The call for abstracts for sessions at this year's #socmedhe25 conference is out now! Me and @kathymchandler.bsky.social look forward to seeing you in Lancaster in December :-)

This year, #socmedhe25 will be coming to Lancaster University, on 16th December! The call for papers/session proposals is now open at socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/c... - please submit abstracts by *24th October* Hope you can join us - see you in December!

A @wonkhe.bsky.social blog on the OfS idea to link tuition fees to TEF results. It's unworkable as it was when it was first muted 10 years ago. It suggests that the OfS doesn't understand how the TEF works or the impact on the sector of making such ill-founded suggestions wonkhe.com/blogs/back-t...

@beranews.bsky.social @markrpriestley.bsky.social @cpaucl.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @oulibrary.bsky.social @welspraxis.bsky.social @kathyhibbert.bsky.social @kathymchandler.bsky.social Your ideas are welcome.

@brettbligh.bsky.social, the Programme Director, will be hosting a webinar re our mainly online, part-time PhD in TEL between 5pm-6pm on 29/7 via Zoom. If you'd like to take this opportunity to find out more about our programme, please register to join, the link is below.

@paulashwin.bsky.social, the Programme Director, will be hosting the final webinar re our fully online, part-time PhD in HEREE between 9am-10am on Tues 29th July via Zoom. If you'd like to take this opportunity to find out more about our programme, please register to join, the link is below.

I'm a very proud mum again this week, celebrating my daughter's graduation.

This play at Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester is excellent!

Excited to have received copies of the Chinese translation of ‘Transforming University Education: A Manifesto’

@brettbligh.bsky.social, the Programme Director, will be hosting a webinar re our mainly online, part-time PhD in TEL between 9am-10am on 23/6 via Zoom. If you'd like to take this opportunity to find out more about our programme, please register to join, the link is below.

Our final online #EdResSeminar of this academic year will take place at 12.30pm(BST) on 11/6, and will be presented by Funda Karapehlivan. Her seminar is entitled "Academic Resistance and Solidarity: Imagining Alternative Futures for Higher Education in Turkey". www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

This week: online @edreslancaster.bsky.social seminar on Wednesday (4th of June) at 12:30. M. Oluwatobiloba Odetoyinbo will be talking about academic motherhood and career trajectories in Nigeria. #academicsky #highered All are welcome. Details/registration at: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Such a thought provoking discussion about the current state of HE.

A timely reminder of our @centreforhere.bsky.social public online roundtable on Monday next week: Why is UK HE in crisis, and (how) can we fix it? Discussants are @gunjans.bsky.social , @ronaldhartz.bsky.social, Kalpana Shankar, and Susan Robertson. www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Really excited to be part of this important webinar with such thoughtful colleagues. I'll be talking about Higher Education's responsibility to nurture political sensibilities. @edreslancaster.bsky.social

Hugely privileged to give oral evidence at House of Lords Committee of #Autism Act and next Strategy. With @suereviews.bsky.social and Prof Karen Guldberg @unibirmingham.bsky.social we shared evidence on how to improve education and transitions to adulthood for #ActuallyAutistic ppl in England.

Reminder: our unmissable online roundtable on the crisis in UK HE and how/whether it's fixable. We'll be hearing from @gunjans.bsky.social, @ronaldhartz.bsky.social, Kalpana Shankar, Susan Robertson, before opening up the discussion. #academicsky #highereducation www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Next week's online @edreslancaster.bsky.social on the 7th of May, 12:30-2pm UK time. NEET Youth: Education, Needs, Hopes and Aspirations, from Dr Liam Wrigley @leedstrinity.bsky.social Details and registration: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Still time to sign up to our online @edreslancaster.bsky.social seminar this week - Wednesday 30th of April, 12:30-2pm. Do boys really need saving? A critical exploration of ‘Boy Crisis’ - learning from the Chinese case - Yuhan Wu from @uomseed.bsky.social www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Very pleased to share that my blog post about uncovering the hidden curriculum in a peer-led WhatsApp group is available.

UCU stands with trans people, today and every day. The Supreme Court ruling is not just wrong, it’s dangerous. We will never stop fighting for trans rights and equality. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Solidarity

A month until our fantastic @centreforhere.bsky.social discussion @edreslancaster.bsky.social Why is UK HE in crisis, and (how) can we fix it? 12th of May, 12:30 online Speakers: @gunjans.bsky.social, @ronaldhartz.bsky.social, Kalpana SHankar, Susan Robertson www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Just as I lurch into two weeks off (🇯🇵🌸 here I come😊), quick reminder of the @srhe.bsky.social event we're hosting as soon as I get back on the 29th of April: Campus Geographies of the Student Experience. Available in person or hybrid, details/registration available here: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...

