Marc Kidson

Newly Sydney-based. Working on education system reform in NSW. Lots to learn, lots to do! Tweeting my own views - from time to time.

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

@jillongovt @EmmaTruswell @sarahjnickson @MatthewBevan @instituteforgov @CJWajzer You need more contacts in the Home Affairs department rather than NSW government! Looks like Aus will continue setting a high bar for letting people in next year! Would be great to meet @EmmaTruswell

[Jill Rutter @jillongovt]

great to see @nehal_davison (formerly of @instituteforgov ) designated one of 100 young government leaders across the world ... albeit in the Oceania group https://t.co/xZrmm1bJD8 - come back soon -- we need you...

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

The anti-elite forces behind Brexit and Trump “are coming for universities” - @mds49 says that’s why openness is crucial, both through admissions and through creation of knowledge and research through “coalitions” that involve academics @SydneyPolicyLab

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

Belonging is a critical challenge for modern democracies, says @mds49, tension between the subjective sense and legal recognition #changeaustralia @SydneyPolicyLab

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

3/3 and support the places and spaces that already act as the sites of democratic engagement, from the bus and the doctor’s waiting room to the university campus and library - spaces increasingly privatised and in retreat #changeaustralia @SydneyPolicyLab

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

2/3 second, we need to give people a proper education in ‘everyday civics’ and the information to use their power @SydneyPolicyLab #changeaustralia

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

1/l3 @mds49 says we need to do three things: first, open up the formal processes of our politics, with open party selection and devolved power to city and neighbourhood #changeaustralia @SydneyPolicyLab

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

The “essence of our experiment” @SydneyPolicyLab is that the solutions we need lie in rooms of ordinary people affected by change - the lived experience of those grappling daily with our systemic failings #changeaustralia

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

Democracies are haunted today, as in the 1920s, by both denial and purism. Both are ways of hiding from present reality. @mds49 drawing on DH Lawrence #changeaustralia

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

Having moved to the other side of the world, there’s something wonderful about turning up on a rainy evening to listen to @mds49 - whose lectures I enjoyed in Oxford 10 yrs ago - launch the @SydneyPolicyLab #changeaustralia

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

@IRCTC_Ltd your website now rejects my international card after 3 tickets successfully booked. Can you please fix this?

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

@IRCTC_Ltd I have sent several emails to have online account verified for marckidson (ticket ID #5392840) as no Indian mobile. Pls help!

[Design Council @designcouncil]

Excited to be working with 6 #London councils & @LGAProductivity on defining their public service challenges today https://t.co/FA1VunBaKM

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

More colourful than your average project brief...scoping a project in two days rather than two months felt like a refreshing change #SDinGov

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

Two great, challenging days of #servicedesign thinking with @haringeycouncil teams on @designcouncil prog - new perspectives aplenty

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

Designing around expectations of service users - how do expectations get set, is it conscious/unconscious? Need to treat as part of design

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

Excited to start the first of five full-day workshops on the @designcouncil Design in the Public Sector prog w two @haringeycouncil teams!

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

@SimonFParker couldn't claim to have cracked it but we've certainly been thinking about it (and DM generally) in Haringey if helpful

[Marc Kidson @marckidson]

@kitchnstitch this looks tasty, can we order for our next visit xx

[peter @petert847]

Brilliant essay on the catastrophic failure of mental health and wellbeing 'services' from maverick @paul1kirby https://t.co/QkceaXUBEj