding for classroom-based foundation years will have an impact on access to our most selective universities. Stephen Leech and Sarah Hale ask for nuance
wonkhe.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:40 PM
new @wonkhe.bsky.social blog by Steve Leech and Sarah Hale wonkhe.com/blogs/founda...
Contact naps are genuinely the best with my baby...
... mainly so I can reach mastery points on Stardew Valley 😂
... mainly so I can reach mastery points on Stardew Valley 😂
November 19, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Contact naps are genuinely the best with my baby...
... mainly so I can reach mastery points on Stardew Valley 😂
... mainly so I can reach mastery points on Stardew Valley 😂
I need to be brave and cut my baby's nails... She currently scratches at my face for comfort while going down for her nap.
It's not very comforting for me 🥲 #mumsky
It's not very comforting for me 🥲 #mumsky
a cartoon drawing of a red monster claw
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November 18, 2024 at 4:19 PM
I need to be brave and cut my baby's nails... She currently scratches at my face for comfort while going down for her nap.
It's not very comforting for me 🥲 #mumsky
It's not very comforting for me 🥲 #mumsky
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Every year since 2011 we've produced an affordable, alternative, rock'n'roll panto in an old warehouse in Hull, with our audience choosing which story we stage next. This year, it's the turn of Treasure Island: bit.ly/3L4Dins
Treasure Island - Family Panto - Middle Child
Treasure Island, the rock'n'roll Hull panto chosen by you. See it at Social on Humber Street from 19-29 Dec 2024.
bit.ly
November 18, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Every year since 2011 we've produced an affordable, alternative, rock'n'roll panto in an old warehouse in Hull, with our audience choosing which story we stage next. This year, it's the turn of Treasure Island: bit.ly/3L4Dins
In the book 'Supporting the Student Journey into HE', I wrote Chapter 4: Fostering a Sense of Belonging, looking at a fictional case study and ways of supporting the student based on their identity, circumstances and their perspective of belonging #academicsky
www.routledge.com/Supporting-t...
www.routledge.com/Supporting-t...
Supporting the Student Journey into Higher Education: How Pre-Arrival Platforms Can Enhance Widening Participation
This book will provide an in-depth look at the development, functionality and appeal of pre-arrival platforms to aid transition into higher education, including a range of provisions.
Ensuring a smoot...
www.routledge.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:09 AM
In the book 'Supporting the Student Journey into HE', I wrote Chapter 4: Fostering a Sense of Belonging, looking at a fictional case study and ways of supporting the student based on their identity, circumstances and their perspective of belonging #academicsky
www.routledge.com/Supporting-t...
www.routledge.com/Supporting-t...
It's mad to think my baby is 4 months old?!
It was also a year ago we found out I was pregnant - we were going to have a glass of bubbly to celebrate but we're all feeling rubbish and run down so that's going to wait for another day!
It was also a year ago we found out I was pregnant - we were going to have a glass of bubbly to celebrate but we're all feeling rubbish and run down so that's going to wait for another day!
November 17, 2024 at 10:00 PM
It's mad to think my baby is 4 months old?!
It was also a year ago we found out I was pregnant - we were going to have a glass of bubbly to celebrate but we're all feeling rubbish and run down so that's going to wait for another day!
It was also a year ago we found out I was pregnant - we were going to have a glass of bubbly to celebrate but we're all feeling rubbish and run down so that's going to wait for another day!
A year ago I wrote an article for Times #HigherEducation Campus about initiating conversations on students' sense of belonging:
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-i...
#AcademicSky #SenseofBelonging #University
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-i...
#AcademicSky #SenseofBelonging #University
How to initiate conversations about belonging
Belonging may not always look the same for all students, but creating opportunities for organic conversations can foster partnerships between staff and students and help us understand what students ne...
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:12 PM
A year ago I wrote an article for Times #HigherEducation Campus about initiating conversations on students' sense of belonging:
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-i...
#AcademicSky #SenseofBelonging #University
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-i...
#AcademicSky #SenseofBelonging #University
Me in a nutshell
🎓 #highereducation - Foundation Year, Sense of Belonging and Student Identity
📷 #Photography - Mix of phone and camera
🎭 #Theatre
🎮 #StardewValley, #TheSims #AnimalCrossing
👩🍼Navigating motherhood for the first time (follow my blog Instagram - @HullBabySteps)
☕ Can't beat a brew!
🎓 #highereducation - Foundation Year, Sense of Belonging and Student Identity
📷 #Photography - Mix of phone and camera
🎭 #Theatre
🎮 #StardewValley, #TheSims #AnimalCrossing
👩🍼Navigating motherhood for the first time (follow my blog Instagram - @HullBabySteps)
☕ Can't beat a brew!
November 17, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Me in a nutshell
🎓 #highereducation - Foundation Year, Sense of Belonging and Student Identity
📷 #Photography - Mix of phone and camera
🎭 #Theatre
🎮 #StardewValley, #TheSims #AnimalCrossing
👩🍼Navigating motherhood for the first time (follow my blog Instagram - @HullBabySteps)
☕ Can't beat a brew!
🎓 #highereducation - Foundation Year, Sense of Belonging and Student Identity
📷 #Photography - Mix of phone and camera
🎭 #Theatre
🎮 #StardewValley, #TheSims #AnimalCrossing
👩🍼Navigating motherhood for the first time (follow my blog Instagram - @HullBabySteps)
☕ Can't beat a brew!
Oh hey BlueSky - hopefully you're nicer than 'X' and something I'll use more than Threads 😉
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November 17, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Oh hey BlueSky - hopefully you're nicer than 'X' and something I'll use more than Threads 😉