Andrew Twist

How do you treat the 'cruellest disease'? Sheffield researchers are working to make motor neurone disease (MND) history. From developing effective disease-modifying therapies to finding ways to improve the lives of MND patients. sheffield.ac.uk/future/MND #GlobalMNDAwarenessDay

Yesterday’s event on innovation-led growth brought together leaders from industry, academia and politics to look at how R&D can drive economic prosperity. If you missed it, don’t worry, we’ve got explainers and key takeaways from some of our panellists right here #UPNorth 🧵1/5

"As well as supplying cities and towns with a pipeline of skilled graduates, universities can help to create clusters of innovation like this. Clusters that help businesses to start-up, grow and invest" - our VC Koen Lamberts opening today's #UPNorth event @TheAMRC.

Today we’ve convened leaders from industry, politics, policy and academia to look at how R&D can drive growth for regional economies. Our event with @N8research @theRSAorg focuses on innovation-led growth, what's working and why #UPNorth

The madness of this game has really distracted from Gary Neville talking about having a parrot on each shoulder giving him opinions about red cards.

Thanks to leaders across Sheffield including @PaulBlomfieldMP @LouHaigh @_OliviaBlake @GillFurnissMP @LouisaHWalker @tomhunt100 @katejosephs @MajorKirsten1 @shaffaqmohd @ChinchenLewis @olivercoppard @SheffColAngela for supporting international students ❤️🌍#WeAreInternational

Sheffield is proud to be a city that welcomes students from around the world. Leaders across Sheffield have signed a statement pledging their support for international students and the positive difference they make to our city and region. #WeAreInternational

@VeeDub1999 yes please

I got 3 BlueSky invite codes. Who wants em?

@marksandspencer @hannahpostles I get that it’s not the social team’s fault but this faux-compassionate “computer says no” corporate fobbing off is weak customer service. I guess we’ll have to buy sofas and furniture from somewhere other than @marksandspencer then @hannahpostles

@hannahpostles I'm so sorry to hear this, Hannah 😔 I can understand your frustration. However, there isn't a way for us to now apply a promotion in retrospect. -Rachna

@marksandspencer is the spend and save offer on furniture over? We were planning to make an order but had to order a sofa swatch online as there weren’t any in store. The swatch only arrived yesterday but the offer seems to be gone on the website 😢

Dr Sam Rigby took Tom Scott to the beautiful Peak District to explain how explosions work. Here’s our behind the scenes. Watch Tom Scott’s full video on Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=ar0klh… @Dr_SamRigby @CivilSheffield @SheffieldBlast

What can higher ed learn from AI-content generation? 🤖 @_atwist created his own university via AI and the results are amazing, worrying and a possible wake-up call for university branding.... Read his blog to see what happened: ow.ly/2nkm50MIZC9

Just did a very big grown up appointment all on my own and I would like a well done please.

The @distantpod x Fat Whites coffee tastes even better when you know the money raised is helping to fund publicly accessible defibrillators. Cheers @SteffGarrero @elisjames @MikeBubbins

Remember when people thought chatbots were the future. And it was obvious they were terrible.

Here are the book and reading recommendations we heard about at ContentEd Conference ... please add more!🧵 1/9 The Connected Campus: Creating a content strategy to drive engagement with your university by @tracyplayle Buy here: tinyurl.com/2d7y9kcy

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Creating distinctive brands for international schools: a free roundtable workshop📚 Join our workshop we will discuss how to define your brand proposition and communicate it effectively. Tuesday, 22 November 2022, 12.00 - 15.00 GMT Book your place now: ow.ly/6fjm50Kr1U2

Directors’ Day (London): embracing trends and experience design to transform engagement 🙌 Together, with @tracyplayle we’ll explore some of the big questions that will help you to prepare yourself for the future. Thurs, 15 Dec 2022 11:00 16:30 ow.ly/mPWj50LARuC

I wonder if Daniel O’Donnell will be using a Daniel O’Donnell 2023 diary? I hope so because that will make at least two of us…

Five shades of purple. The lesser known EL James novel about Brand Design Similiarity Matching (BDSM)

FWIW as alum and former staff member I've always been in favour of the old school heritage shield blue for Sheffield but think some of the specific comparisons being made are a bit unfair

Kinda fascinated by the response to the new @sheffielduni logo. Seeing quite a few "it looks like Manchester" comments...but when you see the colours together they're not actually *that* close. They are both purple sure, but then Man City and Chelsea are both blue...