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Dave

@sharewyatt.bsky.social
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Community action, Civic Mission, Co-creation. Views my own. Co-director of CAER Heritage, used to be (& occasionally still am)a medieval historian. Been around a long time, but new on here...

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Dysgu Gydol Oes / Lifelong Learning @learncardiff.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Matt has overcome his imposter syndrome and is now thriving He enrolled on a wide variety of part-time courses at Lifelong Learning, including modules on the Exploring the Past Pathway. @webstermedieval.bsky.social @sharewyatt.bsky.social www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/30...
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Matt has overcome his imposter syndrome and is now thriving
Matthew Jones returned to the classroom because he was curious and he wanted to build his self-confidence.
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Dysgu Gydol Oes / Lifelong Learning @learncardiff.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Our next Exploring the Past lecture takes place tomorrow. Book your place now! It is free and online. Basque Oak and Portuguese Wine: A Medieval Merchant Ship Reveals Her Secrets events.cardiff.ac.uk/view/basque-... @webstermedieval.bsky.social @sharewyatt.bsky.social
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
One of the things I'm most proud of! I founded the Pathway in 2010, designed & inspired by my lived experiences as a mature student, it has progressed over 80 non-traditional students onto degrees @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social - largely thanks to inspiring co-ordinator @webstermedieval.bsky.social ✊️
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The @caerheritage.bsky.social Centre looked spooktacular this morning and was filled with the delicious smells of baking ahead of Halloween and 2 amazing family fun events: our creepy Hillfort ghost walk tonight and Halloween Party tomorrow, check out the posters 👇 🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🍂
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I do feel for the 22 professional services former colleagues concerned here... @llantwit.bsky.social @ltotelin.bsky.social @jane-henderson.bsky.social nation.cymru/news/univers...
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University criticised for creating uncertainty for pension scheme members
Martin Shipton Cardiff University has been accused of causing worry to some of its longest serving employees with a proposal to save money by changing their pension arrangements. A consultation docume...
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Episode 4 of our Podcast Series hosted by National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement will be launched tomorrow! It explores the strategic & political side of @caerheritage.bsky.social For a taster of what's to come, check out this short 2 minute trailer 👌 on.soundcloud.com/l3tqJA5gI3zy...
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CAER Heritage Podcast trailer EP4 Co-Creating Trust
We are the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE). We advocate for the role of public and community engagement in building a more inclusive higher education sector.
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Thanks mighty @learncardiff.bsky.social, so proud of this truly co-created podcast, critically exploring 14 years of university/community partnership working. Lots more about it on my LinkedIn account - find me there! @flintdibble.bsky.social @webstermedieval.bsky.social @ltotelin.bsky.social
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Paul Webster 🌈 @webstermedieval.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Our festschrift for @gawainsmum.bsky.social is out! Delighted to see this come to fruition for a wonderful friend and colleague. #medieval #medievalsky www.routledge.com/Military-Ord...
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Thanks to awesome Russell Todd for this plug for our forthcoming podcast series on @caerheritage.bsky.social 14 year journey of community co-creation, heritage discovery & partnership working coming V soon! @flintdibble.bsky.social @archaeologyuk.bsky.social on.soundcloud.com/QjRWMckcYLQV...
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Ep.48 - Introducing the CAER Heritage podcast
A quick introduction to a short podcast series all about the CAER Heritage project in Cardiff, civic mission and how universities and communities can work together. Subscribe to https://soundcloud.c
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Listening to this fab podcast on Grange Pavillion Youth Forum with inspirational co-founders Nirushan & Shoruk - a brilliant example of community/university partnership with @cardiffuni.bsky.social Community Gateway. A LOT to learn for @caerheritage.bsky.social! on.soundcloud.com/wk8ztISLl8hh...
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Ep.50 -
For episode 50 Russell heads to Cardiff's Grangetown district in the south of the city to chat with two of the founders of Grange Pavilion's Youth Forum (GPYF) - Nirushan Sudarsan and Shoruk Nekeb. T
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
There are 3 weeks left of the Summer Holidays - @caerheritage.bsky.social has a range of activities & events for families – keep a lookout for what’s on CAER Heritage 😊🐝🐞🪴🌻🌸🌞🎤🎧 @flintdibble.bsky.social @drtobydriver.bsky.social @learncardiff.bsky.social @archaeologyuk.bsky.social
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
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Rob Thomas @robthomasbirds.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Here is my farewell talk at Cardiff University -all about the Behaviour Research Group across the years, and some very bad dad-jokes... youtu.be/Nl9EkBLQ3ss
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Rob Thomas: Cardiff University farewell talk, July 2025
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Ian Rapley @irapley.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Today I think is the end of the uni's financial year means it's been the final day for a whole host of colleagues who've taken "voluntary" redundancy. Very unsettling experience.
