Yesterday my PhD was officially confirmed, following a VIVA with no corrections & amazing comments from external examiner, Professor Pamela Enderby, OBE. I have received amazing support from so many people & made good friends. This experience has shaped my thinking & career 👩‍🎓🥂

Outstanding effort by the girls to qualify for the regional finals despite falling just short in the county final vs @SolihullSport. Some superb netball on show from both teams! #kesnetball

Netball 1s and 2s continued their winning streak at Kings High with two strong performances. MVPs Chloe and Sarah #thesegirlscan #kesnetball#kes

To mark the #DemocraticConvention #DNC2024 #DNC we've had fun adapting @Eddy_Grant's gloriously hopeful international anti-apartheid anthem from 1988. So here's 🎶 "Gimme Hope Kamala" - a parody twist about @KamalaHarris 💙 vs #DonaldTrump 🍊 that pulls no punches.

Tories say we have one of the best healthcare systems in Europe,another lie!!

From Obama’s speechwriter

In an election year for many countries, let us consider one of the great scientific mysteries of our time, ‘Schrödinger’s Immigrant’. #vote #immigrantswelcome

Right on!

Good on you!

It’s the end of the road.

It’s shocking that 68 Conservative MPs actually voted tonight to disaply international law They voted to put all our rights at risk because if a Govt can snatch human rights away from any section of society when it pleases none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken by people in power whenever they want Never forget and vote them out of office at the first opportunity

The official trailer for my @NatGeoTV show about Greenland just came out! No one has been to Ingmikortilaq in nearly two decades. Until now. Get ready for #ArcticAscent, a limited series premiering Sunday, February 4, at 8/7c on @NatGeoTV. Stream on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

Find the cover article, by yours truly, on p24. @CraigProfessor @DrJohnGalvin

Catching up with the latest @RCSLT bulletin. Lots of really relevant discussions within the current world of SLT - great to see such a strong focus on wellbeing! 😌also, lovely to see come familiar @WMISLT2 faces in the showcase feature 😏🗣

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 review for the latest @RCSLT Bulletin with it's abundance of health & wellbeing articles supporting self, team and #leadership. A fantastic focus to support #MyHCPCstandards & promote a #JoyfulJanuary start to 2024 TY 💐 Glenn Carter @SAClaire @BTHFTAdultSALT Sarah A

Teachers are key players, but they need to be aware of DLD and have the right skills. @SpeechAndLangUK have provided a whole set of resources for schools. Bookmark for later if you're busy right now speechandlanguage.org.uk/dld… #DLDday #DevLangDis

A paradigm shift in how we view work and retirement…Record number of over-50s in UK working part-time, ONS data shows theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…

“Today I wrote a note to a bereaved mother. I wanted to say don’t believe all those sympathy cards. The ones that say “time heals” and “God only takes the best” and “may your sorrows be lessened.” You’ll only be disappointed. I wanted to say this is the most heart-wrenching, chest crushing, breath stealing tragedy on earth. I wanted to tell her there will be days she wants to die, and friends who will not understand some of the things she does or says. I wanted to tell her she will still feel her child’s presence at times, sometimes so strongly that it is as if they are dancing just at the edge of whatever activity is going on. And other times she might not feel their presence at all. I wanted to tell her that her life will not go back, that she will never be the same, because a piece of her left with her child. And that even though the pain does not go away, somehow her soul will eventually make enough room so she can hold it all ~ the grief, the pain, the joy ~ and the love. I wanted to tell her ~ but I didn’t. Instead, I wrote this ~ I’m sending love, for words are pointless right now. And that is the truth. Wonderfully written by Susi Costello 💛