Simon John James
@ProfSJJames
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English Professor. Durham Commission for Creativity and Education, Child of the North. Victorian Fiction, Wells,Waugh, Dickens. Occasionally digital.
Durham, England
Joined November 2015
My honour and pleasure to lead on this new report for Child of the North. Please read and share!! Let's get creativity and the arts at the heart of the education of every child!!!
A report launched today by Child of the North - led by @n8research and @_henorth - and @annelongfield’s @Cfyounglives warns the talents of millions of children are being wasted, and calls for creativity to be embedded into an inclusive school curriculum https://t.co/l2W7x2fOjo
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An essay comparing the archives (and achievements) of Alasdair Gray and Evelyn Waugh: https://t.co/cARSoycigU
@planetpaulblog @MrNeilScott
@AuberonWaugh_PE @SMelfont
@ProfSJJames @dj_forrester
@IanCallaway352 @AGrayArchive @RealifersRoss
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My current contract's going to be up at the end of June so I'm looking to line up commissions or other freelance work if you need a writer or editor. There's a link to my website in my profile, which has my bio and a brief portfolio of my work.
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📣 CONNECT: Dynamic Leadership is open for bookings! 📍 @OneStrawberryLn 📅 Wed, 25 June This full day training promotes a creative attitude to leadership & the personal qualities, skills & attributes inherent in good leadership. For info & to book: connect@mortalfools.org.uk
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We are looking for a Research Statistician and Data Analyst, working with me and the @EvidenceInEdu team. https://t.co/vVRDbnabLN
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You remember too much, my mother said to me recently. Why hold onto all that? And I said, Where can I put it down? —Anne Carson, from "The Glass Essay"
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Well done Sunderland yesterday and good luck spennymoor today!!
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Say hello to @BeeLitMag! The Bee is a new showcase of working-class writing from the UK and beyond, comprising a website, a literary magazine, The Working Class Library podcast, and The Beehive, an online space for new and emerging working-class writers.
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UK-wide initiative launched to tackle marginalisation of working-class writers | Publishing | The Guardian
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New Writing North’s literary venture The Bee includes magazine and podcast, and is supported by Michael Sheen
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As a Lincolnshire Mayor will have zero control over immigration policy, i wonder if Anrea Jenkyns is proposing to stop holidaymakers crossing the county border to Skegness or Cleethorpes from staying in B&Bs and make them go to campsites
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A teacher I know is doing a PhD and needs help from other experienced teachers in England (5+ years experience). Survey here — 10–15 mins max. She’d be so grateful! https://t.co/WkHiJ7FS53
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Immigrants are not entitled to claim Universal Credit. Immigrants have No Recourse to Public Funds. Rupert is a race-baiting snake oil salesman hoping to profit from a rise in bigotry & violence, who is apparently too much of a bully even for Reform UK🤢🤮
The next aim is to get a full nationality breakdown for those claiming Universal Credit and other benefits - let's see who is living off the British taxpayer, and where they have come from.
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Creativity fuels change, especially when it comes to building a better world. On this World Creativity & Innovation Day, we're celebrating how imagination and innovation can help achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to protect our planet and the life on it.
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BREAKING: New York State Attorney General Letitia James breaks her silence, responding to Trump's retaliation against her and hands him his ass. Letitia James is a fearless woman. Must-watch:
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Join hundreds of creative and cultural orgs based in England, and take part in the Private Investment in Culture Survey ✍️ It investigates the levels and sources of investment beyond public funding for the previous 3 financial years. Take the survey 👇 https://t.co/JWoN7GGnAq
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Our Executive Chair @annelongfield has spoken to @politicshome about boosting children's online safety and wellbeing. 👇
“I don't think in any way that media companies are feeling threatened by this." ICYMI: New peer and former children's commissioner @annelongfield spoke to @politicshome about whether the govt can take on big tech to protect children online https://t.co/RIUesYZxYu
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