Forming solutions by dissolving in evidence.

Thank you, editors and reviewers at @cerp.rsc.org, for a very constructive peer review process. We could always do with an artistic rendition of a pedagogical model :) pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #chemistry #education #research #epistemic #conation #laboratory #practice

A5 #LTHEChat in times of difficulty we humans do tend to excel. Smarter is definitely needed here.

A5 closer alignment of the conditions of regulation and TEF is a wondrous gift for combatting all those infuriating cliches about box-ticking and the tail wagging the dog. #LTHEchat

Absolutely! It's been a boon from lecturer to APVC. #LTHEchat

@suebecks.bsky.social do you use deck.blue? The 4-5 min lag in updating the #lthechat column means that Tweetdeck performed much better 10 years ago. These chats are much clunkier than they need to be. Or is there a better tool?

A3 Move the date of the NSS, give participants an opportunity to develop some perspective. Consider closer (constructive) alignment of the NSS questions and the TEF objectives. Acknowledging Jim D. #LTHEchat

Q3. What support would help you design stronger learning experiences for your students? #LTHEchat Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response

I think a lot will depend on technicalities of how outcomes are benchmarked, particularly wrt institutional mission group, entry tariff etc + how seriously the new system considers equity of outcomes for all groups. But I think it is a good thing a good NSS can't cover for poor outcomes .. #LTHEchat

Come on friends, cheer up, New Year, New TEF, new opportunities. Let's think how the TEF can drive the change we want to see. #LTHEchat

Q1.1? #LTHEchat

A1 I think the "lowest rating" is another positive step in the evolution of the TEF, promoting a consistent balance across the dimensions of the student and graduate experience. #LTHEchat

Hello everyone - really looking forward to discussion this evening on the impact that OfS regulation is having on how we approach teaching, learning, student support and student outcomes #LTHEchat

#LTHEchat Simon from Norwich. Here to learn about the new TEF.

For those new to #LTHEchat we will precede questions with Q1, Q2, Q3 etc. To answer a question, simply click reply and add A1, A2, A3 etc followed by your answer, and include #LTHEchat, anywhere within your answer.

One hour to go to get ready for tonight's #LTHEchat Pop the kettle on and get a cuppa. Read the blogpost lthechat.com/2026/01/05/l... and follow the hashtag #LTHEchat

A5 we timetable a bunch of students in a room and facilitate them talking to each other about something related to one of the intended learning outcomes. The AI might now even be able to suggest some good conversation prompts (questions) #LTHEchat

A4 I started off using genAI to reinforce my own sense of smug primacy in HE chemistry. That doesn't work anymore. genAI has moved on since 2022 and now I have to too. #LTHEchat

#LTHEchat especially @kjhaxton.com

I see what you did there. #LTHEchat

A2 benefit: breadth of "knowledge"; limit: if a student talks to a bot they are missing out on a genuinely social interaction. Bots are for when you'd otherwise be alone. Say, 9pm.

A1 it means facilitating conversations for learning; conversations about how to answer, not THE answer #LTHEchat

Good evening from Norwich! #LTHEchat

I think academics risk getting too distracted (taking solace) in what AI does badly. @kjhaxton.com gave us a spectacular demonstration of what it does pretty well (study design) and the transformative potential for the teaching-focused STEM academic at #ViCEPHEC25

If I were to label myself a grande dame would that be appropriation? And is there an equally connotation-rich gender-neutral equivalent?

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Congratulations and thanks to the organisers of #vicephec25

7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.

I’ve found the perfect vantage point for #GRCCERP

@mkseery.bsky.social thanks for laying on such an exciting pre-conference dinner for #GRCCERP I feel I can’t use the picture of the fire engine or the fire breathing car, so here is the moon over Portsmouth, NH.

Are you attending GRC CERP this summer? If so, I have made a short presentation giving an overview of the conference, the flow of the week, and my top tips for attendees...! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrok...

A6 I’d remove the word research from your question and the implicit and explicit segregation. We are all academics. Some of us are pushing the boundaries of knowledge and some of us are pushing the boundaries of knowledge acquisition. #lthechat #donotBloomme

A5 “you’re a research-led University, describe how your undergraduate teaching environment has been informed by and has contributed to, discipline based education.” #lthechat

A4 the rules for REF 2029 continue to reduce the perverse incentives to creatively exclude (relabel) researchers* essentially because their (sub) discipline has lower impact factor journals. #lthechat *best academic thing that ever happened to me, but that wasn’t the intent when it was done.

A3 the single biggest threat is divisive use of the word “scholarship” - don’t allow yourself to be othered, you’re a discipline based pedagogical researcher. #lthechat #reclaimscholarship

A2 no stakeholder need be disenfranchised by the research culture. They simply need to embrace the impact agenda. #lthechat

A1 research culture is the belief that the lecture theatre is a laboratory where you build on the pedagogical research literature with your own intuition and innovation to generate results, which you publish and profess to aid in further advancing humankind. #lthechat

Why, what’s going to happen to them? Surely we need to worry about the room and its future users?

A4 avoid setting targets that are fanciful and unachievable. Action may be urgent but many parties doing a little is a better starting point than one failing to do a lot @lthechat.bsky.social #lthechat

A3 nobody want to miss out on being a signatory to the memorandum lthechat.bsky.social #lthechat

A2 I am anybody’s for carbon credits @lthechat.bsky.social #lthechat

A1 @lthechat.bsky.social I think it helps tremendously to have an acronym that everybody has heard but few people know precisely what it stands for. Is it conference of practice or community of parties. Does it even matter? #lthechat

This is as close as I will get to a vote. #Eurovision

This whiteboard fancies itself as some sort of artist.

A5 Failing that, Prof Sally Brown is available for consultancy work. #LTHEchat

A5 Every University needs a fairy godmother. #LTHEchat

A4 less acne and more piercings #LTHEchat

Colour and competitiveness #LTHEchat

A2 Boldness, Realism, Ownership, Well-being and Novelty #LTHEchat

With the benefit of hindsight, I have always been fascinated by the concept of an (admittedly distorted) octahedral hole. #chemsky