@FilMcIntyre

I'm done here but you can find me on @filmci.bsky.social

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I'm done here but you can find me on @filmci.bsky.social
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How does a small loss-making recruitment agency land a £50 million deal to supply PPE? According to Lord Feldman, the agency owner just needs to be a 'good chap' and 'ex-SAS'. Much of the PPE SG Recruitment eventually delivered would be marked 'do not supply to the NHS'.
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Highland haggis hunters have been using the latest night-vision technology this season to catch these shy, nocturnal beasties
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When people hear the term #accessibility, they think of it as a web developer’s responsibility. However, even if a platform is built to be accessible, it's the upkeep of online content that ensures a platform remains accessible. Our guide can help: zurl.co/DidFR #A11y
An illustration has three small people assessing the accessibility of a website's digital content, next to a huge lightbulb. To the side text reads "6 accessibility considerations for your digital content: 1. Alt text on images, 2. Heading levels, 3. Captioned videos, 4. Clear typography, 5. Descriptive link text, 6. User-friendly language. Read the guide at www.horlix.com"

ALT An illustration has three small people assessing the accessibility of a website's digital content, next to a huge lightbulb. To the side text reads "6 accessibility considerations for your digital content: 1. Alt text on images, 2. Heading levels, 3. Captioned videos, 4. Clear typography, 5. Descriptive link text, 6. User-friendly language. Read the guide at www.horlix.com"

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I'm speaking at Bett. What about? Tech for learners with SEND: Indicators of effective integration When? Thursday 23 January. 14:15 Where? Teaching and learning theatre #BettUK2025 is free to attend for people working in education.
I'm speaking at Bett2025! bett Excel London 22-24 January 2025. Celebrating 40 years. Get your ticket.

ALT I'm speaking at Bett2025! bett Excel London 22-24 January 2025. Celebrating 40 years. Get your ticket.

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I've got a Saturday evening and most of Sunday to kill in #Orlando in a few weeks, while waiting for a flight. What should I see/do? I'm not keen on theme parks and I don't want to travel far from the airport.
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Recently, @BarnsleyAT were welcomed to our College by our Speech and Language Therapy & Assistive Technology team. Among them was Jamie, who is a service user representative for BAT and an advanced user of the Grid software, which enables him to communicate using technology.
Image shows Henshaws College staff standing behind Jamie and Georgia, with everyone smiling at the camera. Jamie and Georgia are both in their chairs, with their chair screens in front of them. A classroom setting can be seen behind everyone.

ALT Image shows Henshaws College staff standing behind Jamie and Georgia, with everyone smiling at the camera. Jamie and Georgia are both in their chairs, with their chair screens in front of them. A classroom setting can be seen behind everyone.

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We have an exciting opportunity to join the Barnsley Assistive Technology Team as an AT Clinical Specialist SLT for a 2 years fixed term/secondment. For more information and to apply: beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/j… Closing date: 12th Jan 2025
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Fair access to education and training starts with being able to get to your place of learning. natspec.org.uk/are-the-wheel…

Are the wheels falling off? - Natspec

Natspec publishes a damning report on post-16 transport support for learners with SEND.

natspec.org.uk
FE Week@FEWeek6 Dec 2024
🚕 A new @Natspec survey has found safety issues and special needs students starting college late from delays with council-appointed transport services feweek.co.uk/driven-to-despa…

Driven to despair by council SEND transport mess

A Natspec survey has raised safety issues with council-appointed transport services for special needs students

feweek.co.uk
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Kids Write Jokes is on Bluesky. @kidswritejokes.bsky.social Pretty much seals the deal.
Kids Write Jokes@KidsWriteJokes13 Nov 2024
where dose santa live in the bin
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Escaping from X at a slow crawl towards #Bluesky. Find me at bsky.app/profile/filmci.bsky…
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Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election dlvr.it/TG7Jtl
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There's still time to book your place for #TechAbility24 - but bookings close tomorrow, so don't hang about! A must attend event if you're interested in Assistive Technology and how to use it with learners - and Natspec members receive a discount! techability.org.uk/techabili…
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Inspiring or depressing? Maybe a bit of both. Pretty pleased when I get under 28.00
Alastair Humphreys@Al_Humphreys11 Nov 2024
13.44 @parkrunUK?! 🤯 bbc.com/sport/athletics/arti…

Nick Griggs: County Tyrone 19-year-old sets world's best time for Parkrun in Belfast

County Tyrone 19-year-old Nick Griggs produces a Parkrun world's best at Victoria Park in Belfast when he clocks 13 minutes and 44 seconds.

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Today is the final day for submissions for full fee scholarships for the excellent Assistive Technology MSc at @dundeeuni which is run/taught by @RohanSlaughter @usabilitydoc and @TG_AT :-) dundee.ac.uk/scholarships/ms…
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I called families to tell them their beloved was dying. I read out messages from absent family members. I saw the British public behave with such *staggering* decency as they obeyed the rules to protect the vulnerable. Is my anger 'overblown'? She has absolutely no idea.
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We're back at @SODAmcr soon for DMLab NW! Disabled or Non-Disabled musician, technologist or hacker? Join us for more accessible music-making. No booking required. ⏰ 6pm 📆 Tues 19 November 📌 School of Digital Arts, SODA, Man Met Uni, 14 Higher Chatham St, Manchester, M15 6ED
Flyer for DMLab North-West. Features an image of a hand playing an accessible instrument, along with text against an orange and pink gradient background. All key text described in caption.

ALT Flyer for DMLab North-West. Features an image of a hand playing an accessible instrument, along with text against an orange and pink gradient background. All key text described in caption.

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This is a real concern which urgently needs addressing. In the specialist FE sector, the gap is even wider, making it much harder for specialist colleges to recruit and retain SEND specialist staff.
Institute for Fiscal Studies
@TheIFS24 Oct 2024
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Nearly half of college teachers leave the profession within three years of starting, partly due to the pay gap between college and school teachers. The pay gap between colleges and schools is set to widen to nearly £7,000 or 18% in 2024/25, the largest gap on record. [5/8]
Chart shows median salary for college and school teachers in England (actual between 2010/11 and 2023/24 and forecast for 2024/25). Title states: "College teachers have consistently been paid less than school teachers, and this gap is set to widen."

ALT Chart shows median salary for college and school teachers in England (actual between 2010/11 and 2023/24 and forecast for 2024/25). Title states: "College teachers have consistently been paid less than school teachers, and this gap is set to widen."

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So, back to that gap in SEND provision: it has been exploited by private equity firms and Middle East wealth funds, who are now making millions of pounds from private SEND schools – which cost double that of a state special school (/12) schoolsweek.co.uk/how-invest…

How investors make millions from ‘bankrupt’ SEND system

Private-equity-run independent special schools are propping up the sector. But at what cost?

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🚨The special needs system is on the brink of collapse. The government's spending watchdog will publish its own likely damning investigation this week But we’ve been chronicling the collapse for years. And I just want to set out how seriously bad things are … (mega 🧵)
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