Will Allen

Deputy director (engagement, HE) at Jisc. Interested in innovation, change, leadership, technology; passionate about cricket, rugby, cycling, food & mountains.

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@premierinn Nice touch! Thank you from these two dudes (and their parents too…!)

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@MatthewStadlen Agreed. But did he retirement-reversal destabilize the whole World Cup campaign before it began?

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@MatthewStadlen 96.5 now! Woooosh! Makes Robinson's floaters at the other end more threatening too...

[Jisc @Jisc]

How is digital technology creating impact in HE institutions today? Nick Skelton looks at how digital can make improve student experience and create growth opportunities 🧑‍🎓 https://t.co/u3l4Q7oyJ2

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What a game! What a final! Gutted for #RedRoses but congrats to the Silver Ferns. #NZLvENG

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As part of my PGR training I recall a presentation from a senior lecturer encouraging us to publish at each stage of the research process ... but of course the barriers were high. That was 20+ years ago ... but now Octopus is shrinking them. Great opportunity to drive the change!

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@Underc0verChris @mrjamesob Give him a call, tell him how you feel, have a chat… Go for it! Plenty will be listening intently.

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@bbctms Impossible (& embarrassing) to@explain to a 9 and 12 year old. They were engrossed but will be harder to convince to watch again. Cricket has to be better than this…

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Trying to explain Mankad to a 12 & 9 year old. “That’s just rubbish,” said the youngest. I agree. Needs sorting, MCC. They were engrossed but will be harder now to get them to engage next time… #EngvInd

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Powerful campaign launch at UUK conference, including remote address from Ukrainian Education minister. A stark reminder of the fundamental that drives every one of us working in the HE sector around the globe - education (and research) changes lives

[Jisc @Jisc]

We’re proud to be supporting #TwinForHope. Watch this powerful video to discover more https://t.co/aDmhWZdGfF

[Jisc @Jisc]

Thanks to the hard work of the sector and the negotiations team, UK universities have reached an agreement with Elsevier that provides both unlimited open access publishing and access to paywalled journal articles https://t.co/Tqxxf0hDBR

[Ian Cushing @ian_cushing]

New research by me and @SnellJulia now published in @Language_In_Soc: ‘The (white) ears of Ofsted: a raciolinguistic perspective on the listening practices of the schools inspectorate’. It’s available open access and here’s a thread summarising the work. https://t.co/6d0yl1Ec8A

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A bit of #citizenscience for a sunny weekend...

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@mattlingard Yep, ping-ping… 🤞🏻

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@The_Culture_Guy RODE > RODEO
CAME > CAMEO
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@campbellclaret Hexham hospital has a very obvious bank of basins at the entrance/exit for hand-washing, with vast supplies of masks. Everyone going in & out instinctively uses them - bar one muppet, clearly.

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@jamesclay May your recovery be full & swift! Very best wishes James.

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@JohnKLocal @HeidiFraskrauss @Jisc All's well! (Well, except achilles rupture back in May - but thankfully on the road to recovery...) Will drop you a DM

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Back into the swing of travelling for meetings, office-time and conferences - London, Newcastle, Leamington Spa in the last two weeks and now on route to Birmingham. And it feels great!