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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Hello, quite new here, so introducing myself 👋 I’m a historian of #BlackBritishHistory @icws-sas.bsky.social, living in North Wales. My first book was #BlackTudors and my new one #Heiresses, is about nine British women who inherited enslaved people and plantations in the Caribbean.
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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Losing all that pay was terrible for everyone. If you were early career with no savings it left a financial impact that many are still recovering from.
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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Universities never restored our pay despite financially benefitting from the scheme revaluation that the strikes achieved. #ucu
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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Can’t help but reflect on the *5 years of strikes* we did to defend our pensions, on this, the day USS announce their £10 billion surplus.
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities
More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Film @ special event @caerheritage.bsky.social Volunteers & students joined @cardiffunimusic.bsky.social for a drumming workshop @ Bronze Age settlement! They were the 1st people to drum on that site in c. 4,000 years! @flintdibble.bsky.social @ltotelin.bsky.social youtu.be/YkT7hH8yrWA?...
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DRUMMING AT THE DIG! CAER Heritage and Cardiff School of Music
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Heneb: The Trust for Welsh Archaeology @henebtwa.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🎉 Yn ystod #GŵylArchaeoleg eleni, beth am edrych ar archaeoleg yn eich ardal leol? Ewch i Archwilio i ddysgu mwy! buff.ly/T383GjK #BryngaerauDyddMercher #PenDinas
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Heneb: The Trust for Welsh Archaeology @henebtwa.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🎉 During this year's #FestivalOfArchaeology why not check out some archaeology in your local area? Visit Archwilio to find out more! buff.ly/T383GjK #HillfortsWednesday #PenDinas
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Beautiful feature on how our @caerheritage.bsky.social community discovers new pasts, opens up life changing opportunities in the present & helps to create new futures ❤️ @webstermedieval.bsky.social @learncardiff.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social @ltotelin.bsky.social
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Changing lives with archaeology
Community in Cardiff learns about its past while building a better future.
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Michael Munnik @michaelmunnik.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
"The One that Haunts Me" is just 3 views away from 200. The song is dream-pop with big drums, layers of guitar & uke, and ghost vocals. The video has wild horses on the Gower, graffiti in Grangetown, and hand-drawn pieces by my daughter. Fun, funky, not to be missed! youtu.be/grbDj-501hE
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Michael Munnik - The One that Haunts Me (Official Video)
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
..just like that, @caerheritage.bsky.social community dig is over for 2025. Massive thank-yous to everyone who visited (almost 1,500 of you!), to the 430 volunteers, 220 school pupils, @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social students, staff & volunteers from ACE & amazing communities of Caerau & Ely ✊️
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
#NHS 77 years old Many reasons to be thankful I continue campaign for care free at the point of need, because no matter whether you are rich or poor you will receive care - something worth fighting for! A caring society is one where the vulnerable & those in need are treated well & valued
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Eve MacDonald @gevemac.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
‘encounters with observable reality are being flatly denied’ 👏👏 … thank you @archiebland.bsky.social for expressing this all so well
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Dysgu Gydol Oes / Lifelong Learning @learncardiff.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Watch former Exploring the Past student, Anastazia Thomas, discuss her role and the community spirit involved in saving St Elvan’s church in Aberdare. I truly uplifting short documentary @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social @cujournmedcul.bsky.social @webstermedieval.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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New Voices from Wales - Series 8: 4. Saving St Elvan's
Charting the revival of a historic Welsh church in Aberdare that has been reborn as a vibrant hub of faith, art and community through creativity and collective spirit.
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Elle 🤍 @ellecalendula.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
#rachelreeves were those tears for those who suddenly find themselves disabled and unable to work? Disability can happen at any time regardless of previous good health and careful lifestyle choices. Career gone, income gone, health gone. Having to apply for PIP is like running the gauntlet.
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David Roberts @davidrobertsarch.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Had a great time teaching Teffont Archaeology NLHF funded Stratigraphy workshop with our volunteers last week, and some keen souls made it two days in a row and attended our Roman Pottery workshop the following day. Really rewarding teaching and engagement, upskilling the team ahead of next summer..
Volunteers working at tables on stratigraphic recording practice.Projector screen showing the introductory slide of a PowerPoint for a stratigraphy workshop Volunteers being shown around Salisbury Museum’s Wessex gallery by a Roman pottery expert
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
A MASSIVE THANK YOU to the 400+ people who visited our @caerheritage.bsky.social community dig open day today to discover nearly 4,000 years of heritage! @flintdibble.bsky.social @archaeologyuk.bsky.social @learncardiff.bsky.social
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
And if you want to come & discover nearly 4,000 years of Cardiff's history under Trelai Park then come to our BIG community dig open day tomorrow, Saturday 28th 11am-2pm! @flintdibble.bsky.social @archaeologyuk.bsky.social @learncardiff.bsky.social @webstermedieval.bsky.social @ltotelin.bsky.social
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
One of many remarkable discoveries this week @caerheritage.bsky.social community dig, a beautiful Bronze Age flint arrowhead found in the floor of our 'new' roundhouse by volunteer Jojo 👌 @drtobydriver.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
BBC News online coverage, Radio 4 report on site yesterday and today full page spreads in print editions of Western Mail & SW Echo today. Our amazing @caerheritage.bsky.social community dig is in the news! A wonderful, positive story for Caerau and Ely ✊️
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Dr Gabby Storey @gabbystorey.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Such sad news. Education should be available to everyone, and gutting lifelong learning departments (similar happening elsewhere in the UK) removes so much richness in culture and development from society.
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Lovely coverage of @caerheritage.bsky.social community dig on BBC New ✊️👌 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cardiff's Trelai Park excavation discovers Bronze Age burial site
An excavation has uncovered a number of pits dating back to the Bronze Age at Trelai Park.
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
For all the amazing @caerheritage.bsky.social community volunteers & @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social diggers. This is OUR story ❤️ Please SHARE.... @flintdibble.bsky.social @archaeologyuk.bsky.social @webstermedieval.bsky.social @learncardiff.bsky.social youtu.be/PLxbdkeElok?...
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Archaeology volunteers uncover Bronze Age burial site
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Andy Williams @llantwit.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
“Students threatened with jail if they protest without permission.” @CardiffUCU - “we think it raises serious worries about staff and students’ right to protest as well as potentially endangering legitimate trade union activities” 👀👇 www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
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Cardiff Uni students threatened with jail for unpermitted campus protests
Cardiff University has obtained a High Court injunction in response to the now-disbanded Palestine camp outside its main building
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Five things to remember about war:
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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
There's a great and important book to be written about VC mobility in UKHE since 2000 and its role in the unaccountable demolition of institutions by a roving band of managerial vandals.
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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
AI, foreign campuses when cutting at home, ethical questions... A troubled future for Cardiff? nation.cymru/opinion/lect...
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Lecturers from Cardiff University predict its dystopian future
Anonymous What will a “leaner and more efficient” Cardiff University look like? Cardiff University’s Executive Board has set out their vision for ‘digital transformation’ in Wales in 2035, where ‘digi...
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Exciting news from @caerheritage.bsky.social community dig - we have discovered 2 'new' Bronze Age roundhouses. Very hot this week - but amazing support from local volunteers & schools! @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social
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Andy Williams @llantwit.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This is a devastating piece of writing. Highly recommend. 🔥✊👇 www.iwa.wales/agenda/2025/...
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Disruption and market futurology at Cardiff University - Institute of Welsh Affairs
Cardiff University academics explain how the pace of cuts, commercialisation and techno-speculation at the institution risk its collapse.
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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I had to delete a post from yesterday because of a very unfortunate autocorrection. It is Ancient History and Religion and Theology at Cardiff University that have lost their degrees, as have others in modern languages. We are utterly distraught.
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Same story as everywhere else. “McKechnie said he was “sceptical” about Macquarie’s claims that the cuts were being made because of falling student numbers. A change paper seen by Guardian…showed the arts generated $133m in annual profit but cost $48.6m to run.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Proposed Macquarie University restructure will ‘hollow out’ humanities, academics say
Macquarie blames prospect of international student caps and ‘uncertainty’ about domestic student numbers for proposed academic job cuts, fewer arts courses
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Andy Williams @llantwit.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Cardiff University formally agrees sweeping cuts that will see departments shut www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
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Cardiff University agrees sweeping cuts that will see entire departments shut
Cardiff University's council chair Pat Younge told staff and students the savings were 'painful but necessary'
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 13/06/2025
‘Even academics with secure jobs don’t feel secure. Meanwhile, those of us on fixed-term contracts sit and wait for our funding to run out.’ Ed Kiely on precarity in higher education: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Ed Kiely · Short Cuts: University Finances
Universities’ reliance on international students is only the most recent attempt to solve a broader problem, one that...
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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Impossible to regard this an anything other than a damning indictment of the managememt's proposals from the University's Senate. It will be interesting see if the University Council take any notice of the collective and unrivalled expertise and experience of their academic governing body 🧐
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