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This is my blog space. It is colour coded as follows

Pink = My thoughts, reflections and my crap
White = Things I like
Lilac = Things I don't but happily debatable
Minty green = Questions. Points that I'm encouraging discussion around.
Blue =  Quotes that resonate, that speak to me or that I would like to speak to others.
Lemmon = Randoms

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My name is Jane! I like ducks, not necessarily the feathery sort, though they are lovely, but aligned metaphorical ducks that stand alone, self important and dignified awaiting my instructions.
I like lots of other things too, I’ll share a few!

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I like flavoured gin! Not the boring mothers ruin kinda gin but the Whitley Neil (Asda sell it cheaper) gin. I’ll find a picture. WN, if you read this, please sponsor me!

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I like bacon! Bacon and egg, bacon sarnies, bacon quiche, bacon pie. Bacon with ketchup, bacon with avocado and bacon with Brie!

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I like colourful, bright and stretchy clothes. I’ve had five major abdominal surgeries during my thirties and forties. I’m all about comfort and colour! Check this recent purchase out! It’s soooooooo me!

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I like learning. I describe myself as lardy and nerdy! It means I sit on my arse and read a lot.

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I like children! Couldn’t eat a whole one! But I do like children’s laughter, children singing and if you have a child that laughs and sings in great big splashy water then I’ll love them! I’ve worked with children all my working life and I’m a mother of three noisy, opinionated and resilient teens! No photo inserted here to protect their innocence!

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Be blatant, be emotional, risk everything!

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I like chickens and this time I do mean the feathery sort. Chickens are really great company and seriously underrated in terms of depression therapy! Currently I have four, older and no longer laying but living out their days in free range abundance

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I like pretty paper! This ones pretty common! A lot of peeps like stationary and beautiful office supplies. I’m a scrapbooker though, which means rather than having collections of shoes and nail varnish to match every outfit, I have an embellishment to match every paper collection! Fun fact: paper collections are generally packaged and transported in pizza boxes! The post man (he is actually a man) thinks I love pizza! I really really don’t!

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I’m afraid sarcasm is one of my closest friends. Not a popular trait or expression of self but a common one never the less. Unfortunately but ultimately honestly, I think I perceive sarcasm as an indication of intelligence. I subconsciously seek it in others and feel gratified and accepted when others both accept and understand it in me. Recognising, interpreting and responding with sarcasm is a trait in others which I appreciate. While some may find its edges angry and cutthroat, I find it intellectually sharp and witty.

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Give me five words that sum up professionalism to you!

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10th September
Suicide Prevention Day 2021
For when you reach rock bottom!
‘You have survived everything you have been through, and you will survive this too. Stay for the person you will become. You are more than a bad day, or week, or month, or year or even decade. You a future of multifarious possibility. You are another self at a point in a future time looking back in gratitude that this lost and former you held on. Stay.’
Matt Haig 2020

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‘Take pride in knowing that your struggle will play the biggest role in your purpose’
Melanie Rashford. 2020

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Sept 21
Matt Haig
Grenfell Tower Truth
Getting ready to start another university course.

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Carmarthen 💙

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I’ve realised how I know I’m middle aged!
It’s the collection of chutney I have in my fridge! No youngsters I’ve ever met buy, own or use chutney!

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Time well spent 💙

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A University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) mature student has graduated with first class honours in Advocacy after being inspired by volunteering to return to education.

Jane Gwynn from Llanelli's background is in child development. She took a break from employment in 2005 so that she could bring up her children at home and care for her family. Jane started volunteering and quickly realised that she enjoyed learning and upskilling, that helped her develop a successful lottery funded community group focusing on the impact of parental mental illness on children.

Studying Advocacy was an obvious choice for Jane as she cares strongly about the emotional welfare of children, and she encourages children's voices to be heard and their rights when in vulnerable circumstances.

Jane said: "The course was incredibly diverse. Modules included social policy, social inclusion, mental health, criminal justice, and several areas of reflective and personal growth. These have encouraged a real confidence in me that was scratching under the surface and the last three years have very much been about me believing I could but also being tormented by self-doubt. Graduating with a first-class honour's degree has shown me I can!"

The social empowerment team at UWTSD have been incredibly supportive of Jane and her group as they were always at the end of an email and always capable of demonstrating professionalism alongside an inclusive and welcoming demeanour.

Phillip Morgan, Programme manager for the Advocacy course said: "As we congratulate our graduates on successful completion of their studies, we must never claim that we have empowered our students; we may humbly claim to have contributed to the creation of a safe learning environment within which students can practice 'speaking their truth' as they claim empowerment for themselves by 'giving voice to values'. The Social Empowerment Team (SET) who deliver the BA Advocacy degree programme have been privileged to have worked to compliment students in their self-discovery. Jane has perfect example of such personal development."

Jane thinks that learning as a mature student is a highly addictive pathway, and despite her initial goal to become a children's advocate, she feels that her learning and her 'university career' isn't done yet. Jane has decided to return to UWTSD in September to study the PcET Teacher Education course.

"I am delighted and excited to be continuing not only on my own journey but also on the journey of advocacy in Wales. Advocacy not only underpins the seven well-being goals of the Future Generations Act, but it also serves as a framework to support all citizens in their time of vulnerability, it encourages hearing when others only listen, it promotes choice when individuals believe there is none and it speaks to power independent of bias. I feel that if I can play a small part in the development of future advocates, maintain links with both theory and practice and continue learning in order to teach, then the potential for growth and positive societal change becomes greater. Who wouldn't want to be a part of that?"

Further Information

Lowri Thomas, Principal Communications and PR Officer

07449 998476
lowri.thomas@uwtsd.ac.uk

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Press Releases 2021 | University of Wales Trinity Saint David

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A University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) mature student has graduated with first class honours in Advocacy after being inspired by volunteering to return to education. Jane Gwynn from Llanelli's background is in child development. She took a break from employment in 2005 so that she could bring up her children at home and care for her family.

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What does equality mean to you?

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February 2022
The Lecturers Toolkit - Phil Race
Life in a Year with Will Smiths son
Post Grad Pcet study

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Quite a strange ‘no man’s life’ point in life currently. It feels like every man and his dog has either had or has got some form of covid-19.

I HAVEN’T

That feels kinda strange. I don’t want to have the Damned illness but I’m also strangely curious as to why and wondering why, having been the case many times before, has my body not done what’s expected of it.

FOMO!

Don’t want to feel it but I do! Always been late to the party despite being extremely punctual, but I feel like I’m Billy no mates, uninvited to the Rona elite!

GRATITUDE

I’ve evaded it for two years now, how long do I got?

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Hilariously funny on a long solitary road trip 😂

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Hilariously funny on a long solitary road trip 😂

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Dream Car

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March 3rd 2022

Reading lots of academic journals on digital innovation, possibly the most topic I’ve ever researched.
Watching ‘Pieces of Her’ on Netflix. No comment yet!
Doing really boring assignment about ….. guess what…. Digital innovation. Applied for a couple of jobs. Bit lost a minute 🤨