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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Just for weekend fun, as the end of marking finally is in sight, our perrito Chachito, as a core member of this Mexi-Brit household, had his groom this morning and his groomer forwarded us this ❤️ 🤣🇲🇽 Viva México!! #MomentaryBreather

(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Taking time out today to mark a big day in our house! I may feel pride in my work sometimes, but I am unfailingly proud of my daughter (and of being her mum) always!

(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Lush to’ve been with York St John University Centre for Language+Social Justice Research staff for today’s Festival of Ideas session. LGV bumper stickers,The Simpsons, Sycamore Gap, Eastenders+Moana all in with Merleau-Ponty, the PTMF, Living Experience, Closure, Survivor and Wayfinding in 12mins! 🎉

(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Marking on a Saturday morning. Envious of el perrito, can’t lie!

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Excited+also *a little* nervous to be talking words+suicide loss next week-pondering on my (derived over time) learning/thinking about language as a person bereaved by suicide. Words that are lost; taken away; imposed; discovered; physically felt and require navigation/redefinition…Wish me 🍀 pls!

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

“Westminster needs to wake up to this need for joined-up thinking if we are to limit the number of...Essexes, Hertfordshires & Nottinghams...UK universities are a precious commodity. Ten years of dropping this commodity to see where the pieces land is not an education policy worthy of the name.” 1/2

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Close of Academic Year 2025/6 doth appear on the horizon…. ❤️🎓#AcademicSky

(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Taking 5 mins in the YSJ peace garden before next teaching session ☀️🌳❤️

(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A YSJ Writing Retreat morning, during which I set aside all screens in favour of handwriting and thinking. I scribble-reflected for 10 pages, and it was nothing short of blissful. I’ve now a structure for my autoethnography on ‘survivor’ in the context of sibling suicide loss #AcademicSky 🎉 😀☀️📝✒️

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Love that the train driver this morning has asked the entire passenger load for name suggestions for the Dachshund puppy he’s bring home at the weekend! 🐶

(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

As part of discussions pertaining to language use, function and effect (and the need for their inclusion on teaching materials, for example), I present my local takeaway’s social media use of ‘trigger warning’ for consideration….

(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

3/3. …response to ‘put a hand up if you’ve lost someone’, especially when very many of the crowd are younger people. What an acknowledging and permissive space to provide (young) grievers….Grief intertwined with hope indeed.

(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

2/3. ..life experiences (the lyrics to ‘Eternity’ - oof!), but it’s something else to see a 25 year old man stand in front of thousands, talk about his own grief (seriously but also with humour), and invite the crowd to share back. It’s also an immensely moving sight to see a sea of hands rise in …

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

1/3. Went to see Alex Warren last night, as part of his current world tour. Seriously good sounds! But more significant/impressive (to me) was seeing the space he provided for grief. He’s already known for being open and talking publicly about the loss of both parents as well as other difficult ...

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Ain’t nothing like a beautiful and energy-filled day in Edinburgh to rejuvenate!

(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

There was no such thing as ‘National Siblings Day’ when my brother died 14.5 years ago, no outlet in which the loss could be really expressed, this is a major acknowledgement…still a long way to go in recognising sibling grief but it’s nice to see a start appearing! www.cruse.org.uk/understandin...

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Losing a Sibling | Cruse Bereavement Care

Our siblings hold an important place in our lives. Their death can be very painful. We're here to help you make sense of how you're feeling.

(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

April in the North West of the UK….🤦🏼‍♀️ #StormDave

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Over the last 7 working days, I’ve marked 26 assessments amounting to approx. 82,000 words (alongside other admin task completions). Head is FRIED; heart disappointed to have not been able to meet pre-hol research/writing target too…. Roll on the coming moment for ‘out of office’ 🎉💤 #AcademicSky

(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Going to be talking to current PGRs about “attending conferences”. Having done many, I have thoughts…but am also curious as to what others (across disciplines) would have a) liked to know whilst doing your PhD? And b) what have you learned about attending conferences since?! #AcademicSky

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

In the depths marking and too much time on Moodle/in Turnitin, how lovely to have this motivation at the bottom of the screen. ❤️❤️ #AcademicSky

LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

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Q6 What resources or institutional support would help with the productive uses of humour in education? Reply with A6 #LTHEchat and your response

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

This week’s #LTHEchat will be starting in 10 minutes. We will be discussing 'Exploring Academics’ Use of Humour Styles in Higher Education Teaching’ with @hankumna.bsky.social Still time to read through the blogpost

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A whole morning at a YSJ retreat in a cosy room in an old York pub reading, developing and drafting a proposal on ‘Everything I Do (I Do It for You)’: siblings, musical memories and suicide loss. This I liked LOTS. 🎼✒️ #AcademicSky

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

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'Teaching-only staff at Sheffield Hallam University are set to be moved into a subsidiary firm, leaving research intensive scholars the only academics still being employed directly by the institution.' Utterly inequitable & betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the teaching/research nexus. 1/3

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Sheffield Hallam restricts TPS access to REF academics only

Teaching staff at post-92 institution to be employed by subsidiary firm and lose right to access expensive pensions scheme

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Fascinating tbh. “What about the people who choose not to share online? …This article seeks to explore this under-researched phenomenon. Much like ‘non-use’, unshareability and non-sharing are crucial parts of contemporary digital culture.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #AcademicSky #Grief

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Unshareable: Non-Sharing Grief and Grievabilities on Social Media - Tamara Borovica, Katrin Gerber, Larissa Hjorth, 2026

For death-online scholars, online rituals of loss and death help to challenge and reinforce social and moral order. The digital mediates, remediates and ‘mediat...

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Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

How do you know semester 2 commuting and teaching is due to commence the following day in our house? This be how #FuelMade #AcademicSky

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 30/01/2026

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

5/5…has also proved the right time to have finally submitted an application for ethical approval for a project entitled: ‘’Survivor’ or ‘Wayfinder’? An Autoethnographic Interrogation of an Identity-term After and Across Adult-Sibling Suicide Loss”. Onward! #AcademicSky #SuicideLoss

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

4/5…within it and in all manner of ways. Academia is a complex way of life …. but, especially given how much I am valuing the experiences and interactions in my current role, I retain some hope it will afford me continuing time…. at least, it feels appropriate that this marker moment… #AcademicSky

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

3/5…depths, the jugglings, exchanges, emotions, efforts, performances, stories, good and bad, that together amount to the learning gained and impacts endured through those seen things. The Higher Education sector is some beast indeed to wrestle with, as an individual… #AcademicSky

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

2/5…worked in research, teaching, student support and more admin-focused capacities across 8 universities. I am still referred to as ‘early career’ whilst simultaneously not being so, because of the ‘wiggly route’ I have followed. The CV lists the visible but never reveals the hidden… #AcademicSky

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

1/5.I find myself in a reflective mood. This weekend sees the second anniversary of my joining York St John University in my first lectureship … it also marks the start of the final month of 22 years of ‘experiencing’ Higher Education contexts (since starting my first PhD). I have… #AcademicSky

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Today’s been a really difficult (awful) day, and I wish my brother was here. That’s it.

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Not even 7.30am and statements from near-teen of the house include: “Why do you old people write such long paragraphs?” (Comment on my writing of a WhatsApp message…) And: “Shhhh I can’t spell while you’re speaking!” Fun day ahead for teachers then!