Emma Sykes

Owner of 5 teapots and an eclectic selection of tea. Views are my own.
Policy & strategy professional now working in Life Sciences
*read in a Northern accent.

[Emma Sykes @Em_Sykes]

@HannahRRussell2 Well this is a combination to warm the hearts!

[Emma Sykes @Em_Sykes]

@WJBLord You're finally going!!! 🎉

[Emma Sykes @Em_Sykes]

@Britishgenerics Great thank you for your response, I will try again this afternoon :)

[Emma Sykes @Em_Sykes]

@Sketterss Shit news, hope you're ok, will keep an eye out x

[Emma Sykes @Em_Sykes]

@awmackenzie Congratulations Andrew! Fantastic news, all the best to the family.

[Ben Bleasdale @Ben_Bleasdale]

Seeking a new challenge? Join the #DiscoveryDecade team as our Advocacy & Engagement Officer:

🪙 £32-33k
📍 Central London w/ hybrid working
⏱️ Deadline: 2 Feb 2022

Thread below for details, or apply here 👇

https://t.co/cFAn2Coaek

[Ben Johnson @ersatzben]

The key chart

[Department for Science, Innovation and Technology @SciTechgovuk]

📣NEW Innovation Strategy launched today sets out plans to put the UK at the front of the global innovation race

It's our long-term vision to:

💡stimulate innovation
💷fuel business investment
📈supercharge economic growth

READ➡️https://t.co/SiL8UuydII

#UnleashingInnovation

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Oh boy. It’s been a while since we’ve had one of these.

Presumably this is in honour of the paperback publication of #FakeLaw next week, 27 May 2021.

Let’s look at why this trash from the Mail is as misleading as it is dangerous.

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[Emma Sykes @Em_Sykes]

@anna_jameson_ @BBCRadioManc Well I know where my Gran will be dragging Jacks today!

[Millie Dearman @millie_dearman]

Check out these practical tips from @Ben_Bleasdale about how to start a career in science policy ⬇️

Lots of this advice still applies if you don't have a PhD (like me!) but find science, and what it can achieve, exciting.

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

A-level and GCSE students in England will have results based on teacher assessments after U-turn

https://t.co/xG5NdyLu1F

[The Common View @Th3Commonview]

We’re running a @JustGiving for @LeedsMind with the release of our new single - dig deep and donate if you can 💙

If not, THAT’S OKAY! You can still contribute by sharing it about, as well as listening to the single or buying it on iTunes
https://t.co/sUW7UgtSj3

[Emma Sykes @Em_Sykes]

@Sketterss Surely not. How is this inclusive?

[Emma Sykes @Em_Sykes]

This 👇🏻

[Emma Sykes @Em_Sykes]

All could access their education - sometimes posting hard copies of work to homes who didn’t have internet. Teachers doubling as social workers when families were struggling in lockdown, spending hours on the phone supporting parents and carers.

[Emma Sykes @Em_Sykes]

Teachers who spent hours upon hours, and in some cases hand delivering lunches, to ensure at risk children had access to their free school meal vouchers and food in lockdown. Teachers who spent hours on the phone with families where 5 children were sharing one tablet to ensure

[Emma Sykes @Em_Sykes]

@Jamesie Quiet summer? What's that?

[Cat Ball @CBall1901]

Coverage @guardian this morning of a group of cross-party MP calling for targeted support for charity-funded medical research #ResearchAtRisk
https://t.co/iZF8tAeiVq