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Dr Elsa Urmston

@elsaurmston.bsky.social

Working in dance and the arts. Interested in vocational education, community and participation, dance science and the impact of the arts on people’s lives as well as creative, arts-based and inclusive research methods. PhD in Education.

230 Followers  |  376 Following  |  18 Posts  |  Joined: 16.11.2024  |  2.0476

Latest posts by elsaurmston.bsky.social on Bluesky

"There is no such thing as a theory-free science. Whenever we decide to collect and analyse data, the choices we make are guided by our own implicit ideas about what is going on (what variables are important, what are the relations between these variables)."

#Methodology 🧪

28.03.2025 07:41 — 👍 40    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 0
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Great to be at #NSCDConf25 yesterday presenting LCDS research with Steph and Sarah, discussing the challenges of quantifying students' work and rest time within the wider context of their education... it's not a simple or straight-forward task at all! Thanks to all for fruitful discussion

09.01.2025 16:18 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls

09.01.2025 14:21 — 👍 4960    🔁 2134    💬 261    📌 157
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Just a fab day with LCDS developing new perspectives on dance science curriculum with Steph. Thinking about what, why and how we support health literacy, who teaches and when in relation to the bigger picture. Great way to end the year ❤️

18.12.2024 20:40 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fabulous ❤️

12.12.2024 08:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted by work.

I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.

12.12.2024 08:12 — 👍 6275    🔁 1230    💬 138    📌 140
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Missed a few days! 🫢
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books

08.12.2024 13:43 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books

01.12.2024 09:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’d love to be added please Emma

01.12.2024 09:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books

29.11.2024 22:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books

27.11.2024 12:19 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Fab few days in Chichester, teaching BSc Dance Science first years agitating dance science methodologies and getting to grips with the big questions that shape our discipline.

27.11.2024 09:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books

26.11.2024 13:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Can’t wait to see you. Have you made that list of topics as we have A LOT to cover 🤓

25.11.2024 12:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books

25.11.2024 12:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I rather think I like @bsky.app. What a warm space with people keen to connect. Am gonna leave that other platform behind methinks.

25.11.2024 11:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chichester-bound for a bit of a working break, teaching some lovely #dancescience students tomorrow about creative research methods. Plasticine packed!

25.11.2024 11:46 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Please would you add me Grace?

23.11.2024 08:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That blue sky is apt here 😊 sounds like a wonderful day Gill. Rocking your PhD process ❤️

20.11.2024 20:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Rambert School plaque

Rambert School plaque

TV screen showing starter slide about positive psychology.

TV screen showing starter slide about positive psychology.

Starter slide for a session about power, control, autonomy and agency

Starter slide for a session about power, control, autonomy and agency

Students’ mapping the unsaid hierarchies in dance practice

Students’ mapping the unsaid hierarchies in dance practice

Had a lovely few weeks teaching at Rambert School. Enticing and provocative conversations about positive psychology, flow, power, control, autonomy and agency. Getting the critical thinking going early with these BA1s ❤️

20.11.2024 19:59 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Letting out a sigh of relief. This feels a bit better!

16.11.2024 18:48 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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