Book read in 3 days, purchased from a charity shop in Craignure on Tuesday, will drop it at a charity shop in Dunoon on Saturday.... Can definitely tell it's the holidays as I struggle to read when both (and more...!) of my jobs are in full flow...

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Tes Tom Grinyer However the sticking plaster policy was, I believe, a smoke screen to avoid dealing with the underlying retention and recruitment crisis. Deal with workload, salary, school culture, and get more physics UGs, but that's hard work and the govt will not address these issues.

Also got to see RNLI Tobermory head out on a shout ... I heard the phone ring and less than 4 minutes later they were heading out into the bay #savinglivesatsea

Scotland.... All the seasons in about 10 minutes....

Caught my first starfish of 2024... Today's bait of choice...fridge raiders...
Today's creature count.. 1 shore crab, 2 velvet swimming crabs, 1 hermit crab and a starfish.

On a ferry from Mull to Oban.... Huge treat that these two musicians just started a trad session on the rear deck 🎶🎻

My location for today's Teacher Tapp notification 🥰

Slightly wild out here..

‘Inexperienced managers often resort to micromanaging because they feel like they’re losing control of the work and don’t trust their employees to do it how they would’.

A very simple but overlooked truth here about the difficulty of moving from being a talented individual…

#OnThisDay in 1824, the pioneering Mechanics' Institute was established in Manchester to provide technical education to working tradesmen and artisans. #UoM200

If anyone is interested in developing low-valent iron complexes for use in metal-ligand cooperative catalysis, please get in touch directly.

Enjoyed a great day at atomium today, really interesting exhibitions in the spheres and a real treat of a lunch in the top sphere restaurant (93m up!)
Travelled in the fastest lift of 1958 which goes at 5 m/s!

In 2h I will be in Brussels... But for now, time to revisit an old friend...

On my way to an Irish dancing competition in Belgium.... No good at train sleeping but at least I got some marking done...

2019: Theresa May, 'After Brexit our environmental standards will not fall'

2024: Oxford rower Leonard Jenkins, 'A few guys got e.coli.. I was throwing up this morning.. It would have been ideal not to have so much poo in the water'

World famous #TheBoatRace2024 The Boat Race…

An afternoon at the Lowry watching The Boy at the Back of the Class ..... Really enjoyable, funny, poignant.

So the river catchment where I live is the worst in the country for sewage dumping…. This is just awful! A definite north-south divide too

If anyone is looking for a speaker, feel free to get in touch! I've spoken about my experiences of homophobic bullying at school, LGBTQ+ visibility and mental health. 👋🏳️‍🌈 #edutwitter

Former DfE adviser Sam Freedman says it's clear the school system “is being pushed down the same route as the NHS, with international recruitment being used to manage falling salaries & inadequate supply”

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