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"I cannot maintain my integrity if I let people run the world for me, and mine while living out of a ragbag of the past." Ponderized personal progress disposition for the foreseeable. #theascentofmanessays #knoweldgeisourdestiny #wcconf21 #changingragsforrobes #daringgreatly
Was way too much! I could think it, read it, reason it, just couldn't write it.
I’m reflecting on all the writing that we do as academics, and what a big ask it is of people just starting out. #phd #ecrchat #phdchat #AcWri #gradschool
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Apologies #JoyFE #BowerbirdWrittingRooms
My brain and the computer said no to opening the writing room this evening!
Intresting, "The need to believe we live in a meritocracy is very important.. because it's awful to think that we don't"
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Was fortunate to have him pass by our shop most weeks and offer him a cuppa and a loo. Such a Gent.
John Burkhill has been pushing his pram around Sheffield for years and has now passed the 1 million pound mark for @macmillancancer
What a superstar. It was a pleasure to film with @JohnBurkhillBEM recently for @5news
This is me! An ACL artist-teacher, sending all the perseverance to all who educate💛
#almostbreaktime #ACL2023 #JoyfulFE #artistteacher
Oh My Days! Where has the time gone since I was encouraged to do this by my #NHS ME/C-PTSD therapist, Janet. As an outlet, a something to work towards.
So joyfully grateful as "the road goes ever on and on" #LOTR #JoyfulFE #artistteacher #TeachNorthern #HudGrad22 #ACL2023
Such a wonderful joyful conversation handling adversity with grace. 🙌
"You gotta learn to ride the roller coaster and know you can ride out the hard parts"
#artistteacher #JoyFE #weallarecreative
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🙌🙌🙌 SHERO💃 @AbbieCairnsArt
So pleased to share that my latest journal article has been published.
Cairns. A. (2023) What motivates the artist-teacher in adult community learning? It’s not about the money, Research in Post-Compulsory Education, DOI: 10.1080/13596748.2023.2206709
@NUAresearch
So interesting, as I return to the classroom today 🤔 #ATACL23
The 10 words that I repeat most on Twitter:
1) #JoyFE
2) #EdResearchAdvent
3) joyful
4) space
5) #JoyfulFE
6) Such
7) thinking
8) community
9) light
10) #IdeasRoom
#10words #toasteed
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So much to ponderise on here 🤯 "Do students..."
@WhatTheTrigMath #AtoZedTech
My faith jouney & current dispositions maybe fragmented, sharp edged and divided. Yet as a whole full of sound shapes, that are bright & beautiful, surrounded by light, always returning to the light & life of Him from Galilee. #easter23✝️
Art: Jorge Cocco Santángelo
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Today would have been @DrMayaAngelou's 95th birthday. As a girl, she endured trauma and abuse that actually led her to stop speaking. But as a performer and writer, she found her voice—a voice that has spoken to millions, and inspired countless others over the years.
A @JoyfulFE Sabbath morning spent at the #BowerbirdWritingRoom in lovely communality with @ColeFey & @frabeart with a guest appearance from @Stef_Tinsley
Also this beauty from the divine film #alittlechoas
Feeling "the need for speed* to get thru last 30 end of term reviews for tmrw's learners #JoyFE #TopGunMaverick #artistteacher #ACLeaening
Trying to lean in and learn, with the discomfort of discord, anyone got any other need to know reading. 🤔 #JoyFE #lifelonglearning
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Paul O’Grady takes on the “Austerity Budget” live on TV in 2010…
“We should let them know that we are not taking these draconian cuts lightly”.
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I love this on many levels as it carries so many messages. Big love @dave_mcpartlin ❤️
Was Brilliant ✨
Thank YOU @AbbieCairnsArt for bringing this brilliant day together! Still buzzing with all that was shared, the stories, research + connections made. Thank you to everyone who made this possible, to all who presented, to our fantastic keynote + to ALL who value ACL/who attended


















