Helen Lovatt
@helenlovatt.bsky.social
Professor of Classics at Nottingham, writing, cats, brass banding, flowers. Power of Sadness, Latin Epic, Argonauts crossing. She/they. Legally blind
Pinned
I agree with this. It is also reassuring. I’m also open to many different approaches to assessment and different colleagues are trying them out. Mini viva? Open book exam? Translation comparison? Critiquing AI produced material? Tying assessment to authentic personal goals?
This has been around for a few weeks but I only saw it today. Very measured thoughts on how we should think about AI and the future of work for young people.
I wrote this yesterday about what to tell young people who are worried about what work will be in the age of AI:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I agree with this. It is also reassuring. I’m also open to many different approaches to assessment and different colleagues are trying them out. Mini viva? Open book exam? Translation comparison? Critiquing AI produced material? Tying assessment to authentic personal goals?
Three who would definitely be in my list, so I’ll probably love the others. Who is in your less well known treasure author category? I’d go for @zanzjan.bsky.social, and for children Annelise Gray.
Today's #Sarahs60 is 6 authors. I love Bluesky for authors, find lots of new favourites. I also follow @runalongwomble.bsky.social who asks 'what are you reading?' every Sunday. Great way to hear what other people enjoy. 6 is a tiny # so think of it as a snapshot & apologies all those I leave out
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Three who would definitely be in my list, so I’ll probably love the others. Who is in your less well known treasure author category? I’d go for @zanzjan.bsky.social, and for children Annelise Gray.
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How the right-wing newspapers still manage to dictate BBC coverage.
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
How the right-wing newspapers still manage to dictate BBC coverage.
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
Deer squirrel rabbits badger mice - all in our garden!
Brown bear (forests of Muskoka, Canada)
Raccoons (every public nook and cranny in Toronto)
Hawks (a park just west of downtown Toronto)
Canada Geese (Humber Bay Park, my neighborhood!)
Albino squirrel (Trinity Bellwoods Park)
Raccoons (every public nook and cranny in Toronto)
Hawks (a park just west of downtown Toronto)
Canada Geese (Humber Bay Park, my neighborhood!)
Albino squirrel (Trinity Bellwoods Park)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- beaver (in Scotland)
- platypus (in Queensland)
- skunk (in California)
- raccoon (in Massachusetts)
- boar (in Italy)
- beaver (in Scotland)
- platypus (in Queensland)
- skunk (in California)
- raccoon (in Massachusetts)
- boar (in Italy)
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Deer squirrel rabbits badger mice - all in our garden!
Very interesting. Shows how dominant imperialism is in gaming. The Argonauts board game is a bit different. Pandemic is very different. Credo also v different. Could we make games about preventing war?
I'd be VERY interested, historical designers (you self define that pls.) what you think of this as guide for analyzing existing practice &, possibly, for translating historical content to your games. Does it track for you & your practices?
(and of course additions are welcome; suggest away!)
(and of course additions are welcome; suggest away!)
Sending this out again for more #gamingthepast interested folk to see. A new iteration of Historical Problem Space framework diagram that includes an enumeration of the most common action-choices (archetypes of action choices) that player agents have in historical board AND video games. 1/
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Very interesting. Shows how dominant imperialism is in gaming. The Argonauts board game is a bit different. Pandemic is very different. Credo also v different. Could we make games about preventing war?
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Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
Tomorrow the second of these events: Children’s lit and classics friends: join us for a discussion on disability and belonging. More info here powerofsadness.wordpress.com/belonging-th...
And you can book in here forms.office.com/pages/respon...
And you can book in here forms.office.com/pages/respon...
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Tomorrow the second of these events: Children’s lit and classics friends: join us for a discussion on disability and belonging. More info here powerofsadness.wordpress.com/belonging-th...
And you can book in here forms.office.com/pages/respon...
And you can book in here forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Strategic case for change = mutually incompatible goals, no disciplinary contextualisation, benchmarking against the wrong institutions. All the hallmarks of bullshit consulting syndrome. We have many excellent data scientists in this institution. Could we please involve them?
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Strategic case for change = mutually incompatible goals, no disciplinary contextualisation, benchmarking against the wrong institutions. All the hallmarks of bullshit consulting syndrome. We have many excellent data scientists in this institution. Could we please involve them?
