This is coming from a place of love and support, but… It’s ‘shoo-in,’ not ‘shoe-in.’ It’s ‘case in point,’ not ‘case and point.’ It’s ‘moot point,’ not ‘mute point.’ It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’ It’s ‘jibe with,' not 'jive with.'

As a #HigherEducationPostcard spin off, here's a #HigherEducation cigarette card of @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social, from a set published by Wills Cigarettes in the 1920s Every pack included one, the idea was to collect a whole set: in this case, 25 cards featuring university arms

📢NEW @seda-ed-dev.bsky.social Educational Developments Magazine OUT NOW >> www.seda.ac.uk/seda-publish..., please share and repost to your networks 🙏 #HigherEducation #EdDev #EdTech #altc #AI #Education

NEW on Wonkhe: What do the outcomes from COP30 mean for higher education? And what role do universities play in addressing and understanding the climate crisis? Simon Meacher finds hope in the work the sector is doing buff.ly/tSLFRrr

NEW on Wonkhe: In a climate of increasing resistance, Arun Verma and Jason Arday argue that universities must strengthen their voice to defend inclusion, equity, and academic freedom buff.ly/GedY8Lm

If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Indian Institute, @ox.ac.uk I wrote about this for @wonkhe.bsky.social back in 2022: buff.ly/zaKoSP6 The tooth-marks come from Freya the dog

What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!

Last week on Wonkhe: A new report by Wonkhe with Advance HE explores perspectives on how to plan for educational excellence when the future is uncertain. Charles Knight digests the implications

NEW on Wonkhe: Janice Kay and Rachel Maxwell set out all the elements of a whole-institution AI strategy and the leadership capabilities required to make it real wonkhe.com/blogs/adopti...

Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat with guests Mirjam Sophia Glessmer (@mirjamglessmer.bsky.social) and Robert Kordts (@robertkordts.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT to discuss How to teach for sustainability lthechat.com/2025/11/07/l...

NEW on Wonkhe: An independent commission has published a plan for digital skills badging and a national digital skills wallet. Patrina Law explains what higher education stands to gain from getting involved buff.ly/4Mq8JaB

Join us on Wednesday 8th October at 8pm BST for #LTHEchat here in Bluesky with Professor Zoë Allman @zoe-a-z.bsky.social to discuss 'Embedding Mental Wellbeing'. lthechat.com/2025/10/03/l... @lthechat.bsky.social

Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Dialogic Learning in the Age of Gen AI with @nurun.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm BST #dialogiclearning #genai #highereducation

Resharing for the new academic year my AI memes post. One or two may be useful prompts for discussion with your students: mcompton.uk/2025/03/24/m...

This week on Wonkhe: Is there room for a bill that only exists to fix problems with other bills? David Kernohan gets out the parliamentary tool box.

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...

The awesome @amymorrell.bsky.social (who I am privileged to supervise for a #PhD) is looking for new students joining #UKHE #HigherEducation #AcademicSky this year to take part in her online survey about student belonging. If you're teaching first year #undergraduates, please do share with them? 🙏

A busy day in HE. A level results day starts the public part of Confirmation & Clearing. I'm very grateful to my colleagues who worked over the past days & who'll be manning phones now to ensure the best possible experience for our applicants. Thank you all for your work in this key endeavour.

Intersting international dimension in the post from a couple of years ago (at my UK University and a number of others the approach (and national coding) differs for in-programme publications and fully post-hoc by publication blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Happy NTF & CATE day to those celebrating 🍾 including Michelle Morgan & Bryony Whitmarsh. To those who weren't successful this time, don't worry, regroup, try again with the feedback from assessors to make tweaks. #NTF #CATE #Teaching

Sometimes the historical dictionary offers solace through the existence of an obsolete word that is sorely needed now. One of them is ‘respair’, recorded just once, in the 15th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

National Student Survey stuff: wonkhe.com/blogs/nation...

