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Kate Gilliver

@penarthkate.bsky.social
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University Dean for Portfolio, Curriculum and Learning Innovation @ Cardiff Uni; SFHEA; Roman military historian; Mountain Rescuer; long-suffering Cardiff Rugby supporter; Durotrigan.

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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 1h
That's awesome!
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britmap · 17 OCTOBER 2026 ● 99 ● 98 ● 100 ● 100 ● 100 Total: 997/1000 · www.britm.app Very well done to the 999s!!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 23h
This is very close to my heart: Dai Powell (see article) is a friend of mine. And my Mountain Rescue Team - then a Civil Defence team - provided some of the first rescuers on scene. This is a tear-jerker of an article about one of the most tragic peace-time disasters in the UK.
bbc.co.uk
Aberfan disaster hero dinner lady honoured for saving five children
As coal slurry engulfed the school, the dinner lady threw her body on five children, protecting them.
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
britmap · 16 OCTOBER 2026 ● 99 ● 100 ● 100 ● 96 ● 96 Total: 975/1000 · www.britm.app Glad we both nailed the Welsh ones!
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The daily British history map puzzle.
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
britmap · 15 OCTOBER 2026 ● 100 ● 100 ● 93 ● 93 ● 100 Total: 965/1000 · www.britm.app Should have got closer on 4!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Very thought-provoking. Thanks for the challenge! #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A6 - Maybe more student-led learning and students teaching students, which could be interpreted as 'what am I paying for', but could be seen in retrospect as a brilliant way to learn and develop. #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A5 - Critical thinking, because if we don't protect it our brains will go to jello. It wasn't necessarily easy before Gen AI! #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A4 - Role play. Some students are unhappy about doing it, but end up satisfied with the learning they get out of it. #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A3 - I'm struggling to think of any obvious part of my practice which is shaped by fear, tbh. #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A2 - is there an implication with the 'keep students happy' suggestion that we should go easy on the marking?? Is it for NSS outcome chasing? That's probably also the easiest way to measure it. But there are probably better ways to 'keep students happy' - with a fab educational experience. #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
ps the unhappiness was because I couldn't go on fieldwork! #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A1 I couldn't attend my compulsory Y1 fieldwork because of illness. The uni accepted my prior experience and a certificate from a FE College for a short course I'd done in lieu. The flexibility of my uni was very satisfying. Not sure my uni now would / could be so flexible. #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Hello from Cardiff #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
britmap · 14 OCTOBER 2026 ● 96 ● 80 ● 100 ◐ 77 ● 99 Total: 904/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 3 I grew up in Wessex (and suffered Thomas Hardy through secondary school as a result). I strenuously object to their 'location' for it!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
We've had this in VoG for about 18 months - it's GREAT!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I'd have been a Roman archaeologist. Oh, hang on...!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
britmap · 13 OCTOBER 2026 ● 100 ● 99 ● 88 ◐ 72 ● 89 Total: 858/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 2
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Also, I have a century of Playmobil Roman soldiers. I just need to clear my desk to get them all on parade!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
britmap · 12 OCTOBER 2026 ● 99 ● 87 ● 80 ● 99 ● 96 Total: 931/1000 · www.britm.app
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
britmap · 11 OCTOBER 2026 ● 100 ● 100 ● 95 ● 82 ● 81 Total: 879/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 2
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
britmap · 10 OCTOBER 2026 ● 100 ● 93 ● 100 ● 100 ◐ 73 Total: 912/1000 · www.britm.app
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
britmap · 9 OCTOBER 2026 ● 91 ● 92 ● 100 ● 100 ◐ 79 Total: 920/1000 · www.britm.app My walking holidays continue to pay back in weird geographical knowledge!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
britmap · 8 OCTOBER 2026 ● 83 ● 100 ● 100 ◐ 70 ◐ 45 Total: 728/1000 · www.britm.app
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
britmap · 7 OCTOBER 2026 ● 100 ● 100 ◐ 71 ● 100 ● 100 Total: 942/1000 · www.britm.app Didn't realise no.3 was so far south!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
britmap · 6 OCTOBER 2026 ● 100 ● 100 ● 99 ● 87 ● 89 Total: 926/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 2
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
britmap · 5 OCTOBER 2026 ● 100 ● 91 ◐ 78 ● 100 ● 98 Total: 941/1000 · www.britm.app Good thing we both got no. 4 spot on!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
'Random highlands guess' sums it up rather well! Their Welsh part of the link was a bit desperate!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
britmap · 4 OCTOBER 2026 ● 99 ● 100 ◐ 62 ○ 13 ● 100 Total: 662/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 3 I'm particularly pleased that I beat you on round 4!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
britmap · 3 OCTOBER 2026 ● 98 ● 90 ● 100 ● 100 ● 100 Total: 988/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 2
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Enjoy the Cardiff Half; sorry I won't be at the start of the Barrage as usual, I'm out with our MR trainees doing some nav!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Classic lineout snap from the first time game of the season. Cardiff taking their foot off the gas after pummelling Zebre in the first half.
