Lou Mycroft

So pleased that @gabiwitthaus.bsky.social brought images to her keynote and hoping there might be a video in due course. People wanting to know the story of the quilt can find it in a chapter of the wonderful #HE4Good book books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp... @drloumycroft.bsky.social

UTA dropped Bob Vylan but represents Chris Brown just so you know where the line of acceptability is

Great match #Gracheva #Eala 🎾

Look forward to seeing them both at @wimbledonltc.bsky.social 👏🏻

#Eastbourne

Thread 🧵

Why the UK is a two-tier society where money wields power Laws and policies are crafted to give the appearance of sternness and fairness, but are rarely fully enforced on corporations and the rich.

UK benefit fraud prosecutions are 23 times more than for tax offences. Tax fraud up to nine times higher than benefit fraud.

Laws against the rich are not always enforced.

Govt taking powers to snoop on bank accounts of benefit claimants. Same won't apply to tax abusers, scammers.

It is class war

Jess Thom, co-artistic director of Touretteshero, can no longer do her job after a 61% cut to her #AccessToWork support. This is not a unique case - disabled people across the UK are being hit hard. Read @graeaetheatre.bsky.social here and consider writing to your MP: graeae.org/resource/gra...

Median UK annual wage for employees is £30,252.

Net pay of £25,301 attacked by corporate profiteering. Hard to survive, raise family even with two wage earners.

1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.

Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.

#OtD 14 May 1938 the England football team gave a Nazi salute before a match in Berlin. They had been ordered to do so by the govt which had made a pact with Hitler when much of the ruling class supported fascism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8604/England-football...

The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gorgeous! ❤️

Yes! I picked him up and huffed it, it was warm 😊

A very happy ginger cat in a patch of sunlight

#CatsOfBlueSky Monsieur Rooney 🧡

Absolute clarity as always about the systemic and historical racism in not only academia but in our society.

So proud to be watching this ❤️

Shout out to #WIASN and so many other people in the room and not, who have contributed to my dear friend Az feeling brilliant today.

“Words create worlds of possibilities”

@openuniversity.bsky.social

Nobody is safe until everybody is safe

via: @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social

"Promotional graphic for Amplify FE Digital Divide Research 2022-25. Features a white background with red and blue stylized isometric illustrations of a laptop, stacked books, pencils in a cup, a potted plant, and a webpage. Text on the right reads 'Amplify FE 'Insights' Digital Divide Research 2022-25' and 'Lead Researcher: Dr Lynne Taylerson'. The hashtag '#AmplifyFE' is in the top right, and the WorldSkills UK logo is in the bottom right."

Excited to present our @altuk.bsky.social / @ufitrust.bsky.social @amplifyfe.bsky.social Insights research on how innovative #digital pedagogy and #AI narrow the #digitaldivide at the #WorldSkills Professional Exchange today at the wonderful Satellite Catapult Centre Oxford
#AmplifyFE #UKFE #EduSky

Information about a research study in the ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Do you teach in Further Education? Could you help me with some research? If so please get in touch. #FurtherEducation #AmplifyFE #loveFE #ukfechat #FEResearch

#OtD 16 Mar 1978 Mary Brooksbank, Scottish mill worker, socialist, trade unionist died. She founded the Working Women Guild, helped organize unemployed workers, was critical of Stalinism, and spent several years in prison for her efforts stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8...

A manager’s flat response to Gail’s initiative left her deflated. Feeling seen is fundamental to human wellbeing | Gaynor Parkin The relationship between employees and organisations isn’t just about pay and benefits – it’s about being valued and respected for our contributions

When people feel genuinely understood and acknowledged by others, it activates neural pathways associated with safety and social connection, releasing bonding hormones like oxytocin. This validation goes beyond simple listening www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

...and they think all fields, all change, are button-pushing, not complex human collaborative enterprises, which they prefer to gut for profit 🫠😭

TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!

If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!

Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.

JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺

#24HourEconomicBlackout

I did the same with a tin of custard recently. Managed to patch it up myself but have definitely got a bit of nerve damage…

bhoys celtic get it. “kick genocide out of football” 🇵🇸🍀

We are looking forward to this! #AmplifyFE #FurtherEducation #LoveFE 🙌

I want Frankie to win because I love her clothes #TheTraitors

Sending love to all my friends in Ireland. Hope you can keep safe and sound during #StormEowyn 😘

This is a clear and authoritative briefing on FE funding in England. researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CB...

A poster containing the info given in the message - Bowerbird Writing Room open on Zoom 9am to 10.30 this morning

Start the day snugly productive, in the company of #JoyFE💛

#BowerbirdWritingRoom opens at 9am. Everyone is welcome. DM for Zoom link.

@noisbat.bsky.social 😊

A knitting pattern for a toy lion (and the knitting)

Pippin, a beautiful marl lurcher

Saturday afternoons with #LittleEl 🦁

Silent Witness and knitting toys for my doggy grand-daughter Miss Pippin #DogsOfBlueSky 🐶