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AzumahCarol

@azumahcarol.bsky.social
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Professor of Education, Policy and Practice at Open University. Writes about post-16 education. Drinks wine (occasionally). Completed C25k and still running. Likes interesting people. Proud owner of colour coded bookshelves. DM 📧 = instant unfollow

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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Have they run out of names? Bob owns a dog named Bobby. A cat named Cato. A baby named 'the baby'. Other names are still available. Rover and Fiddles for example. #TheArchers
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Essence of RBG 🦋 @rbgprevails.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Having had only 18 hours sleep since yesterday, Luna collapsed into an exhausted heap. #DoNotDisturb
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River Cavy ♿️ @rivercavy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Helen the most insensitive person ever. Thanks to all your hard work Tracey I can take my kids on a day out your kids could never have had. She increased the number of cows by 33% #TheArchers
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
londondaily.com
Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dear Jazza Lovely as you are, no one needs you whittering on about inconsequential stuff to do with pigs when they are learning to drive. A gentle, slow down, indicate, handbreak is ok as a reminder. Don't screetch it angrily when they forget. Brad - get a proper driving instructor. #TheArchers
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just Zia Yusuf having a pop at his parents.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just imagine how much disinformation and micro targeting £72m gets you… Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way …as if we learnt nothing from Brexit.
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I've waited years for that line. Thank you, Jolene. "Get outta my pub." #TheArchers #ArchEnders
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I've waIted years fOr tgatvkine. Thank you Jolene. "Get outta my pub."
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 14/05/2026
Ed “Hell yes I’m tough enough” Milliband versus Ed “give me some duct tape, a precision screwdriver and 15 minutes alone with him” Milliband.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The balaclava blackshirted thugs are a result of a decade of politicians, tabloids and the broadcast media telling racists they have "legitimate concerns." The normalisation of actual fascism rhetoric and action has led to this and is a far greater "legitimate concern" than any migrant on a boat.
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I sense plumbing noises are on the way. schlooop, schwolp, spluop Next week: Harrison has to explain away the black eye abd bruising Kenton gave him. #TheArchers
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This lemur seems to have figured out a way to express its desire to be touched.
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Spent the day on Substack still getting pushed stories of Jason. Left Twitter after foolishly visiting it in passing. My studied conclusion: THESE GHOULS ARE FUCKING BAT SHIT CRAZY PROPONENTS OF PHRENOLOGY. I NEED A DARK ROOM AND SILENCE. Mighr just read Okello instead.
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Lillyson Harrilly What ... you've not even submitted papers for divorce yet. Bit soon. Bit tasteless. #TheArchers I do not approve.
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Big Bird Scared
ALT: Big Bird Scared
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When I see commentators using terms like “DEI” I immediately suspect that they’re trying to ignite a US inspired (and maybe funded?) culture war here. Because the acronym used in the UK is EDI - equality, diversity, inclusion - linked to the equality act 2010. www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/1...
legislation.gov.uk
Equality Act 2010
An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economi...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I'd say "Something for nothing" culture is getting paid £100,000 a year of public money, plus expenses, for a job that you then fail to turn up to for months on end
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
On BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze tonight: “Slavery - Right or Wrong?” Some people say it’s morally wrong. On the other hand, it makes a tonne of money. On the panel: Edward Colston, King Leopold II, Tommy Robinson and Matt Goodwin. Join us as we discuss one of the great moral dilemmas of the day.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It's a pity Jason Arday wasn't a rightwing journalist arrested for beating his pregnant girlfriend. The obituaries would have been somewhat more sympathetic then.
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Tom Mills @tommills.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The British media hounded a man to his death claiming it was in the public interest. Is investigating that story in the public interest?
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The problem tends to be not that institutional equality work has become too radical, but that organisations have become extremely adept at domesticating its radical implications. Lee Jasper. leejaspersnr.substack.com/p/white-fail...
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White Failure Is Personal. Black Failure Becomes Political.
Proffesor Jason Arday has questions to answer, but his mistakes must not become an indictment of Black academics, EDI or the legitimacy of Black advancement.
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Rob Freeman 🩷💜💙 @robfreemanfluff.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The very media who have hounded Jason Arday to death have spent decades legitimising Andrew Wakefield’s lies and David Starkey’s racism.
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Rob @glastronomer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Desperately sad news about Jason Arday, hounded to his death by a media witch hunt initiated by an actual Nazi.
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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Jason Arday has been found dead after being subjected to an endless media campaign fueled by racism and far right bigotry that drove him from his job. Might as well state what happened out loud.
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Felix O'Kelly @callidusdominus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The press were acting with such glee in their onslaught against Jason Arday, while they give a pass to much worse behaviour, for reasons that ultimately boil down to racism.
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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The same UK media that hounded Jason Arday to his death were last week sharing amusing anecdotes about how Rod Liddle's copy was full of lies.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
You had one job (sacking Shabana Mahmood)
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"Shabana Mahmood staying as Home Secretary to presumably continue her appalling record of performative cruelty towards migrants and refugees is a warning sign that Burnham has not learnt the lessons from Starmer's failure," says Zack Polanski
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Ok. So .. I've never seen Monty and didn't realise he was a doberman. We all know however sweet, those dogs are, they are dogs. He's guilty unless he has an alibi. #TheArchers
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The Curriculum Journal @curriculumjournal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Attending the 2026 BERA Conference? If so, join us at 'Meet the BERA Journal Editors' on 10th September, 4pm to find out more about The Curriculum Journal, connect with one of our editors @azumahcarol.bsky.social & discover how to get involved, publish a paper or join the journal's community.
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Well, that was unexpectedly dull. Huge build up to less than nothing. Yaaaaawn 🥱 #TheArchers
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is so strange. I can't help treating non-human thing as if it's human. Laughs nervously.
Bot chat