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
britmap · 2 OCTOBER 2026 ● 100 ● 99 ● 100 ● 100 ● 100 Total: 999/1000 · www.britm.app So close! Undone by Brizzle!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
britmap · 1 OCTOBER 2026 ● 98 ● 82 ● 100 ● 88 ● 98 Total: 938/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 2
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I saw that on your blog and liked the look of it. We have Wednesday afternoon protected, for sport, student societies etc. as per tradition, but that's different from a slot in between classes where collaboration, peer support or individual quiet times might fit. #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A6 Only one hour? I'd love to make sure everyone got an hour's break in the middle of every day - both students and staff. A proper chance to re-charge and think or chat with peers. #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A5 - I'd love to know! My discussion forums on the VLE don't have much success in attracting discussion. Maybe they have a module WhatsApp that they don't want me on? #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A4 - I chatted with a student who could only afford to by a train ticket a couple of times a week so they had to be strategic, come in on the days there were several classes. Solo classes on a whole day had to be sacrificed 😢 #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A3 I don't take it as a judgement on my teaching - there'll be lots of other reasons students can't make my class. Half the assessment for the module draws on collaborative work done in class, hopefully that highlights that being there in person does matter. #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A2 - do they have to do a cross-campus sprint to get to their next class? Or catch a train, or get to a work shift? Or just can't wait to get out of my presence! Or because my class was on a Friday afternoon and they want to kick off the weekend? I hate Friday afternoon classes! #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Q1. In the Common Room. Included inter-cohort chat. It was somewhere to go between classes, make coffee, chat, pop down to the Strand for doughnuts and chat some more. But only about a 20 student annual intake, so common room feasible. #LTHEChat
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My first thought was 'not Wotsits but mealworms'!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
britmap · 30 SEPTEMBER 2026 ● 100 ● 98 ● 86 ● 95 ● 100 Total: 955/1000 · www.britm.app
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
britmap · 29 SEPTEMBER 2026 ● 100 ● 100 ● 100 ◐ 60 ◐ 77 Total: 811/1000 · www.britm.app
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
britmap · 28 SEPTEMBER 2026 ● 100 ● 100 ● 99 ● 100 ◐ 71 Total: 911/1000 · www.britm.app They do like throwing in Ulster locations to trip me up!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
britmap · 27 SEPTEMBER 2026 ● 99 ● 95 ● 100 ● 100 ● 99 Total: 991/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 15
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
britmap · 26 SEPTEMBER 2026 ● 89 ◐ 72 ● 95 ◐ 69 ● 99 Total: 855/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 14 It was a toughie!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.maptap.gg September 26 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 97🔥 94🏅 Final score: 973 It was that kind of selection...
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
britmap · 25 SEPTEMBER 2026 ● 100 ● 100 ● 100 ● 96 ○ 21 Total: 751/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 13
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
britmap · 22 SEPTEMBER 2026 ● 97 ● 86 ● 93 ● 95 ● 97 Total: 945/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 10
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