Fi Daisy G
fidaisyg.bsky.social
Fi Daisy G
@fidaisyg.bsky.social
Engineering Academic, Chartered Structural Engineer, Open University Staff Tutor, global citizen living in UK, Mum, she/her.
Staying angry about Brexit - but will be scanning for opportunities to facilitate Erasmus for students with lower privilege
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Erasmus also brings indirect benefits to students and staff at UK Universities hosting Erasmus students. The return is great news!
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The posh kids could do that through Turing or private funding. Erasmus is important to extend tge opportunity:

"Inclusion is one of the main priorities of the Erasmus+ programme and one of its goals is to ensure equal opportunities for participation."

www.erasmusplus.is/um-erasmus/e...
Inclusion in Erasmus+
Inclusion means providing individuals, who would otherwise be excluded or marginalised, with equal opportunities and resources for active participation in society.
www.erasmusplus.is
December 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Keynsham library has a raised floor over a Roman mosaic. Reflections make a photo difficult, especially with glass well-trodden. Link is to a local blog reporting on 2014 opening: bathnewseum.com/2014/10/20/k...
December 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Why wait until birth? Sign up the parents too!

And that would be especially good if other councils catch-up with South Gloucestershire with a combined card for libraries and leisure centres! www.southglos.gov.uk/news/active-...
Active Card distribution piloted at three schools | South Gloucestershire Council
‘Active schools’ is an innovative new partnership between South Gloucestershire Council and Circadian Trust, the charitable organisation that operates leisure centres on behalf of the council. The pil...
www.southglos.gov.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Joy riding was an issue in Oxford in the early 90s, mentioned briefly here @municipaldreams.bsky.social, which also highlights the influence of car manufacturing municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/t...
The Blackbird Leys Estate, Oxford: ‘Never accepted as part of the city proper’
Blackbird Leys, situated on the south-eastern periphery of Oxford, is to all appearances a pretty ordinary, not to say humdrum, council estate.  But it’s achieved notoriety.  Some of this is typica…
municipaldreams.wordpress.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sounds like a morning to read this. London centric but similar issues elswhere bsky.app/profile/jim....
What if Thames Water aren’t always the baddies when it comes to sewage in London rivers? It’s hard to comprehend, so in April I challenged @rachel-rees.bsky.social to find a single example of a misconnection and chase it to the Thames. It became an epic quest: www.londoncentric.media/p/misconnect...
London's other sewage scandal
London Centric chases illegal sewage from a single polluting pipe on its toxic journey across the capital.
www.londoncentric.media
December 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM