Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is a bleak but important read from @ippr.org www.ippr.org/articles/the... It's difficult to see hope in here, but there is some, in how society creates a context for CYP to develop agency. "Agency is not a characteristic. It is a skill that needs to be developed, nurtured and practised".ippr.orgThe loneliest generation: What it is like to grow up in England today | IPPRA connected society is one in which we care about how others are doing and, in turn, others look out for our wellbeing. It is the state and public services 011
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I started this morning off with a pint of spilled milk all over the kitchen floor. I know it’s no use, but I was still tempted to. 010
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yes. And while wondering “Why do I keep putting these back on, anyway?” 000
Reposted by ItsbetteronabikeCillian Kelly @cilliankelly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Worlds will be more exciting without Pog. This is a fact, not an opinion. If you enjoy boring long-range solo victories masked in a cloak of 'witnessing greatness' well that's fine. But it's not exciting. We don't know what is going to happen, which is more exciting than knowing. 5446
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Please speak to a member of crew who will direct you to an alternative facility”. I don’t think that Red Funnel is particularly confident in its passengers’ problem solving skills. 010
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 23/09/202628 kph moving or elapsed? Either would be pretty impressive. Good luck. 100
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’m imagining this is a coast to coast you’re planning for? I’m planning CTS North for 2027. 110
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 11/09/2026At a climate aware training day today we were advised to cut down on emails because of their carbon impact. Ok, yes. But that’s such a massive distractor from the main issue: ENERGY AND TRANSPORT POLICY Not emails. Sigh. 021
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Similar for general SEN support (25% non participation vs 11) & free school meals (40 vs 24). So perhaps those who might score low are less likely to be included in results, making those results less reliable. The report itself acknowledges this & advises caution re comparisons over time or place. 343
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Amidst all the talk of England’s #PISA achievements, shouldn’t we also be talking about the representativeness of the population sample? CYP with EHCPs were significantly under represented (non participation rate 7% vs expected rate 1.4%). 142
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 06/09/2026“Can we do our free speech outside but not inside?” 000
Reposted by ItsbetteronabikeElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 254116973325
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Interestingly, in the UK, it’s still showing as Lake Ontario. 100
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Such a good explanation of the ridiculous offensiveness of blaming poor people for making short term decisions that the privileged amongst us would disapprove of. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comCan anyone be too poor to buy a toothbrush? Yes – I know, because that was me | Katriona O'SullivanLBC’s Nick Ferrari can’t see what is stopping people buying a cheap toothbrush, but the grinding reality of living in poverty creates its own priorities, says psychologist, author and professor Dr Kat... 031
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Holiday time = reading time This was a great read from @blakeharvard.bsky.social Really clear account of choke points & pitfalls in the attention and memory process and ways to overcome them. I'm going to refer often to this (and also using the strategy for initial learning of student names!) 052
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 14/08/2026There's obviously a lot more to change than individual actions, and I'm now looking forward even more to @angeladuckworth.bsky.social's Situated when it comes out next month... 010
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Holiday time = reading time I really enjoyed @katymilkman.bsky.social's recent book on behavioural change. Great story telling, lots of insights into individual actions, and also acknowledgement of the role of social context. 231
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 09/08/2026It really is very wearisome that consecutive governments keep laying responsibility for society’s ills at the door of schools. @daisychristo.bsky.social offers a much more helpful analysis. #edpsychs 010
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Holiday time = reading time Wide Sargasso Sea. A thought provoking revisionist prequel to Brontë’s genteel romantic Jane Eyre The way that Antoinette is revised into the “madwoman in the attic” makes you think twice about how insidiously we accept individualistic, non interactionist narratives. 000
Reposted by ItsbetteronabikePsychBites Podcast @psychbites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026We're back! After a long break, we've emerged from our hibernation 🐻🧡 Before we start posting regularly again, we're wondering: are the EPs still here, or are we talking to ourselves? 👀 If you're interested in sharing your research, pop us a DM! 🎙 351
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 25/07/2026“…Now I’ve escaped from them into a completely new network of social, emotional and sexual relationships, designed purely to serve my own needs, there’s nothing at all to stop me being perfectly happy and well integrated.” Frightening. 2/2 000
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Holiday time = reading time. I started with “A very private life”. An excoriating commentary on the isolated individualistic state of our modern culture. “It was the suffocating network of my family’s social, emotional and sexual relationships around me that was choking me…” 1/2 100
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Alan Shearer needs to invest in some SPF50. 000
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Not such a good manager though. Which, for me, makes me question the value of his punditry. 000
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 12/07/2026@royalblood1.bsky.social superb! Is this your original artwork? Is it possible to gain consent to use this in training courses at my university please? 000
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Today I’ve mainly been cutting up hosiery. #crochet 000
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Seriously: have you read Naomi Alderman’s “Don’t burn anyone at the stake today”? That was my first introduction to her work and it’s not at all pessimistic. 110
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Ooh I’m doing this. Couch to 5k in reading. I have a LOAD of books that this could reinvigorate me to read. 130
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Keats argued for the value of negative capability, being “capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason” Such an important idea for #edpsychs but also more widely in our world of divisive politics. theconversation.com/john-keats-c...theconversation.comJohn Keats’ concept of ‘negative capability’ – or sitting in uncertainty – is needed now more than everDoubt can be uncomfortable. It is often tempting to jump to conclusions. But Keats counsels otherwise. 000
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Explain your @ I’m Tim, and I live in … 110
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 10/06/2026On my bike ride tonight in semi-rural/suburban outskirts of Winchester I started counting how many cars were single occupancy. 124/146. That’s 85%. It would have been 90% if it hadn’t been for 6 cars coming out of an office complex probably car pooling. And we wonder why we have #congestion. 010
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 03/06/2026A typically brilliant post from @dtwuva.bsky.social. Conclusion: probably not that they can't, but that they choose not to attend, perhaps because of high delay discount on socially mediated information, or becoming easily bored in a world of rapid access to distraction www.aft.org/ae/spring202...aft.orgAsk the Cognitive Scientist: Do Today's Kids Have Reduced Attention Spans? 010
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Today is #worldbicycleday, and this is one heck of a picture served up by Bing wallpaper to celebrate it 020
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Chase the Sun? If so, you’ll love it. I did South a couple of years ago. Distance ticks off nicely through London to Bramley lunch stop and then it’s progressively more beautiful to distract you. It’ll be a great day. 110
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 30/05/2026I’ve heard that Australians in the UK sometimes use a VPN and watch SBS Australia for free. 030
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 29/05/2026This is a great summary of evidence (not) supporting many typical schl interventions, by @pepsmccrea.bsky.social & Jen Barker. I like the emphasis on opportunity cost of ineffective but seductively visible action & also the links to better ways to invest time & effort. steplab.co/news/common-...steplab.coCommon SEN (Mis)Interventions - An Evidence Summary 020
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Tell-tale signs that you’re married to a Reception teacher, no. 73: Dinosaurs in the dishwasher. #eyfs 000
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Happy Sunday morning youtu.be/Fr9Hz4TD-zEyoutu.beMorecambe and Wise-The Jungle Book Comedy SketchYouTube video by britcomlaughs 121
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 12/05/2026What strikes me is how many of those cars are casually in the bike lane anyway. 100
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Yikes. Let’s resist cognitive surrender. 021
Reposted by ItsbetteronabikeUniversity of Southampton Educational Psychology Doctorate @suedpsy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Southampton trainees are inviting you, as an EP or TEP wherever you work, to participate in a study investigating the use of GEN AI within Educational Psychology. It is a short survey. Please follow the link for more information. Please retweet 🙏 Thank you! southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 001
Itsbetteronabike @timinwinchester.bsky.social · 14/04/2026We were looking today in a session at @suedpsy.bsky.social at eliciting and reporting child voice. This quote really struck home hard. Eliciting ≠ reporting ≠ hearing ≠acting. #edpsychs 031
