Sarah Wenham
@sarahinilkley.bsky.social
Lives in Ilkley West Yorkshire , UK. Former sport academic @Sheffield Hallam for 18yrs; Crossed over to Uni of Leeds professional services (employability/careers) Now sits somewhere in the middle trying to bridge the divide
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I’ve been nominated for the FIFA prize for literature, oh wait, I just found out I won. Imaginary prizes are it turns out, very easy to win.
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I’ve been nominated for the FIFA prize for literature, oh wait, I just found out I won. Imaginary prizes are it turns out, very easy to win.
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This week on Wonkhe: Amid rising reports of student loneliness, Mack Marshall explores how UK universities are failing to design for connection - and why social isolation is no longer just a pastoral issue but a structural one
The one where they still don't have any friends
Amid rising reports of student loneliness, Mack Marshall explores how UK universities are failing to design for connection - and why social isolation is no longer just a pastoral issue but a structural...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This week on Wonkhe: Amid rising reports of student loneliness, Mack Marshall explores how UK universities are failing to design for connection - and why social isolation is no longer just a pastoral issue but a structural one
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
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#celebritytraitors weirdly turning out to be a strong advertisement for the proposition that if you want to understand complex social dynamics, stop studying history and start playing rugby instead.
October 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#celebritytraitors weirdly turning out to be a strong advertisement for the proposition that if you want to understand complex social dynamics, stop studying history and start playing rugby instead.
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NEW on Wonkhe: For Elliot Newstead, the implications of changes to high-tariff recruitment behaviour go far beyond student numbers buff.ly/LAE5cwy
October 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: For Elliot Newstead, the implications of changes to high-tariff recruitment behaviour go far beyond student numbers buff.ly/LAE5cwy
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Join us Wednesday 22nd otber at 8pm BST for #LTHE Chat 340: Embedding Academic Skills in UK Higher Education: Why It Matters with guest @drchrism.bsky.social
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LTHE Chat 340: Embedding Academic Skills in UK Higher Education: Why It Matters
Join us on Bluesky with guest Dr Chris Martin @drchrism.bsky.social on Wednesday 22nd October 2025 at 20:00 BST When engaging in conversations with academic colleagues, the…
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October 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Join us Wednesday 22nd otber at 8pm BST for #LTHE Chat 340: Embedding Academic Skills in UK Higher Education: Why It Matters with guest @drchrism.bsky.social
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Wow. Such an emotional reaction from both of them.
“I am just one person…this is an achievement of a whole society.”
María Corina Machado joins a long line of Nobel Peace Prize laureates who were awakened in the middle of the night to learn that the Nobel Committee was just minutes away from announcing their award.
María Corina Machado joins a long line of Nobel Peace Prize laureates who were awakened in the middle of the night to learn that the Nobel Committee was just minutes away from announcing their award.
October 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Wow. Such an emotional reaction from both of them.
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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A survey carried out by the Institute of Physics has found that more than a quarter of UK university #physics departments could be shut down within the next couple of years.
Quarter of UK physics departments face closure, finds IOP report – Physics World
Survey of the heads of UK physics department finds most are expecting to drop courses
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September 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A survey carried out by the Institute of Physics has found that more than a quarter of UK university #physics departments could be shut down within the next couple of years.
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1. Jimmy Kimmel:
“The president of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs.
Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he can't take a joke.
He was somehow able to squeeze Colbert out of CBS...
“The president of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs.
Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he can't take a joke.
He was somehow able to squeeze Colbert out of CBS...
September 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
1. Jimmy Kimmel:
“The president of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs.
Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he can't take a joke.
He was somehow able to squeeze Colbert out of CBS...
“The president of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs.
Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he can't take a joke.
He was somehow able to squeeze Colbert out of CBS...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.
September 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.
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*Unless it is Cameron being replaced by May, May being replaced by Johnson, Johnson being replaced by Truss, or Truss being replaced by Sunak.
It is only if Starmer goes.
Absolute. Charlton. Hypocrite. Imbecile.
It is only if Starmer goes.
Absolute. Charlton. Hypocrite. Imbecile.
September 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
*Unless it is Cameron being replaced by May, May being replaced by Johnson, Johnson being replaced by Truss, or Truss being replaced by Sunak.
It is only if Starmer goes.
Absolute. Charlton. Hypocrite. Imbecile.
It is only if Starmer goes.
Absolute. Charlton. Hypocrite. Imbecile.