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Either
Either
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Either
Either
Just finished @kbwagers.com Indranan War trilogy and absolutely loved Angele Masters’ narration. Very sad I can’t access the Farian War audiobooks in the UK. It’s particularly annoying as a blind person. I’d be very happy to pay full price and download, but just not available 😢
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Just finished @kbwagers.com Indranan War trilogy and absolutely loved Angele Masters’ narration. Very sad I can’t access the Farian War audiobooks in the UK. It’s particularly annoying as a blind person. I’d be very happy to pay full price and download, but just not available 😢
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Peter Swallow (Lab) asks about protecting smaller subjects. JS: universities should be thinking first about how to protect student choice. Mentions extra payment for costly subjects. [No joy for modern languages here alas]. Refrain is that HEIs pride themselves on autonomy so are responsible. 10/n
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Peter Swallow (Lab) asks about protecting smaller subjects. JS: universities should be thinking first about how to protect student choice. Mentions extra payment for costly subjects. [No joy for modern languages here alas]. Refrain is that HEIs pride themselves on autonomy so are responsible. 10/n
Where is the executive function?
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Where is the executive function?
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Released today, the ‘Who Stays and Who leaves: Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers’ report.
@ncace.bsky.social
pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...
@ncace.bsky.social
pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...
Who Stays and Who Leaves? Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
Read the latest State of the Nations research report from University of Sheffield on mapping arts, culture and heritage careers.
pec.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Released today, the ‘Who Stays and Who leaves: Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers’ report.
@ncace.bsky.social
pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...
@ncace.bsky.social
pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...
Everyone is so strung out, brittle and overwhelmed right now. It’s like peak November. Almost feel like there might be something in astrology. Or maybe it’s just the cumulative effect of AI induced stress and alienation.
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Everyone is so strung out, brittle and overwhelmed right now. It’s like peak November. Almost feel like there might be something in astrology. Or maybe it’s just the cumulative effect of AI induced stress and alienation.
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I’m going to keep boosting this because it makes me giddy any time Disability Studies & Archaeology do a team-up!
I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I’m going to keep boosting this because it makes me giddy any time Disability Studies & Archaeology do a team-up!
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Children’s lit and classics friends: join us for a discussion on disability and belonging. More info here powerofsadness.wordpress.com/belonging-th...
And you can book in here forms.office.com/e/TzeiHiWp2n
Caroline Lawrence will be with us online, excited for it!
Hope to see you there!
And you can book in here forms.office.com/e/TzeiHiWp2n
Caroline Lawrence will be with us online, excited for it!
Hope to see you there!
Belonging through the past
Disability in children’s literature about Greece and Rome Two events for disability recognition month Belonging through the past 1 Caroline Lawrence This event explores how children’s literat…
powerofsadness.wordpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Two days to go till this event! Shouldn’t be full so if you don’t get round to filling in the form, please do come along. But do fill in the form or email me for the link if you’d like to attend online. My Phineus PowerPoint is all ready, and I did not find what I expected…
Children’s lit and classics friends: join us for a discussion on disability and belonging. More info here powerofsadness.wordpress.com/belonging-th...
And you can book in here forms.office.com/e/TzeiHiWp2n
Caroline Lawrence will be with us online, excited for it!
Hope to see you there!
And you can book in here forms.office.com/e/TzeiHiWp2n
Caroline Lawrence will be with us online, excited for it!
Hope to see you there!
Belonging through the past
Disability in children’s literature about Greece and Rome Two events for disability recognition month Belonging through the past 1 Caroline Lawrence This event explores how children’s literat…
powerofsadness.wordpress.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Two days to go till this event! Shouldn’t be full so if you don’t get round to filling in the form, please do come along. But do fill in the form or email me for the link if you’d like to attend online. My Phineus PowerPoint is all ready, and I did not find what I expected…
Not a good start to the day. Left house 5 mins late because trying to mend broken radiator valve. Messed up login to teaching computer because didn’t see caps lock was on. Had to WhatsApp myself my lecture PowerPoint. Good session even so. Sometimes being blind sucks, but I appreciate resilience.