Me: thanks bot
Bot: you're welcome 💛
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Daily Mail poll going hilariously south for Nigel Farage.. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Who would you vote for in the
Clacton by-election?


Nigel Farage


17%
1546 votes


Count Binface


72%
6391 votes


It's all a waste of time and
money


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votes


8878 votes. 72% of others agreed with you.
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Not every day you wake up to good news. Even Luna is pleased. Or at least she will be when she wakes up.
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Morning. Purr Purr. What's for breakfast? Where is it? I'm hungry. Purr Purr.
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John Attridge @johnattridge.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Academic writing should be addressed neither to the public nor to other academics. It should be addressed to a single interlocutor with whom you have a petty rivalry and whose work you are trying to discredit
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?
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The Curriculum Journal @curriculumjournal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New Editorial Alert from one of our Editors @azumahcarol.bsky.social is now available to read. 'The in/visible curriculum: Noticed, named, enacted' introduces the latest issue of the Curriculum Journal which pirouettes around a generative tension of in/visibility. Read here: doi.org/10.1002/curj...
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Every crime in which an ethnic or cultural minority is the perpetrator used to justify repression or worse of minorities. Every crime in which a minority is the victim used to argue for the idea that ethnic diversity is inherently unstable and should be reduced or eradicated.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
That was such a vibe. Thank you, London. Together - we're making hope normal again. 💚
Big community dance event at the Cause, Newham.
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Baba&Juju Greyhounds @simmagolda.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Morning campers youtu.be/rfUEstWJUkA?...
youtu.be
The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob you will ever see!!
YouTube video by Julien Cohen
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Adam is going to murder Brian. The plot thickens. The next 30 days are going to be explosive. #TheArchers meets Midsomer Murders. Harison plays Jack Sweeny. Ok. My genres are confused. #TheArchers meets Agatha Christie with Harrison playing inspector Clousoe.
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AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Pip is acting as if someone has just invented the internet. #TheArchers
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OU WELS Praxis @welspraxis.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
✨ We’re gearing up for the 8th annual Praxis Festival of Scholarship this week! Led by @azumahcarol.bsky.social the event is open to everyone, and we’d love you to join us. 🔗 View the full programme and register on our website: university.open.ac.uk/scholarship-... #SoTL #FestivalOfScholarship
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OU WELS Praxis @welspraxis.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
How can interactive tools support critical writing? Bob Hallawell’s Praxis Project explores a new interactive writing tool in Demystifying Critically. Watch the video to learn more. #EdTech #AcademicSkills @openuniversity.bsky.social @azumahcarol.bsky.social university.open.ac.uk/scholarship-...
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OU WELS Praxis @welspraxis.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Excited to welcome Dr Mark Carrigan as keynote speaker for our @OpenUniversity #PraxisOpenSeminar2026! From Anxiety to Agency: Unlocking AI’s Creative Potential in Higher Education Join us from 9:45 for a chat ahead of a prompt 9:55 start. Don’t miss it! @azumahcarol.bsky.social
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OU WELS Praxis @welspraxis.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Register now for the Praxis Festival of Scholarship 2026! Join us for a day of inspiring sessions, practical insights, and celebration of scholarship across WELS and beyond. 🔗 Register now: university.open.ac.uk/scholarship-... @azumahcarol.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social
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The Curriculum Journal @curriculumjournal.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
🚨New Editorial Alert: 'Curriculum as critical, creative choreography' by one of our Curriculum Journal Editors @azumahcarol.bsky.social is now available to read. Read here: bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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OU WELS Praxis @welspraxis.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Exploring new ways to support future teachers – Watch Cath Bleasdale’s video on developing reflective practice in teacher education through collaborative toolkit design #TeacherEducation #ReflectivePractice @openuniversity.bsky.social @azumahcarol.bsky.social university.open.ac.uk/scholarship-...
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