Nik Marsdin

Widening Participation and Community Engagement @LancasterUni. Passionate about equal access to education and reconceptualising measuring academic achievement.

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May seem of very little importance to many but such a gesture can be life changing. Genuinely choked me up watching Street Gangs, not ashamed to say it was a bit dusty in my eyes. God bless all the Mr Rawlinsons

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Sometimes all you need is someone to believe in you.

#StreetGangs is available to watch now on @BBCiPlayer https://t.co/1Q6XEnX7Uh

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@louisemfolkes I always write in pencil, makes doodling and scribbling in the margins easier too.

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@fmspear I’d scrap the categorising of prisoners in majoritycases and mixing of remand inmates. The categorising of prisoners leads to situations where you have prisons that are essentially packed with ‘peers’ where gang violence l, exploitation of vulnerable and drug use is exacerbated.

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@BBainbridge2021 While since I’ve been in the third sector but we always looked to JNC and local authority as a bench mark, never hit LA rates but sold the flexibility (easy sell to social workers coming out of CP teams ha ha)

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@hanniemona I don’t like to give credit to the dirty side of the Lune

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The most morecambe thing ever is the heavyweight champion of the world waiting for the train (standard class) with his pals looking like they’re off on a kitchen fitting job. Love how Tyson cuts about like he isn’t one of the most recognisable men in the planet

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Back on the HE WP conference circuit today for the first time this year. Debuted my newest rant. “Their is no Hierarchy in Our Community” where I blend the ideas of asset based community development and co-design to challenge WP project design. I wore a trackee and swore as per!

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Fatherhood is the greatest privilege I’ve ever had, but not all see it that way. Bless up to the step dads, the mums who are dads too, the grandparents, the aunts, uncles and friends who step in to play their roles,

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First bit of unsupervised outdoor exercise since my knee reconstruction and it’s safe to say I’m absolutely buzzing (and dead tanned)

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Back in work after 3 months off. Returning with a mega tan, new (90’s boy and) haircut and a knee full of screws. The working world of Widening Access and Education Inequality better watch out ha ha

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@JonRainford That’s the good thing for me, it makes me concentrate, clears my mind. The thought of imminent injury is enough to keep me focussed ha ha

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Please excuse the toplesness but I’m absolutely buzzing to have been given the all clear to start some proper exercise after 3 months. No physical activity and adhd are not a good mix.

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I’m excited to announce (LinkedIn style) that I walked without crutches today and my knee didn’t fall apart.

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Silly sock day but let everyone know it’s St. Patrick’s Day ☘️ 🇮🇪

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@JonRainford Ha ha yeah my day of playing dress up was very odd, must have been the codeine

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Managed to walk/crutch to the park today. Hero

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I really wish our government cared as much about the crippling costs of living as much as they did about people risking their lives fleeing war, famine and persecution crossing the channel in dinghies

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Gone out for the afternoon dressed like a sixth former from a posh school. Look like I’m wearing a disguise ha ha ha

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Day 10 post knee reconstruction and I managed to get a shower on my own and made my breakfast. Hero, however I weigh roughly what I did as an 18 year old academy footballer, which isn’t ideal.

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I had knee reconstruction surgery (football related) on Friday, a whole set of new ligaments and loads of knackered bits of knee taken out. All I can say is the NHS is awesome, well that and Christ I’m sore.