Interim Director, Lifelong Learning Cardiff | Writes on Lit, Environment & Apocalypse; YA; short fiction; Wales; class | 1st gen in HE |🌈 she/her | opinionated
Cardiff, Wales
Joined March 2016
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My thread on the #assistedplaces scheme, widening participation, #WorkingClass identity, social mobility and aspiration, small humiliations, and ice cream tubs. @WalesArtsReview encouraged me to turn it into an article/memoir: walesartsreview.org/working-… teapawt.org/dr_deininger/status/96…
Currently have 3 lightbulbs, 2 phones, & Sky actively taking up bandwidth. All other devices are on standby. Paying for 900mbps, of which they say 450mbps is the max that can be provided on WiFi. Have 3 eero 6 meshes running & apparently we're the problem 🤔 @youfibre #FullOfShit
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@UswitchUK recommended Sky's low level 150mbps package would be 4 x faster than our current @youfibre 900mbps package 😂 - if we take YouFibre's advice and turn off the WiFi light bulbs & the telly, maybe we'll see faster speeds while we sit here in the dark....
ALT Speed test result from USwitch which shows how low the results currently are and recommends a low level package from sky broadband to get 4 times the current speed.
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I'll be over on B l u e S k y if you want me. Considering deletion here. This place helped me find my voice as a writer but it's a very different (hellscape) environment now.
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Hi @tfwrail the on-board announcements on my train just now were so quiet I couldn't hear them. Only realised my train was going backwards (in relation to my intended destination of Cathays) when I jumped off to & heard platform announcements. Please could you feed this back. 😞
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Congratulations to the 2024 Polari First Book Prize Shortlist! ✨
⭐ Neon Roses by @RachelCDawson
⭐ Local Fires by Joshua Jones (@nothumanhead)
⭐ Sunburn by @ChloeMHowarth
⭐ Bellies by Nicola Dinan
⭐ Greekling by @KostyaTsolakis
⭐ Transitional by Munroe Bergdorf
Haven't been able to read fiction in nearly a year (because everything has been quite shit.) This has reminded me why I love to read. (It's a brilliant novel about working-class Welsh women's experience).
Couldn't even pick up a book & now can't put this down. Thank you, @gemhow
ALT The Crazy Truth by Gemma June Howell (novel). Picture taken inside an airplane with the window showing in the background.
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1/ A treasure trove of AMAZING adult learner courses @ to begin @EtPPathway @LearnCardiff with inspirational tutors like @notRachelBrown @toothkate @CLPickard88 helping you take the first steps back into learning,but ultimately leading to degrees @CUHistArchRel @cardiffuni ✊️
@tfwrail the delayed 15.50 train to Penarth from Central is not stopping at Grangetown or Dingle Road. This was *not* announced on the train so any passengers who had already joined before Central had no clue they couldn't get off before Pen. This is really poor customer service.
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Thanks to @GaryRaymond_ and the Radio Wales Arts Show for having myself, @NorenaShopland and @dr_deininger on last night to talk about the 'Woman's Wales?' collection.
Brilliant to have this discussion in the week we got our first female @PrifWeinidog.
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Llongyfarchiadau / Congratulations to Dr Paul Webster! Paul has been promoted to Senior Lecturer. He has coordinated our Exploring the Past programme for many years and this promotion is richly deserved. @WebsterMedieval @EtPPathway
Huge congratulations, Rachel - this is amazing news! Everyone @LearnCardiff is really thrilled for you!
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Glad to be invited on to Front Row earlier this evening, to talk about @Museum_Cardiff & the funding crisis in arts & culture in Wales, alongside @LJaneHenderson. If you missed it, you can catch up on @BBCSounds:
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My performance development review (PDR) meeting started with "well done". As a line manager, I always highlight the positives in PDRs -- but I realised I've never really had the same kind of treatment myself until today. Makes such a huge difference to motivation & feeling seen.
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It is super weird that when you make it harder and harder for international students to come to the UK, they stop coming to the UK. theguardian.com/education/ar…
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📢 Exciting News! The latest issue of @IJONMES , the International Journal of Modern Education Studies, is out now! 🎉 Check out the fascinating manuscripts published in this issue:
#️⃣1️⃣ Examining the Relationship Between Early Childhood Teacher Candidates' Empathic Tendencies and Social Problem-Solving Skills.
#️⃣2️⃣ Exploring the Integration of Artful Thinking as an Innovative Approach to Foster Critical Thinking Skills.
#️⃣3️⃣ From “Can AI think?” to “Can AI help thinking deeper?”: Is use of Chat GPT in higher education a tool of transformation or fraud?
#️⃣4️⃣ Examining the Relationships Between Media Literacy, Technology Integration Skills, and STEM Applications Self-Efficacy Perception via Structural Equation Model: A Study on Visual Arts Teacher Candidates.
#️⃣5️⃣ Hey, GPT, Can We Have a Talk?: A Case Study on EFL Learners’ AI Speaking Practice.
#️⃣6️⃣ Probing into the impact of EFL teachers’ instructional innovativeness on student engagement: A predictive moderated model.
#️⃣7️⃣ Flipped Learning: An Innovative Model for Enhancing Education Through ChatGPT.
And many more insightful articles available on the IJONMES website! 📚 Don't miss out on the latest research and thought-provoking ideas in modern education.
Explore the full table of contents here: ijonmes.net/index.php/ijonme… Stay updated with the latest advancements in education 🌍💡
Also, don't forget that the call for Issue 8-2 is now open! Submit your research and contribute to the field of education. 💻📝 #EducationResearch #IJONMES #ModernEducation
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Michelle Donelan gone: anyone working at a university will be celebrating that one.
Daisy's come over for a sleepover. She's rejected her bed and has decided my top is better. (I've just had a can't-make-it-stop-till-the-light's-on nightmare so I'm very glad of the company.)
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Come one, come all! The YASA 2024 Conference is now accepting proposals about YA Literature, Media and Culture. The conference will be held virtually from 4-8 Nov., 2024. Deadline to submit is 30 June 2024. View the full CFP here: tinyurl.com/CFP-yasa2024
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📚Our #BookOfTheMonth, Woman’s Wales? is launched tonight, 31 May 20204 at 7:00pm at YMa Pontypridd with @storyvillebook.
✨ With editor @DrEmmaSchofield, @dr_deininger, @Grace_Quantock, @CerithMathias and @growriter
⬇️Book here:
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ALT Cover of our May Book of the Month, Woman's Wales? on a pink background. Books Council of Wales logo, gwales.com log and Creative Wales logo.