📚 New Book Chapter Published Congratulations to @Madeleine Le Bourdon on the publication of her new book chapter, "Outside in, Inside Out: Disrupting Barriers to Critical Global Education". Read this chapter here: shorturl.at/FeDiO

*Call for Papers* 📢 Teaching & Learning Network Conference 2026 📆 3 - 4 Sept, University of Glasgow 🚨 Deadline for proposals: 30 June The theme of this year’s TLN conference will be ‘teaching amid chaos’. Full details online

CTIS members are @aspirenetwork.bsky.social award winners! ctis.leeds.ac.uk/ctis-members... @polisatleeds.bsky.social

🏆 Congratulations to our very own Dr Ellen Watts for winning the Scholarship Article of the Year Award for her co-authored article 'The joy of the teaching track: Learning and Teaching in Politics and International Studies' Read it here 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02633957251325822

🎉Celebrating success at the ASPIRE Awards Tanay Gandhi received the 'Teaching Track Rising Star Award' for his original and creative critical pedagogic practice Madeleine Le Bourdon received the 'Scholarship Article of the Year Award' for this piece ➡️ shorturl.at/fLofg Congratulations to both!

✨ASPIRE Awards have been announced, well done to all our winners! Read all about them here: www.aspirenetwork.uk/aspire-award... #SoTL

Registration is now OPEN for the upcoming CPP x ASPIRE Conference, taking place at UCL on 12th June. It's going to be a packed day of Politics SoTL - hope to see you there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cpp-aspire...

📣 Call for papers 📣 We’re excited to launch the call for papers for 'Teaching in the In-Between: Postgraduate Perspectives on SoTL, taking place at the University of York on Friday 17 July 2026.

Tomorrow is the last day to submit your peer- and self-nominations for our inaugural ASPIRE Awards! Read about the categories and how to submit your nominations on the ASPIRE website: www.aspirenetwork.uk/aspire-awards

#OpenAccess from @epsjournal.bsky.social - Doing world politics and social media: Digital practice and open education in international relations - https://cup.org/4c7xEzi - @nataliejester.bsky.social, @apapamichail.bsky.social, @mlebourdon.bsky.social & @louisepears.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

Extended Call for Papers! You now have until Friday (24th April) to submit your abstract for the upcoming @uclcpp.bsky.social x ASPIRE event taking place at UCL on 12th June. www.aspirenetwork.uk/cpp-aspire-c...

We're really excited about how this event is shaping up. Reminder: the CfP deadline is next Friday, so there's still time to submit an abstract. Further details in the link below.

🙏 @paulanderson88.bsky.social great to see this PSA #excellence&impactfund project. Will be of particular interest to PSA members in the @psateach.bsky.social @aspirenetwork.bsky.social & to @journalpolitics.bsky.social.

We have just launched our first-ever ASPIRE Awards season! Nominations are now open for ASPIRE Awards in five categories, all seeking to recognise the great work that colleagues on the teaching track in our discipline are undertaking. Please share and nominate! www.aspirenetwork.uk/aspire-awards

Reminder - this call for papers is now open! We are really excited for this joint CPP (@uclcpp.bsky.social) & ASPIRE event and hope to see you there!

Call for Papers: CPP x ASPIRE Conference. 12 June 2026. 'Onwards, Upwards: The Education Track and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Politics and International Relations' Find out more here: www.aspirenetwork.uk/cpp-aspire-c...

I've written for The Social Change Blog on 'Developing higher education for driving social change'. It's a short piece inspired by finding a small newspaper cutting at my grandmother's house a few years ago - a front page story about my mum graduating university. blogs.york.ac.uk/social-chang...

On June 12th @aspirenetwork.bsky.social & @uclcpp.bsky.social a joint conference on all things #SoTL work and careers. www.aspirenetwork.uk/cpp-aspire-c...

Thanks @aspirenetwork.bsky.social for including me in such an important and interesting conversation last year! To be continued!

Call for Papers: CPP x ASPIRE Conference. 12 June 2026. 'Onwards, Upwards: The Education Track and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Politics and International Relations' Find out more here: www.aspirenetwork.uk/cpp-aspire-c...

🔊 Final Ep of S3 of Politics and Pedagogy we speak to the leads of 'Pedagogical Research Centres and Communities' across Politics and IR departments in the UK. Available across all platforms rss.com/podcasts/pol...

Our latest SoTL Circle, our frequent event series where ASPIRE members discuss a key piece of SoTL reading, was held this Wednesday. Dr. Jillian Terry, who hosted the session, has blogged about it for @alpsblog.bsky.social: activelearningps.com/2026/02/06/a...

Call for Abstracts - Special Issue on Teaching Sensitive Issues in Challenging Times. Great opportunity to disseminate SoTL on a really important subject! osotl.org/osotl/announ...

