Dr Helen Sissons
@HelenSissons
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Journalism educator and former broadcast journalist
Auckland, New Zealand
Joined August 2011
I am thrilled to announce I am now represented by @KateDavids of Arc Literary Management. I am very excited to work with her on my upper-YA paranormal romance.
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Just one of the great stories covered by our postgraduate journalism students during this latest lockdown. Very proud! The idea of a new normal is a mistake, say wellbeing researchers
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Woke up to being on a page that matters. Small milestones. Also the Toroa Research Centre has an open call for papers, check it out here https://t.co/SXDaslQdCJ
#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter
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NEW: GB News isn't crap. It's dangerous. I have form with Andrew Neil. Which is why I dread & fear what this new venture means. https://t.co/OSacrgVwdt
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Must admit, I thought this Johnsons crooked government and Hoyle’s toothless parliament were beyond satire; I was wrong. thank heavens for British comedy. @BylineTimes @HouseofCommons
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This was the Home Secretary's answer as to why the UK has the worst daily death rate in the world.
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Love this thread.
On the righteous pleasure scale this rates a 10 of 10. You will want to watch this New Zealand journalist "grill" an alt right politician the way it should be done. https://t.co/01n3jbcCVw My favorite: "Would you like to have another go at answering that?" Via @charlesarthur
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Media refreshingly not being treated as the enemy here in NZ.
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Nice to be named as the “Cochrane Studies” for our work on #Heutagogy & the PAH Continuum @vnarayan @atz119 @HelenSissons @Dmulrennan @MattGuinibert @AverillG p232-233 @MelbCSHE
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Heutagogy is described as an extension to andragogy and has also been referred to as a potential theory for online and distance education. There have been reviews of the literature on heutagogy, al...
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The president says true debate and discussion cannot take place virtually. I imagine this means he is about to call for the postponement of next week’s remote hearings of the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider his Supreme Court justice nominee.
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The New Zealand election, like watching a political fight through the Calm app
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It has been a challenge to remember what a normal political scene looks like, but how good is boring right now?
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when you're definitely positively not being wildly defensive and cagey despite what many people are saying and what the FAKE NEWS says about you.
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We really need to talk about David Seymour. I worry we don’t take all the things to be concerned about seriously. I’m going to try to pull it all into one thread because sure as hell we’ll need to start referencing this if we choose to hand him power that he should not have.
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