NEW on Wonkhe: The Department for Education has updated its plans for the Lifelong Learning Entitlement rollout. Michael Salmon and David Kernohan work out what’s new buff.ly/rrWwUvP

NEW on Wonkhe: The government has opted to turn away from postgraduate apprenticeships. Denise Baker thinks through the implications for the NHS and workforce planning in health and care buff.ly/xM6wSmw

NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag tells a story of university education outside of the state’s maw buff.ly/dbqFDWN

Join us Wednesday 30th April at 8pm BST for #LTHEchat 327 Quo vadis teaching, learning and assessment in Higher Education? Led by Emeriti Professor Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social and Emeritus Professor Phil Race @philrace.bsky.social

NEW on Wonkhe: Kulvinder Singh explores how vital the classroom is for commuter students' belonging in a context of increasing transactional approaches to education. bit.ly/3GfWwqO

NEW on Wonkhe: Michelle Morgan and Jonathan Neves introduce a sector-wide pilot of a tool to find out more about students and their expectations before they arrive at university buff.ly/lrMuiKV

NEW on Wonkhe: Personal tutoring requires specialist academic support which is only possible with access to the right data. Rachel Maxwell and Steve Briggs explore what this model could look like buff.ly/4h6XEdt

Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore coaching as an educational practice with @kayguccione.bsky.social on Wednesday, 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post athttps://lthechat.com/2025/04/07/coaching-as-an-educational-practice-holding-space-for-a-learning-conversation/

Reflecting on two years of the ANTF Collaborative Innovation Project (CiP) Scheme by Professor Sam Elkington, Teeside University (ANTF Pedagogic Research Officer), and Haleh Moravej (ANTF Deputy Pedagogic Research Officer) ntf-association.com/reflecting-o...

All the morning and afternoon at my office putting things in order.

Latest #WeeklyResourceRoundup wordpress.aber.ac.uk/e-learning/2... events and resources on active learning, academic skills, AI in higher education, compassionate assessment and more! #AberPGCTHE #EduSky #AcademicSky

Join us Wednesday 19 March at 8pm GMT for #LTHEchat to discuss integrating study skills into the curriculum led by Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel @drckt.bsky.social and Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social lthechat.com/2025/03/16/l...

To the office back again till night, we having been these four or five days very full of business, and I thank God I am well pleased with it, and hope I shall continue of that temper, which God grant.

Had a piece published aimed at students today: www.timeshighereducation.com/student/advi...

My blog for @HEPI_news about how 'disruptor institutions' like @UniOfBuckingham can help fulfill the ambition of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/02/05/h...

Latest #WeeklyResourceRoundup features FutureTeacher FutureLearn @jisc.bsky.social @qaaforhe.bsky.social EmpowerEDWebinars @dustinhosseini.bsky.social LivUniCIE @altuk.bsky.social and more. Topics: #inclusion #GenAI #accessbility #assessment #reflection #engagement. #EduSky #AcademicSky #AberPGCTHE

Thinking about the busy work week coming up, a highlight though will be formally welcoming our new students at Matriculation. And today is Sunday, a day of rest.

As The University of Buckingham is the home of free speech and academic freedom, it was great to see that in action yesterday when our Professor Eric Kaufmann took part in a debate at the The Oxford Union on multiculturalism in the UK.

NEW on Wonkhe: Paul Ashwin argues that the Office for Students’ proposed strategy puts government priorities into the mouths of students https://buff.ly/4gcLSxF

Looking forward to welcoming prospective students to The University of Buckingham today at Open Day.

UK Education Folks: The British Conference of Undergraduate Research is hosted by Newcastle University on 9-10 April 2025. This is the largest conference in the UK exclusively dedicated to showcasing undergraduate research. Tell your students! conferences.ncl.ac.uk/bcur25/

Attending the latest University of Buckingham Speaker Series - Glyn Ford on North Korea

My #HigherEducationPostcard blog for @wonkhe.bsky.social this week is all about the University of Al-Quaraouiyine, the longest established degree-awarding body in the world wonkhe.com/blogs/higher...

New Routledge book available for pre-order! I co-authored a chapter on Redefining Assessments in the Age of AI with @benjane.bsky.social and colleagues. For more details, check out: lnkd.in/eH7t9vnm And you can pre-order here: www.amazon.co.uk/Teaching-Lea... (UK) or here: shorturl.at/5DyOM (US)

Join us for this week's #LTHEchat which will explore ways in which we can meet the challenges of implementing feedback in Higher Education with @profsallybrown.bsky.social and @kaysambell.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT. Read the blogpost at: lthechat.com?p=6877

Spotted Venus on our walk home last night

Happy Christmas 🎄 to everyone

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