Ali Struthers

Are you a school close to Warwick University & would like to join us on 17 June to watch the School Tasking Champion of Champions (hosted by me!)? 🏆

Tickets are free but transport is not covered. Register your interest here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Late tide at Talisker bay #Scotland #IsleofSkye #Talisker www.damianshields.com

Reykjavík harbour with boats in the foreground, snow covered mountains behind and blue sky with clouds.

School Tasking is being piloted in Iceland this year 🤩

Hopefully the first of many international versions of the project 🤞🏼

Just back from training a brilliant student team in beautiful Reykjavík 💙

We've had more academic misconduct referrals for a single module this year than we had for the whole of the LLB last year.

Higher education is doomed on all fronts.

Whilst I'm promoting small businesses, another shout out for Maisie Parkes (@maisieparkes on Instagram) for making absolutely gorgeous tiny replicas of houses ♥️

There are so many talented humans out there that shopping on Amazon really does seem completely absurd.

Gail's products really are the most beautiful & high quality items.

The thing in my life I get complimented on the most? My amazing bookshelf phone case 📚

Do check out her website & support her wonderful small business ♥️

As everyone in the sector knows, Higher Education is in trouble. Funding and time for projects like School Tasking is becoming increasingly scarce and we're being forced to make choices about what we can and cannot fund as the project continues to grow. Dedicated staff and student teams at universities across the UK and Ireland are the reason that we are able to keep the joy alive, but we really do rely on the support of generous organisations in enabling us to continue reaching some of of the least-advantaged schools across both countries. With thanks this year to our generous supporters (Addleshaw Goddard, IPO Education - Cracking Ideas, English Heritage and Warwick Law) and to Alex Horne and Avalon Entertainment for last year's raffle that enabled us to roll forward funds into this year. Alex also generously gives up his time each year to run our Champion of Champions Final, which isn't the easiest thing to do when you're the busiest man on the planet. We're very much in need of additional support to keep the project afloat and would greatly appreciate any sponsor interest. We have a fundraising pack for any interested organisations and we're able to provide comprehensive data on how financial support directly benefits children in less-advantaged schools. To find out more about School Tasking and how you can get involved, please see our Fundraising Pack here: https://lnkd.in/gWjhQcuQ And you can see a glimpse of the joy of School Tasking here: https://lnkd.in/g8hA2N6J Please do reach out to us on schooltasking@warwick.ac.uk if you'd like to find out more about how your organisation could be involved. And please do share as widely as possible. We'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you

Image of a stage with Alex Horne, Ali Struthers and a giant yellow duck. Watched by an audience of young children. School Tasking logo in the top right corner.

Please do read and drop us a message if you're an organisation interested in finding out more.

Link to the Fundraising Pack: taskmastereducation.com/sites/defaul...

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Thank you! 🙏

Dawn light over Loch Caol, Isle of Skye #Scotland #Sligachan #IsleofSkye www.damianshields.com

One of the greatest TV shows ever made.

Iceland is, quite simply, a completely wonderful country.

And the best part? I'm getting to go back next week because we're piloting @schooltasking.bsky.social with the University of Iceland (coinciding with the country getting its own version of the show) 🙌🏼

FFS 🙄

Worth noting that this information was also very much in the public domain.

These look incredible, Jeremy!

Exactly this.

Such encounters with stags really encapsulate the magic of the Scottish mountains. Stunning photo 🤍

A red pepper with what looks very much like a bottom and phallus inside. It’s a very rude pepper.

I see your sexy Valentine’s Day aubergines and raise you this sexy Valentine’s Day pepper.

Will inevitably be seeing the student in a meeting of the Academic Conduct Panel soon then…

The increase in the volume & type of cases recently is depressing indeed.

Novel to get a collusion case these days. Who needs to collude with other humans anymore? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hebridean mood

With my other hat on, we're doing some fun work with Comic Relief this year 🙌🏼

If you're in education, enjoy being silly, and are a fan of Taskmaster, do get involved.

Details below 👇🏼

We've reached peak 'we'd love to have you at this conference but it *is* in the USA, so we'd understand if you'd rather gnaw off your own arm' territory.

Hard to describe something I could possibly hate more than “Machine that destroys books to consolidate corporate information dominance”

Moon glimmer over Loch Eishort #IsleofSkye #Scotland #Highlands www.damianshields.com

Poster showing Ali Struthers and Alex Horne on stage in the Warwick Arts Centre in front of of a crowd of children, with a large rubber duck to the left hand side of the stage.

If you're a school close to Warwick Arts Centre & would like to join us on 17 June to watch the #SchoolTasking Champion of Champions, hosted by @alexhorne.bsky.social, then do register your interest at this link:

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Tickets are free but transport is not covered.

James Blake-Lobb, Ali Struthers and Hannah Fry smile at the camera.

Ali Struthers, Hannah Fry and James Blake-Lobb smile at the camera.

Last year at BETT 2026 we had the legendary Sir Stephen Fry as our guest #Taskmaster.

This year, it was the turn of the equally legendary Professor Hannah Fry.

Which Fry will it be next year?

Mufasa?

Wintery Highland scenes

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95 ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

Hahaha, Izzy, you’re so flipping young that this could be factual 😂

Meanwhile, you’ll be proud of me, because I’ve been getting a Taylor Swift initiation by someone about as young as you 💪🏼

Hundreds of staff leave Edinburgh University amid cuts drive According to the university, 345 of these departures were the result of a targeted voluntary severance (VS) scheme run by the institution in 2025.

Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...

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