Wooo! Fab publication by fab team of authors! If you don’t think you deal with distance PhD researchers, think again. #AcademicSky

New paper: ✨ "Improving the experiences of doctoral students at a distance: Recommendations for policy and practice" ✨ co-authored with @jamesburford.bsky.social & Liezel Frick. Part of our #DistanceDoctorates project with thanks to @tseenster.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1360...

Excited to share a #callforabstracts for our next special issue: "Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training", with guest editors @airealejoi.bsky.social, @julieposselt.bsky.social, @romanliera.bsky.social & Lauren Irwin www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...

In line with January decluttering / NY resolutions / general desire to have work-y things be healthier and more focused this year - farewell at last to my X/Twitter account. Happy to be here on BlueSky and also enjoying the increasing academic activity on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/katrinamc...)

Thanks @tseenster.bsky.social - we're pleased to share our #DistanceDoctorates work with the #Bluesky community ... check it out! We've also got a Facebook group where distance (incl hybrid, temporary, 'informal'/'subterranean' distance students!) can connect: www.facebook.com/groups/49932...

Horrible news today that the govt is unilaterally directing the disbanding of humanities and social science panels from one of the most important research funds in New Zealand. A short but on point response from Universities NZ. www.universitiesnz.ac.nz/latest-news-...

Blue sky for #bluesky ... A joy to be with colleagues from @waikatouniversity.bsky.social on a writing retreat in such a beautiful spot. Loving the sound of the waves and the stunning outlook while we support each other as writers and scholars. #pāpāmoabeach #mountnz #itcouldbeworse

Kua hinga te tōtara o Te Waonui a Tāne ... moe mai rā. Acknowledging the passing yesterday of a giant in Aotearoa NZ's education and research landscape. www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/he-maim...

Great to be at the #NZARE2024 NZ Assn for Research in Education conference at @waikatouniversity.bsky.social this week. Yesterday I presented on how demographic/identity factors affect people's experiences of academic peer review (collaborative work with Kay Hammond & Julie Trafford of AUT).

We used the Mana model (by Melinda Webber and Angus Macfarlane) to frame a strengths-based look at what supported success for these Māori learners. Students particularly emphasised mana ūkaipō (sense of place), mana tū (sense of resilience), and mana whānau (sense of family).

#newpaper #openaccess: "A strengths-based exploration of Māori student success at university using the Mana model" - a closer look at the stories from Māori students within a wider study of student experiences in university teaching/social work programmes. doi.org/10.1177/1177...

Tips for staying sane during academic writing! Particularly relevant during a PhD! #academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Lovely review of our 2024 book "Doing doctoral research at a distance: flourishing in off-campus, hybrid, and remote pathways" - thanks @jennylewinjones.bsky.social 🌸

I found this super helpful for getting my head round this new space! Thanks @nedpotter.bsky.social 💐

I can has arrived 🎉 Thanks @tseenster.bsky.social for the nudge!