The world can’t wait. And neither can we. Prof Nick Jennings has written an open letter to the sector asking that we collectively take a stand and change the narrative that's currently so damaging to higher education. Read the full article here 👉 lboro.uk/3VirQeh

Saw someone put forwards this to public. Should the money that comes from National Insurance contributions, which is paid throughout one's working life, be double-taxed in their old age? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6503…

Felt unfair for old individuals, but it may be a fair way to keep the larger social system sustainable. Taught by ChatGPT, there are more countries like this.

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Happy moment from 1st day volunteering in a charity activity: an old lady with dementia couldn’t stop showing me her big shiny rings which came from her boyfriend, and talking about her boyfriend. Thank her for telling me (a stranger) that she is/was loved and spoiled by someone.

Aurora watch based at Lboro

Heritage bus experience Enjoyed the story of charging passengers in old shillings system when one worked as a ticket conductor at his young age. It was also so fun to hop on the bus just like old movies showed, but still couldn’t work out how much I should pay😅

The prediction from the late 80’s is quite accurate. Technologies are here ready, only not accepted in people's house widely yet. facebook.com/share/r/sHypCQ…

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Fully funded PhD available for research into accessible transport. Applicants must have lived experience with disability (personal experience or close connections) This is an excellent opportunity to make real world difference with research. lboro.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

Arriving Scotland to speak to some of my participants… I’m looking forward to hearing more health management stories here (under slightly different NHS services).

We are all going to get old one day!

The NHS has given the green light to using AI to check for bone fractures in X-rays. Missed bone fractures are one of the most common mistakes in emergency departments. Learn more: ow.ly/6ami50TRc8f #AI #NHS #healthcare

1st time went to the B’ham Chinese New Year festival. Very nice and even nicer to see a live sign language presenter.

Very interesting to find out the self-service shop meant supermarket back to 40s. Now we think about this word, we need more features to call it like that. To give an example of Tesco…

It’s today! On the way to CWUAAT. I’m ready to learn new research on Inclusive Design and present my work.

Saw a Nelson knife in the Ken Hawley Tool Collection. It is a textbook example of inclusive design…personally not sure about it but it is definitely an assistive tech (from the old days).

The most impressive part of my first narrowboat experience was this lifting platform. I was far too distracted by it over the canal locks, putting them firmly in 2nd place.