Pam Jarvis

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Can’t believe this. Speaking plainly, and honestly. Finally addressing the issue head on, instead of skirting around it, pretending Brexit is fine. Finally.

Bonkers.

Democracy in action 👇

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#AcademicSky #Universities #UK

Finn the dog’s blustery day… #DogsOfBlueSky

Toby Young strikes again…

Supermarkets round our way doing brisk business from the ‘Streeting shop.’ One lady with 6x 4 pints of fresh milk. Why? Maybe she was buying for a nursery - but semi-skimmed?!

Definitely from WWII. My dad used to tell a story about being back on leave and out with his mum and sister. They saw a queue and joined it. He said ‘what are we queuing for?’ They replied ‘don’t know, but it’s usually off ration and useful.’ My mum (WWII teenager) could also hoard for England.

Ancestors, descendants and an ‘autobiographical self’ that can travel across time through following their narratives; the experience of ‘simply being human.’ Just published! #Psychology #Narrative #AcademicSky #EduSky #GreenSky www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/10...

Ancestors, descendants and an ‘autobiographical self’ that can travel across time through following their narratives; the experience of ‘simply being human.’ Just published! #Psychology #Narrative #AcademicSky #EduSky #GreenSky www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/10...

Third coffee of the day gone cold as I fell down a research rabbit hole. Who knew Victorian wallpaper patterns could steal hours? Now trying to reheat my muse with this mug of inspiration. Anyone else drowning in unexpected research? #authorlife #writinglife #writerproblems

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WTAF? Good material for @michaelspicer.bsky.social but in general, terrifying. Behold, the leader of the free world. 😱

Post-walk nap time! #DogsofBlueSky

Being a sentient person in 2026 means arguing in public for issues you never thought you would have to articulate out loud: "Read to your children yourself instead of outsourcing it to a robot!" "Don't televise executions!" Things like that.

Exactly. I’m mostly mixed French (Huguenot) Scottish, Irish and Scandinavian by DNA. Only my maternal grandmother’s side can be traced back to Anglo Saxon/Norman England. Besides which, it’s highly likely my Scottish ancestors were in the British Isles before hers.

How on earth did this happen? As a programme leader, I used to check all module grades were entered and work my students’ degree classifications out by hand before the exam board, just in case of anomalies. #AcademicSky

‘Old men in stripey trousers’ and their ‘favourite hobby… searching for an enemy.’ Every generation. But this president is certainly notable in searching for enemies amongst his own population, and his nation’s (previous?) allies.

‘Old men in stripey trousers’ and their ‘favourite hobby… searching for an enemy.’ Every generation. But this president is certainly notable in searching for enemies amongst his own population, and his nation’s (previous?) allies.

How on earth did this happen? As a programme leader, I used to check all module grades were entered and work my students’ degree classifications out by hand before the exam board, just in case of anomalies. #AcademicSky

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Exactly 🎯 @bearlypolitics.co.uk wrote a great article for @eastangliabylines.co.uk explaining the advantages of immigration. Although immigration can create other problems at both ends , and is still only a short-term solution. The country should be having a grown up conversation about birth rates.

It’s a good question. It’s down to govt mismanagement. It was intended, in 1945, that each generation after the 1st would be paid out of a fund they’d paid into - National *Insurance*. But instead, each generation has paid the pensions of the one above, & successive govts gaslighted us about it

I would say the first step here is to ensure, to the extent you can, that children don’t have easy access to hard pornography. And that means personal phones that can just ring and text with very limited access to apps. Full access to the Internet on tablets and laptops through an adult log-in.

Burnham tells us Triple Lock must go because it's unsustainable. We’ve heard this before. Women’s pension age rose from 60 to 65, then pension age to 66 and now 67, then 68 - each time justified to keep pensions "sustainable". Why are people accepting this? #apathy #boiledfrogs

HMI visits were stressful. Because you wanted to show the school at its best. And it was a dialogue with, as you say Helen, recommendations for resources or even reading. When a HMI spoke you listened. Most OfSTED inspectors I’ve met haven’t exactly filled me with respect.

In fact, having worked with someone of limited teaching ability, knowledge and experience, who somehow managed to get a job as an inspector, my faith in the selection process hit zero. I would not have wanted this person inspecting amy school I was working in.

Why has anything to do with education only about schools now? It's hard to find anything about Early Education. EY settings have also been affected for years by OFSTED inspection carried out by inspectors who never worked with the under 5s? Have they forgotten the NOT so Bold Beginnings?

Totally agree bring back HMI & LAs and put the money into school not an inspection REGIME! Also so much money lots to schs with Academies!!! IMHO

No, get rid of OFSTED and go back to the HMIs @lucympowell.bsky.social They have been a cancer creeping through the fabric of education for decades. For which we must have paid billions by now.

Three years gone by since this article was published and you are still losing good staff through stress and burn out. Why on earth are you giving millions of £££s of public money to this horror show? #EduSky @lucympowell.bsky.social

HMIs were so knowledgeable and could recommend resources and training. It meant that inspections felt like a dialogue between professionals.

Yes!! Bring back HMI at least they had experience of teaching and had to give support. As a SEND specialist I really appreciated inspection by someone who wrote Advanced Maths books!

So .. I recall HMIs and LA inspection I'm.That old.... If we had Eric Bolton grade HMI And LA area based inspection with place based working .. And area based initiative.. We might just break free to real improvement.