Registration is open now! www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate... #digitaleducation #OUMAOT #PGT

Very many congratulations to Sheelagh Semper who successfully defended her thesis on 28/3. She completed a #PhDinTEL and was supervised by @janmcarthur.bsky.social. Many thanks to the Examiners Ann-Marie Houghton and @slewth.bsky.social. @ctellancaster.bsky.social www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Very many congratulations to Dr Matthew Schaefer who successfully defended his thesis on 27/3 and was awarded his PhD "Forthwith". He completed a #PhDinHEREE and was supervised by Natasa Lackovic. Many thanks to the Examiners Malcolm Tight and @jonathantummons.bsky.social. @centreforhere.bsky.social

Many congratulations to Angelique Grech who successfully defended her thesis on 25/3. She completed a #PhDinHEREE and was supervised by Paul Trowler. Many thanks to the Examiners Murray Saunders and Sonia Cardoso. @centreforhere.bsky.social www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Good to see you too @puiyin.bsky.social

Last night more than 20 uniformed police, some equipped with tasers, forced their way into Westminster Meeting House. “No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory” Quakers in Britain strongly condemned the violation of their place of worship @quaker.org.uk

Very excited to be speaking at this event.

Many congratulations to Kamil Tilyabaev who successfully defended his thesis on 24/3. He completed a #PhDinESJ and was supervised by Melis Cin. Many thanks to the Examiners @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social and Leon Moosavi. www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Many congratulations to Sue Canning who successfully defended her thesis on 19/3. She completed a #PhDinTEL and was supervised by @janmcarthur.bsky.social. Many thanks to the Examiners @brettbligh.bsky.social and Elisabeth Coyne. @ctellancaster.bsky.social

The recording of Oliver Mutanga's #EdResSeminar entitled “Resolving the Public-Private Good Binary in Higher Education using Ubuntu philosophy” is now available to watch. @centreforhere.bsky.social youtu.be/k1jbrwnOGUI

Very happy to receive my copy of this new book today. I have a chapter on: Massification and doctoral education: Inclusion, diversity and authenticity. My @edreslancaster.bsky.social colleague Malcolm Tight also has a chapter on: Is there an ideal form for the doctoral examination?

An addition to the 'UK HE in Crisis' genre, on the (widely predicted) inevitability of where we are why, and how leaders and politicians have unsurprisingly responded with a continued lack of imagination and compassion. #academicsky #highereducation ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/i...

Reminder - Dr Mikateko Mathebula is talking about HE im-/mobility in our online @edreslancaster.bsky.social seminar this week (Wednesday 19th, 12.30 UK time).

I very much enjoyed this conversation.

Very many congratulations to Talal Talib Alqaraini who successfully defended his thesis on 12/3. He completed a #PhDinHEREE & was supervised by @brettbligh.bsky.social. Many thanks to the Examiners Don Passey and Abdulghani Al-Hattami. @centreforhere.bsky.social www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

I'm very pleased to finally be able to share this digital autoethnography with a big thank you to all of my peers in the WhatsApp group. www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...

📣 @edreslancaster.bsky.social event Really looking forward to hearing from Dr Mikateko Mathebula talking about higher education (im)mobility in contexts of socio-spatial exclusion, next week: 19th of March, 12.30 UK time (online). Details/registration below: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

👇Not to be missed👇 Dr Tiffany Nelson will be talking (online) @edreslancaster.bsky.social about her intersectional research on the lived experiences of Black autistic girls in UK education Weds March 12, 12:30 #autism #disability #gender #race #education Deets: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

The recording of Pascal Angerhausen's #EdResSeminar entitled "The inclusion and exclusion of students with disability in German higher education" is now available to watch youtu.be/rG7pvj6x8nw @centreforhere.bsky.social

Reminder that this week (Wednesday 5th of March, 12:30)Louis Major from @educationuom.bsky.social will be talking about Educational Technology and ‘Personalised Learning’ as part of our online @edreslancaster.bsky.social seminar series. Details/registration at: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Excellent performances of Uncle Vanya by Warton Drama Group at The Heron Theatre this week. Photo of 'Uncle Vanya' and 'Sonya' by Brad Cheek.

Registration is open for our FREE 2025 H890 Research & Scholarship in Digital Education Online Student Conference! Join to hear our Masters students present their work alongside keynotes from Prof Neil Selwyn (Monash Univ,Aus) and Prof Shailey Minocha (Open Univ,UK). www.open.ac.uk/blogs/H890Co...

Very many congratulations to Alma Cardi who successfully defended her thesis on 17/2. She completed a #TRRPHD and was supervised by @gemmaderrick.bsky.social. Many thanks to the Examiners @amhwork.bsky.social and James Robson. www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Very many congratulations to Onur Orkut who successfully defended his thesis on 25/2. He completed a #PhDinHEREE and was supervised by @paulashwin.bsky.social. Many thanks to the Examiners @janmcarthur.bsky.social & @paulrk.bsky.social. @centreforhere.bsky.social www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Very many congratulations to Anna Szilagyi who successfully defended her thesis on 17/2. She completed a #TRRPhD and was supervised by Murray Saunders. Many thanks to the Examiners @paulashwin.bsky.social and Peter Kahn. www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

@paulashwin.bsky.social, the Programme Director, will be hosting another webinar re our fully online, part-time PhD in HEREE between 2pm-3pm on Thursday 27th March via Zoom. If you'd like to take this opportunity to find out more about our programme, please register to join, the link is below.