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VERY excited to be joining forces with lovely and brilliant writer @devaneemily.bsky.social to host a writing workshop in our beautiful home town of #Ilkley! Join us on Saturday 8 November for Write Away: a morning of practical writing advice and inspiration 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-away...
Write Away: 3 hours of writing inspiration in Ilkley
Join writers Emily Devane and Andrea Mann for a writing workshop, with practical and inspiring prompts, tips and advice.
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September 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
VERY excited to be joining forces with lovely and brilliant writer @devaneemily.bsky.social to host a writing workshop in our beautiful home town of #Ilkley! Join us on Saturday 8 November for Write Away: a morning of practical writing advice and inspiration 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-away...
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You know you’re living in strange times when Last Night of the Proms feels like the least jingoistic thing happening in Britain at the moment.
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
You know you’re living in strange times when Last Night of the Proms feels like the least jingoistic thing happening in Britain at the moment.
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Earlier today, staff in five additional work areas were told they face targeted Voluntary Severence. This decision, and the meagre justifications that UEB are offering, show a complete lack of leadership or financial strategy.
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More threats to jobs, no long term vision. Vote YES to industrial action
At this point last year, the Vice-Chancellor was claiming that UEB’s approach to reducing staff expenditure over two academic years would allow the University to return to a surplus position by the 20...
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September 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Earlier today, staff in five additional work areas were told they face targeted Voluntary Severence. This decision, and the meagre justifications that UEB are offering, show a complete lack of leadership or financial strategy.
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BREAKING: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at an event in Utah, President Trump says.
September 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
BREAKING: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at an event in Utah, President Trump says.
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Students are 'second-year undergraduates at a top British university. Rohan studies politics and is the named account administrator. Joshua is studying history. And Nathaniel, the heaviest user of the account, consulted ChatGPT extensively before changing courses from maths to computer sciences.'
18 months. 12,000 questions. A whole lot of anxiety. What I learned from reading students’ ChatGPT logs
Students increasingly use AI chatbots for anything from academic queries to emotional quandaries. But are they missing out on the chance to make their own mistakes? Three undergrads reveal all …
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July 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Students are 'second-year undergraduates at a top British university. Rohan studies politics and is the named account administrator. Joshua is studying history. And Nathaniel, the heaviest user of the account, consulted ChatGPT extensively before changing courses from maths to computer sciences.'
So headline news today that Jag Landrover cutting 100s of jobs but still not a whisper about the 1000s that are going/have already gone across the University sector... news.sky.com/story/jaguar... #ukhighereducation
July 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
So headline news today that Jag Landrover cutting 100s of jobs but still not a whisper about the 1000s that are going/have already gone across the University sector... news.sky.com/story/jaguar... #ukhighereducation
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The choices facing Labour aren't really any different from the ones they faced coming into office. UK growth is a little worse than expected, US tariffs a bigger drag, but the contours of the problems were known (a public sector in desperate need of funds, rising interest costs, little fiscal space)
July 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The choices facing Labour aren't really any different from the ones they faced coming into office. UK growth is a little worse than expected, US tariffs a bigger drag, but the contours of the problems were known (a public sector in desperate need of funds, rising interest costs, little fiscal space)
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Down to the last two in the World's Worst Hairstyle of 2025 Contest.
July 14, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Down to the last two in the World's Worst Hairstyle of 2025 Contest.
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I was happy to contribute to this @timeshighered.bsky.social piece on students' use of #GenerativeAI. It's clear the AI genie is out of the bottle, but students should not outsource their brains and use it as an educational silver bullet. We still need to build critical skills first.
“If an expert is somebody who knows a lot about very little, AI is the opposite, engaging with academic literature only superficially while falling over itself to show you the breadth of its knowledge. The result is 1,500 words of grammatically impeccable mediocrity.”
Has AI killed the essay?
Has AI killed the essay?
Have chatbots killed the student essay?
This year’s marking season has confirmed for many academics that, less than three years since the launch of ChatGPT, AI use by students has become so rife that their submitted writing is no longer a r...
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July 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I was happy to contribute to this @timeshighered.bsky.social piece on students' use of #GenerativeAI. It's clear the AI genie is out of the bottle, but students should not outsource their brains and use it as an educational silver bullet. We still need to build critical skills first.
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If Zoe had added Munich, everybody would now talk about Pop Music....
June 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If Zoe had added Munich, everybody would now talk about Pop Music....