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Not a good start to the day. Left house 5 mins late because trying to mend broken radiator valve. Messed up login to teaching computer because didn’t see caps lock was on. Had to WhatsApp myself my lecture PowerPoint. Good session even so. Sometimes being blind sucks, but I appreciate resilience.
I love this. She returns home and everyone is pretty pissed of that she went away. Especially the cats.
"The Lady has made an Ally from among The Heroes. He is very nice and helpful, but he still gets a lot wrong, so she’s doing her best to educate him and be patient. Also, her Ally will not shut up about his ex."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Lady Hero’s Journey
A woman tries to set out on The Hero’s Journey only to find that Joseph Campbell didn’t believe that women take The Hero’s Journey. She must instea...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I love this. She returns home and everyone is pretty pissed of that she went away. Especially the cats.
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"The Lady has made an Ally from among The Heroes. He is very nice and helpful, but he still gets a lot wrong, so she’s doing her best to educate him and be patient. Also, her Ally will not shut up about his ex."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Lady Hero’s Journey
A woman tries to set out on The Hero’s Journey only to find that Joseph Campbell didn’t believe that women take The Hero’s Journey. She must instea...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"The Lady has made an Ally from among The Heroes. He is very nice and helpful, but he still gets a lot wrong, so she’s doing her best to educate him and be patient. Also, her Ally will not shut up about his ex."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
Very interesting. Does this also apply in the uk and can our politicians learn from it? What is racial resentment and how do we reduce it? Given race is a social and political construct, why are people racialising themselves in this way? Why do people WANT to be racist??! Do they? Or just parroting?
What is really going on in this society that elected Donald Trump president a second time?
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
Unterstützung von Donald Trump: Die Irrtümer über Donald Trumps Rückhalt
Rechtsruck, multiethnische Koalition, Held einfacher Leute: Trump gilt als fest verankert. Doch diese Überzeugung beruht auf drei großen Missverständnissen.
www.zeit.de
November 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Very interesting. Does this also apply in the uk and can our politicians learn from it? What is racial resentment and how do we reduce it? Given race is a social and political construct, why are people racialising themselves in this way? Why do people WANT to be racist??! Do they? Or just parroting?
I may have worked too hard on this module. Getting the student evaluation part way through when they’re at their most anxious about projects probably doesn’t help. I know from my many years of teaching that they always are anxious about open ended assessment and that they punish the convenor for it.
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I may have worked too hard on this module. Getting the student evaluation part way through when they’re at their most anxious about projects probably doesn’t help. I know from my many years of teaching that they always are anxious about open ended assessment and that they punish the convenor for it.
Children’s lit and classics friends: join us for a discussion on disability and belonging. More info here powerofsadness.wordpress.com/belonging-th...
And you can book in here forms.office.com/e/TzeiHiWp2n
Caroline Lawrence will be with us online, excited for it!
Hope to see you there!
And you can book in here forms.office.com/e/TzeiHiWp2n
Caroline Lawrence will be with us online, excited for it!
Hope to see you there!
Belonging through the past
Disability in children’s literature about Greece and Rome Two events for disability recognition month Belonging through the past 1 Caroline Lawrence This event explores how children’s literat…
powerofsadness.wordpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Children’s lit and classics friends: join us for a discussion on disability and belonging. More info here powerofsadness.wordpress.com/belonging-th...
And you can book in here forms.office.com/e/TzeiHiWp2n
Caroline Lawrence will be with us online, excited for it!
Hope to see you there!
And you can book in here forms.office.com/e/TzeiHiWp2n
Caroline Lawrence will be with us online, excited for it!
Hope to see you there!
Belonging through the past
Disability in children’s literature about Greece and Rome Two events for disability recognition month Belonging through the past 1 Caroline Lawrence This event explores how children’s literat…
powerofsadness.wordpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Children’s lit and classics friends: join us for a discussion on disability and belonging. More info here powerofsadness.wordpress.com/belonging-th...
And you can book in here forms.office.com/e/TzeiHiWp2n
Caroline Lawrence will be with us online, excited for it!
Hope to see you there!
And you can book in here forms.office.com/e/TzeiHiWp2n
Caroline Lawrence will be with us online, excited for it!
Hope to see you there!
I like rain up to a point. This is that point.
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I like rain up to a point. This is that point.