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Some wise words here about writing, patience and the importance of connection "it is crucial that we connect, that we hear each other’s voices, that we remember we are not alone" . Thank you everyone here for being part of my vital connections open.substack.com/pub/elifshaf...

a little look back on my "achievements" of 2025 howsheilaseesit.net/uncategorize...

Gosh - I am a yellow belt in Padlet! got a badge and everything

some good news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

after 3 and a half weeks of a "service outage" my home broadband is finally up and running again

“There’s this massive knowledge gap between the people who are making the decisions, and the tech justice movement and everyday people who are experiencing the harms.” www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...

Such amazing work being from across the Scottish FE sector recognised at the CDN awards - I've been a judge for the last couple of years and it really is one of the highlights of my year to see all the innovation going on across the sector www.cdn.ac.uk/showcasing-c...

Really delighted that I was asked to be interviewed alongside @sarahjknight.bsky.social for part the latest episode of the Distant Yarnings podcast. Each episode is "good yarn" about all things to do with curriculum and learning design. create.usq.edu.au/distant-yarn...

Is it time to ditch degree classifications for good? Latest blog. Grade inflation is in the news once more. With the regulator looking increasingly keen to intervene it is time for the sector to take control. It's time to consider GPA again.   wonderfulhighered.com/2025/12/02/i...

great piece from @jimdickinson.bsky.social wonkhe.com/blogs/the-en...

definitely worth spending sometime reading this today broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-great-...

enjoying a cuppa after having a good old tidy up of my office. Despite trying to be paper free whenever I can there was quite a lot of paper for recycling and shredding. . . but it was good to do it. Now if only I could clear my brain out as easily . . .

Join us for ALTC25 Revisited, online on 25 Feb 2026, where we’ll build on the ideas and themes that made #ALTC25 so impactful. This is your chance to take the conversation further, whether you’re revisiting past insights or joining for the first time. Your voice matters. buff.ly/Pl8NJ8D#altc

Marina on the money again about the BBC/Trump debacle "More and more, the nature of high-profile public service is repelling the best and the brightest." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

lots on @wonkhe.bsky.social about AI . . . including this about leadership. Do wonder why we can't just stick to a "people first" mantra, instead of "AI first" . . wonkhe.com/blogs/adopti...

this morning I got sent this www.commonweal.scot/articles/deg... - interesting to read in tandem with Wonkhe/Advance HE report

A few thoughts from last week's #altc25 conference howsheilaseesit.net/uncategorize...

fixed that for you

So lovely to see images of the #femedtech quilt peppered through @gabiwitthaus.bsky.social keynote this morning - here's a post about it from a previous conference howsheilaseesit.net/oer/transcen.... #altc25 - @lornamcampbell.bsky.social @francesbell.bsky.social @catherinecronin.bsky.social

we need accountable spaces in education #altc25 @gabiwitthaus.bsky.social

To support emotional health, embed 'warm support' in the learning design - ‘Warm support' (Baker et al., 2018) #ALTc25

just loving @gabiwitthaus.bsky.social keynote this morning - so powerful, so human, so necessary #altc25

This! #altc25

lovely shout out for the #femedtech quilt from @gabiwitthaus.bsky.social @francesbell.bsky.social - will try and get some pics #altc25

@gabiwitthaus.bsky.social now giving today's keynote "Engaging learning: rethinking inclusion with insights from the margins " #altc25

thank you @joecar80.bsky.social for the shout out for the @jisc.bsky.social Beyond Blended resources #altc25

This is a great article - we can't forget what actually happened and the consequences of the pandemic "The problem is that if the decisions aren’t examined, the lessons won’t be learned. And there are crucial lessons that go far beyond the specifics of this pandemic."

after an excellent first day, looking foward to day 2 of #altc25

Great to have a full house at our Beyond Blended session at #altc25, also great opportunity to launch the report on the experiences of our 17 pilot institutions - read more and access the report here www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/transfo...

‪Sheila MacNeill‬ ‪@sheilmcn.bsky.social‬ · now @charlesknight.co.uk calling for more critical voices around AI in education. Thank goodness for @helenbeetham.bsky.social helenbeetham.substack.com and @audreywatters.bsky.social 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com. #altc25

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At #altc25 for the next couple of days- lovely to see so many people in person.

In 2021, we shared some of our favourite books by women in STEM, plus profiles of women who've done amazing things from geologist Marie Tharp to chemist Alice Ball. We also shared some of the best ALD Live talks. You can read and watch here: findingada.com/blog/... #ALD25

at the Jisc Student Experience Experts meeting today - so many lovely people in the room including @suebecks.bsky.social @johnbrindletel.bsky.social @sarahjknight.bsky.social @puiyin.bsky.social - photos to follow!

phrase of the day (maybe year) "dislocated complexity"

happy Ada Lovelace day - great to see so many events celebrating women in STEM in my feed today #ALD25

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Finding it hard to explain bias in AI programming, the need for equity, diversity and accessibility, the need to recognise differences, the need to ensure that the "perfect" human image is based on actual reality, then the first 10 minutes of this might help. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

interesting reading from @wonkhe.bsky.social this morning on the findings from their recent survey HE staff survey wonkhe.com/blogs/the-wo...

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"It is alright to be speechless when things are overwhelming. It is alright to sit in uncertainty, to contemplate. It is alright. It is expected." Thank you @audreywatters.bsky.social for your newsletter today

"it is culturally, socially and politically healthy for a British university to be owned by foreign investors? "

hearing about the Scottish Tertiary Education statement - great example of collaboration across the sector and it's openly licensed! sites.google.com/view/scaiten...

Looking forward to this today. Appreciate that me and my fellow #OER25 co-chair @louisedrumm.bsky.social have been given the opportunity to say a few words at the start of the day

something to ponder on this morning www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

really useful discussion on the value of digital story telling

This year's Jisc HE Digital insight report is now available. What strikes me is that 60% of respondents are still having connectivity issues and 37% don't have a suitable device for learning. digitalinsights.jisc.ac.uk/reports-and-...