Dr Alis Wren

Lecturer in Education at the University of Wolverhampton. Research / write about #TeachingAssistants, #SEND #childhoodmentalhealth and #inclusivepractice.

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

@ellen__jones Yes!

[Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore]

This is great!

Academic writes 270 Wikipedia pages in a year to get female scientists noticed https://t.co/l7bvefbr4W

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

@TweedlesMummy @BlurtAlerts @stacie_swift I ordered mine from the blurt online store here: https://t.co/MXzb7FrU6C I'm afraid you missed the wedding though ;-)

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

Print from @BlurtAlerts by @stacie_swift next to our beautiful wedding invitation. My work desk makes me smile now.

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

Today's plan: review a journal article (done), ethics application for some exciting planned research (started), meet a Masters student, walk the dog.

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

Two weeks away in Zurich, Innsbruck, Budapest and Vienna.
Last week = mountains.
This week = mountain of emails.

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

Finished my #100milesforMind yesterday. In total I ran 24 times over 37 days, totaling 23 hours and 53 minutes of running. Since breaking my elbow I ran, on average, a marathon every week. Not bad for a girl who used to skip school rather than do PE! #globalrunningday2018

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

@aarmstrongcrad I'm glad it worked! Screencast-o-matic works well to make it more interactive too I think, so it's clearer what I am talking about. Apparently it can be embedded into Canvas so that would make the whole thing work even better!

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

Feedback release day today! Time to see what students think of the audio feedback. Some really good assignments read, so hopefully lots of students very pleased with their grades.

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Volunteering is good for society and for your CV. Some really interesting opportunities here linked to mental health and well being. https://t.co/nPdhGNbNcZ

[Heads Together @heads_together]

Do you want to volunteer for mental health?

Take a look at our charity partners
amazing opportunities where you can make a difference to the lives of so many people > https://t.co/NO9cSHX8kI

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

@YoungMindsUK I'm in the process of arranging some research around teacher perspectives on childhood mental health needs. Would that be something you guys would be interested in?

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

@PointyConeHead I know! The only (semi-)famous person who follows me on my normal Twitter is Lisa Loeb!

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

I've shied away from mentioning my sexuality at work since starting in Higher Education for fear of being labelled as "the gay lecturer". The need for #LGBTQ role models in HE overrides that. I'm going to try harder to be an #outandproud role model moving forward #PrideMonth2018

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

Icing on the cake was that @degeneres_lee started following me this afternoon (!). If ever there was a sign from the universe that being #outandproud can make a difference in society, she is that sign.

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

My perspective was shifted by an article I read featuring @Kikiarcherbooks about role models in schools. I didn't meet/ talk to an out gay person until I was an adult, if I had perhaps I would have understood myself better sooner.

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

Another 4 miles done this afternoon. Only 17.3 miles to go!

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

Really sad not to be finishing my #100milesforMind today (as was the original plan). I haven't done badly - 78.6 miles so far. Should be able to get those final few miles ticked off over the next week.

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

@KLMorgan_2 Sad times indeed. Also, I really want biscuits now!

[Dr Alis Wren @AlisWrenPhD]

No Custard Cream? The world has gone mad!

(marking is going fine, thanks for asking) https://t.co/Uni8O3Vozv

[YouGov @YouGov]

It's #NationalBiscuitDay today! Here are Britons' 5 favourite biscuits:
1. Chocolate Digestive - 12% say is their favourite
2. Digestive - 8%
3. Ginger biscuit - 7%
4. Bourbon - 7%
5. Hobnob - 6%
https://t.co/lXz1vlJBNL