📢 Ep2, S4 of Politics and Pedagogy is out: 'Communities disrupting hierarchies: @globalhigheredj.bsky.social '. We speak to co-founding editors of this brilliant new journal actively disrupting traditional, hierarchical models of journal publication and management. rss.com/podcasts/pol...

#PSA26 Annual Conference: 'Political Studies Futures' Book your ticket for Oxford, 30 March - 1 April 2026 📆 Early booking deadline extended to 2 February ❓If you have a question check out the updated FAQs on the new website

Do come and see me talking about enjoying your life and not poring endlessly over promotion criteria tomorrow for @aspirenetwork.bsky.social! (Spoiler: I think you might even be successful on the education-focused route, too, if you follow my tentative advice for slackers....)

We were already massively looking forward to @profcathyelliott.bsky.social’s “Meet the T&S Prof” ASPIRE event tomorrow. That excitement has been taken to a whole new level now she has shared her opening slide. As all ways - all ASPIRE members are invited. See you tomorrow at 1pm!

🚨Tomorrow🚨TLN Webinar: ‘Using Objects to Enhance Learning in Political Science Education’ with William L Allen @unisouthampton.bsky.social 📆 13 Jan, 12.30pm, Online ➡️ Discover how object-based learning can help convey, capture, and express complex ideas. FREE and open to all

🔊New on the Politics and Pedagogy Podcast 'The Power of Education Communities' with @rosegann.bsky.social Chair of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social and Emma Foster Trustee of PSA. rss.com/podcasts/pol...

Our next event is a T&S Townhall on the 14th November featuring research from Prof Helen Williams from the University of Nottingham. You can sign up to join us here: www.aspirenetwork.uk/aspire-members

A great piece in @timeshighered.bsky.social on how to get started with #PedRes #SoTL www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-g...

Less than one week to go to submit an abstract for #BISA2026! The RIS editorial team would love to see all of you there.

Join us for the first ASPIRE SOTL circle on Friday!

Join us for our #SoTL Circle this Friday where we will be discussing Oro's article on active learning. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Sign up here: www.aspirenetwork.uk/copy-of-events

Very exciting to join the #BISAISA2025 conference in Newcastle last weekend! Thank you to the @aspirenetwork.bsky.social - especially Hillary Briffa and Chris Featherstone - for organising such a fun conversation on the challenges and opportunities of AI for teaching IR! Discussion to be continued!

*PSA EVENT* 'Giving Choice a Chance: Assessment optionality in #PoliticalStudies #education. #Teaching & Learning Network webinar with Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social @psateach.bsky.social 📆 3 December, 1:30 - 3pm ➡️ FREE and open to all

*PSA EVENT* 'Using Objects to Enhance Learning in #PoliticalScience #Education - #Teaching & Learning Network Webinar with William L Allen. 📆 Tuesday 13 January, 12:30pm, online ➡️

Our post in @hepi-news.bsky.social highlight the importance of teaching & scholarship work! @chrisfeathers.bsky.social @sudhirselvaraj.bsky.social @louisepears.bsky.social @jeremymoulton.bsky.social @annaplunkett.bsky.social

More new @aspirenetwork.bsky.social work! Check out this HEPI blog on the importance of the teaching track!

Our post in @hepi-news.bsky.social highlight the importance of teaching & scholarship work! @chrisfeathers.bsky.social @sudhirselvaraj.bsky.social @louisepears.bsky.social @jeremymoulton.bsky.social @annaplunkett.bsky.social

Great to see so many colleagues and friends at the @aspirenetwork.bsky.social online launch event today! Some great ideas shared and really exciting opportunities, if you're not a member already, Sign Up!

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🔊BONUS EPISODE of the Politics and Pedagogy podcast is out 'Student Voice: Student-led Exhibits', with @polisatleeds.bsky.social students Sean Wong and Chloe Simpson. Available on all platforms: rss.com/podcasts/pol...

This week on @alpsblog.bsky.social, we are publishing a short series on the role of pedagogical research in education-focused careers. My intro to the series is here: activelearningps.com/2025/09/02/t... @aspirenetwork.bsky.social

Please join us next week, 9th September, for our online event! Sign up here: www.aspirenetwork.uk/event-detail...

🔊REMINDER - September 9th we have our first online event, sign up and join us here www.aspirenetwork.uk/event-detail.... Have a lovely summer!

🔊REMINDER - September 9th we have our first online event, sign up and join us here www.aspirenetwork.uk/event-detail.... Have a lovely summer!

Great question from @profcathyelliott.bsky.social! What's your advice for getting an education focused role?

What are other social scientists doing in their research methods modules these days? I'm wanting to refresh things a bit. How do you find policy analysis? Am considering a session on this, in addition to decolonial & creative methods. I also run a session on digital methods which students often use

Unlike any sensible person, who keeps up with their blogging duties regularly and in a calm tone of voice, I have saved everything up for a long, generally exuberant, in places slightly moany post right at the end of the year. activelearningps.com/2025/07/14/w... @alpsblog.bsky.social