English Professor. Durham Commission for Creativity and Education, Child of the North. Victorian Fiction, Wells,Waugh, Dickens. Occasionally digital.
Durham, England
Joined November 2015
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An essay comparing the archives (and achievements) of Alasdair Gray and Evelyn Waugh:
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My current contract's going to be up at the end of June so I'm looking to line up commissions or other freelance work if you need a writer or editor.
There's a link to my website in my profile, which has my bio and a brief portfolio of my work.
Simon John James retweeted
📣 CONNECT: Dynamic Leadership is open for bookings!
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📅 Wed, 25 June
This full day training promotes a creative attitude to leadership & the personal qualities, skills & attributes inherent in good leadership.
For info & to book:
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We are looking for a Research Statistician and Data Analyst, working with me and the @EvidenceInEdu team.
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Say hello to @BeeLitMag! The Bee is a new showcase of working-class writing from the UK and beyond, comprising a website, a literary magazine, The Working Class Library podcast, and The Beehive, an online space for new and emerging working-class writers.
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As a Lincolnshire Mayor will have zero control over immigration policy, i wonder if Anrea Jenkyns is proposing to stop holidaymakers crossing the county border to Skegness or Cleethorpes from staying in B&Bs and make them go to campsites
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A teacher I know is doing a PhD and needs help from other experienced teachers in England (5+ years experience). Survey here — 10–15 mins max. She’d be so grateful!
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist
ALT Title: SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING ACTIVE VOICE e.g. Our team collected samples and then we tested them. CLICKBAIT VOICE e.g. We collected some samples... You won't believe what happened next! PASSIVE VOICE e.g. Samples were collected and tested. HAIKU VOICE e.g. Quiet science lab. Workers arrive with samples. The testing begins. PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE e.g. We did all the collecting and testing. No need to thank us. Just doing our job. CONSPIRACY VOICE e.g. Mysterious "Samples" were harvested and covertly "tested" by so-called scientists.
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Immigrants are not entitled to claim Universal Credit.
Immigrants have No Recourse to Public Funds.
Rupert is a race-baiting snake oil salesman hoping to profit from a rise in bigotry & violence, who is apparently too much of a bully even for Reform UK🤢🤮
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Creativity fuels change, especially when it comes to building a better world.
On this World Creativity & Innovation Day, we're celebrating how imagination and innovation can help achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to protect our planet and the life on it.
Which Sustainable Development Goal speaks to you the most? Let us know in the comments!
Visit wciw.org to learn more about WCID and the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
#WCID #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #CreativityForChange #InnovationForGood #WCIW2025 #WCIW
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Join hundreds of creative and cultural orgs based in England, and take part in the Private Investment in Culture Survey ✍️
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Applications for the Dover Prize are open from today ! thedoverprize.co.uk/
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If you’re an academic with an interest in 19th-century crime (& who could fail to be interested in Victorian criminals?) please, please do come to our Conference in August. 🕵️
Give a paper, have a Janetta’s ice cream, paddle in the sea. PhD Students go free.
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If you are passionate about women, crime, and all things #Victorian, send us your abstracts by 30 April. St Andrews is gorgeous in August #femaledetectives #globalVictorians #crimefiction
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Thanks to @sweale for this article on the #collaboration between @edithmayhall, @LTEgrp, @1SarahJHartley, @durham_uni, myself & colleagues in @Durham_Classics to take #Aristotle into #prisons. #TransformativeHumanities
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Play Matters | Early Years Reviews >9000 downloads in less than 3 weeks, now available in Arabic and Chinese. With a foreward written by @MichaelRosenYes . Download your free copy and find out why #PlayMatters early-years-reviews.com/play…
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Thank you @BdailyNorthEast for championing the impact of our MELVA @NorthEast_CA funded programme! We are supporting 15,000+ young people's wellbeing!
Thank you NECA & @KiMcGuinness - North East Mayor for supporting MELVA!
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Another term is done! Any schools or trusts are looking for virtual teacher training on effective inclusion throughout next term, I’d love to work with you! Please feel free to reach out, always happy to help in any way. ❤️ #AskNeverAssme
If any schools or trusts are looking for some training on effective inclusion in both mainstream primary and/or secondary schools for 2025, I'd be more than happy to help. My contact details are in my bio, I'd love to work with your organization! ❤️
#AskNeverAssume
