This week’s #LTHEchat will be starting in 10 minutes. We will be discussing 'Exploring Academics’ Use of Humour Styles in Higher Education Teaching’ with @hankumna.bsky.social Still time to read through the blogpost

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Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Loneliness in Higher Education with @bianca-f-o-x.bsky.social on Wednesday, 8-9pm GMT. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/12/07/l...

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Racism has no place in this world, and it is especially disappointing though when it manifests in education. Places professing to be safe and equitable spaces. It hurts even more when that happens to your family. Be warned, I will call you out and my mission is to ensure it stops.

Delighted that Prof Glazzard & I's article Access & Participation Plans of Universities in England (2020-2024): What do they really say about social mobility? has been accepted by the Journal of Equity in Education & Society Thank you to reviewers & editor. #Education #HigherEducation

I've been discharged and back at home, Rather exhausted & achy having 15 hours of the time in the hospital on awful plastic chairs. Very grateful to all the staff that took care of me, & thanks to friends & family who sent well wishes, & mum with me at LRI #Fahrs #RareDisease

🔈New research: Despite significant efforts to widen access to higher education, social mobility is flatlining or declining across wealthier countries. In the UK and US, university is still the dominant route to higher earnings from less advantaged backgrounds. Read more ⬇️ shorturl.at/eHto0

Following on from last night, now more medication prescribed, temporarily it means I'm on 17 tablets a day 😳 However, I'm battling whatever it is I've got. Thank you to all those supporting me 💪 The challenges of living with a #RareDisease #Fahrs

Well a trip to Queen's Medical Centre at 23:00 was not on the cards, but here I am 🤷‍♂️

I can feel the wave of illness brewing, trying my best to fight it. To modify the words of Gandalf... You shall not win! #FahrsDisease #Parkinsons #RareDisease

Having a rare disease #Fahrs is so difficult, my brain wants me to get up and do things, yet me body aches so much, the chronic fatigue with my body saying...no thanks not doing anything today, just getting up is a massive challenge. Here's to a better day soon.

Q2 - Do you recognise your own role as a digital leader in education? What does it look or feel like? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response @dralison.bsky.social and @bethflloyd.bsky.social

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LTHE Chat 342: Digital Leadership for Inclusive and Strategic Change Join us on Bluesky with guest Alison Purvis (@dralison.bsky.social) and Beth Fielding-Lloyd (@bethflloyd.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 5th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT Digital leadership in higher education is evolving rapidly. It’s…

Q3 - How can “criticality” be differentiated pedagogically from “critical thinking”, encouraging students to engage in deeper andragogical enquiry rather than surface-level critique? Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response @david-t-evans.bsky.social

Q2 - To what extent do educators explicitly teach the meaning and progression of academic descriptors (e.g., criticality, synthesis, evaluation, complexity) rather than assuming students understand them? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response @david-t-evans.bsky.social

Q1 - How might the use of creative metaphors, such as “superpowers,” reframe students’ perceptions of their academic capabilities and ease imposter syndrome in postgraduate learning? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response @david-t-evans.bsky.social

Hello and welcome to this evening’s #LTHEchat. Here early? Say hello and introduce yourself!

Who is excited?! Join us for #LTHEchat with @david-t-evans.bsky.social at 8pm GMT today! Read the blog post at: shorturl.at/tA9pJ

See you all next week - same time, same place! #LTHEchat Next week we will be joined by David Evans, @david-t-evans.bsky.social, discussing Criticality skills for problem solving. Who is going to be there?!

Thank you to @drchrism.bsky.social and to everyone who participated. #LTHEchat As always, why not share something that has changed in your thinking or an idea that is emerging from your conversations with colleagues and peers? #socialmediaCPD

Twelve minutes to go until this evening’s #LTHEchat :) This evening we will be discussing embedding academic skills into the curriculum. Still time to read through the blogpost at lthechat.com/2025/10/20/l... before we get started tonight #LTHEchat @drchrism.bsky.social

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LTHE Chat 340: Embedding Academic Skills in UK Higher Education: Why It Matters Join us on Bluesky with guest Dr Chris Martin @drchrism.bsky.social on Wednesday 22nd October 2025 at 20:00 BST When engaging in conversations with academic colleagues, the term ‘embedding academic skills’ is heard…

Two-thirds of English higher education institutions which franchise courses have fallen below the sector regulator’s thresholds for undergraduate student outcomes in these partnerships, writes @patrickjack.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/two-thi...

You did a fabulous job, I've not been that active this evening, but I've been watching the great contributions!

Welcome to this evening’s chat hosted by @dwjames.bsky.social Are your typing fingers ready? Have you got a drink ready? Are you ready? Let’s get started... #LTHEchat

Join us for #LTHEchat with @dwjames.bsky.social at 8 pm GMT/ BST today!!! lthechat.com/2025/10/13/l...

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Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Games Based Teaching Tools with @dwjames.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/10/13/l... #gamesbasedlearning

Welcome to this evening’s chat hosted by @zoe-a-z.bsky.social Are your typing fingers ready? Have you got a drink ready? Are you ready? Let’s get started... #LTHEchat

Join me, and the amazing @lthechat.bsky.social team, on Wednesday 8th October 2025 at 20:00 BST to explore 'Embedding Mental Wellbeing' #LTHEchat More details at: lthechat.com/2025/10/03/l...

A great day today with the first meeting of the Arden University Formative Assessment Feedback Task and Finish group. We are crafting something that will have a really meaningful impact on student outcomes and experiences across the university. Thank you to all who are involved! #LTHE

A5. Knowing your students and using situations/questions that are relevant to them, helping to enhance engagement. Having clear expectations. #LTHEChat

A3. Keeping the stories authentic and grounding one's self in it. Here, enhancing gen AI literacy is essential. #LTHEChat

A2 - potential to support socratic questioning and ongoing engagement in learning. AI might not support deep learning and therefore very surface level. ##LTHECHAT

A1 dialogic learning is about sustained conversation with4 increasing application of skills and knowledge, and/or incorporation of new learning. #LTHEChat

Join us later today for #LTHEchat with @nurun.bsky.social at 8 pm GMT/ BST. lthechat.com/2025/09/29/l... #dialogiclearning #he #genai #learningwith

LTHEChat 337 Dialogic learning in the Age of Generative AI Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 1st October 2025 at 20:00 BST What does it truly mean to learn with a machine, and are machines capable of engaging in dialogic learning? Generative AI models—capable of producing text, images, or other…

Great day so far at Diversity Festival, at Arden's Nottingham campus, lovely to meet students and staff. #Arden

Last week on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson argues that the Office for Students' new quality proposals sideline the very student voices they claim to champion — and risk undermining trust in higher education regulation

🗨️ "According to these findings, opportunity in England is determined by inherited circumstances more so than compared to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland." What does the OECD's new measure of inequality say about the state of opportunity in the UK? ⤵️ www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...

A4 In theory lots and I like seeing it well organised, in practice they're rarely an artwork to be beholden by, but as long as it works #LTHEChat

A3 - have a way of differentiating between information, what is important, what is tacit, what require action. I use different colours #LTHEChat

A2, I've tried this with providing feedback especially verbal feedback that is structured and transcription enabled, so learners can download it and it is useful. Urm, also mind mapping tool

@veredshwartz.bsky.social author of ‘Lost in Automatic Translation’, explores the opportunities and pitfalls of language technologies, from automatic translation tools to large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. 🤖 Read the full interview 🔗 https://cup.org/4n8ilt4