Bronwen Swinnerton

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18181999:
"Write what you know" is limiting advice, which leads to limited writing. Instead, know what you're writing about. That means due diligence: good research, wide reading, specialist help and advice if you need it. Stay curious. Try new ideas. No limits.

Elif Shafak the forty rules of love ❤️

Someone call the police the rest of the shortlisted artists have just been robbed

Here’s the second review

New article by Dr Thomas Hammond calls for bridging theoretical divides in language education research | Centre for Language and Education Research

New article by Dr Thomas Hammond and published in Pedagogical Linguistics calls for bridging theoretical divides in language education research.

Read more here: cler.leeds.ac.uk/news/new-art...

#ResearchPaper #AcademicPublishing #ScholarlyArticles #ResearchCommunity #AcademicSky

Government could crack down on pro-Palestinian protest chants, PM says The government needs to

You can lock up as many people as you want for chanting or protesting against genocide.

You will never scrub away the truth about that genocide - or your own complicity in it.

You are just ensuring that you will be damned all the more for what you have done.

it's real support from actual racists

Why don’t the Labour Party talk about the massive benefits immigrants bring to this country instead of pandering to the right wing bigots.? The Labour Party could be in charge of the discourse around this. Instead they let others dominate. Shameful

Israel bombed a hospital.

Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded.

Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV.

Read that again.

Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.

make YOUR difference!

The ninety degrees

The Rolling Scones

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:

“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”

Israel just killed him.

This article is not surprising. I was waiting for the criticism of the supposed non-intellectual.

I’ve finished it. Loved it. Now waiting for the long list 😀

Almost finished Nesting. Great book

This is the political video I've been waiting to see.
I have no party affiliations, but if I were in the Greens, I would vote for @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in Psychology with Education Are you looking for a role in a thriving school in a Russell Group University? Do you have teaching expertise in the field of psychology and education? Do you have a strong and growing research record...

The School of Education at the University of Leeds is recruiting lecturers in Psychology with Education and Primary Education. Find out more here:

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I love that shop

@alicedeignan.bsky.social

Complete University Guide Success Education successes in this years early University League Table results.

Following our League Table result successes last year, we have once again risen in the Complete University Guide's rankings for 2026 and now sit in 10th place for Education in the UK while remaining in 1st for Childhood Studies!

Read more here: bit.ly/4jKscTm

#Education #UniversityLife #HigherEd

Got it. Nice clue. Please don’t stop them. Hope everyone ok in Liverpool 🤞

At last! Nice one

Ah yes, very good!

All day pondering whilst working. My hubby just got first bit then we got it. Great clue

Unpaid and Underpaid Internships - The Sutton Trust Our survey of graduates and employers reveals the state of play in internships.

Good report here on internships. 20% are secured through family or friends. 1 in five are unpaid. 40% of interns rely on parental financial support. The result? Working class graduates are 20% less likely to secure an internship. Tell me again about meritocracy.
www.suttontrust.com/our-research...

The Rotters Club Jonathan Coe

@hailthevalkyrie.bsky.social

@trumanbooks.bsky.social my lovely local bookshop