#ParkRun #HampsteadHeath #London

Lovely day today for #Parkrun #HampsteadHeath #London

Tonight at the #BarbicanCentre #London, the BBC Symphony Orchestra gave a a wonderful performance including Stravinsky’s Firebird, Bartók's 3rd Piano Concerto and Finzi's Eclogue conducted by Sakari Oramo, featuring pianist Yeol Eu

This evening David Buckingham launched his book at the @UCLKnowledgeLab London - The End of Information. David discussed whether the end of information is caused by (dis/ mis)information, lack of trust, types of media, political ideology. Sponsored by UCL GrandChallenges

An AlphaFold 4’ — scientists marvel at DeepMind new tool. From Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Studying human behaviour by training artificial-intelligence #AI agents to mimic the behaviours of people. From Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Protein folding measured in real time! From Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

At the Network Plus Spring Conference in Bristol where we’ll be talking about how our research is helping build the roadmap for the UK National Federated Compute Service. Federated compute is vital for innovation and for empowering people with data

Walked the Loch Venechar circular walk this weekend in the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park, #Scotland. Wet weather but this 20km walk was wonderful.

Sunny #parkrun #HampsteadHeath #London with coffee afterwards

Don't miss tomorrow's #CALRG talk by @allisonl.bsky.social UCL's Pro-Vice Provost for the Data Empowered Societies Grand Challenge. She'll be exploring whether future learning for work be data driven or human driven? Thursday 5th Feb, 11.00 am, online Email [email protected] for the link

Fostering deliberation and action in context: ana analysis of implementation research among healthcare professionals in LMICs from a post digital perspective. Our latest article in British Journal of Educational Technology led by Koula Charitonos. oro.open.ac.uk/106411/

Understanding the chemical properties of a molecule is an inherently quantum problem, making quantum computers a good tool for the job – and we may start seeing this take off in 2026

#Northamptonshire #England 12km circular walk

In 2026 keep an eye on quantum

Last #HampsteadHeath #Parkrun of 2026

#Parkrun #HampsteadHeath #London Huge thanks to all the @Parkrun marshalls who work hard (like Santa’s elves) to make the run happen each week!

The future of Government Statistics Service - and the evidence it provides- should be in the hands of humans, not AI. My thought piece on human agency, vulnerability and why m #AI in work needs to be a negotiated journey. @GrandChallenges analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/blog/the-futur…

Leckhampstead 12km loop walk, #Northamptonshire

#Parkrun #MiltonKeynes

On Wednesday Dec 10 11.00GMT Francisco Durán del Fierro and I will present our research on Inclusive Futures of Federated Data. Working with Eileen Kennedy, Edinburgh Futures Institute Hartree and funded by EPSRC. Join the event: research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/events/

English National Opera’s dazzling performance this evening at the wonderful London Coliseum #enopinafore

Great to participate in the UCL Grand Challenges Winter Reception at the Grant Zoology Museum where James Hetherington and I gave an update on the first year of the UCL Grand Challenge of Data Empowered Societies. Thanks to the DES Team and to Geraint Rees for amazing leadership.

Delighted to join today’s UCL Policy Lab Roundtable on AI, the future of Work and the Role of the University. There was a broad panel of participants with distinctive & fascinating perspectives. HE mist be relevant to student needs, but what is ‘relevant’ increasingly is difficult to predict

Delighted to be on this panel at the university of Oslo debating the education/work interface in an era of AI. With Regina Mulder, Francisvo Duran del Fierro, Koula Charitonos, Monika Nerland

We have funded 10 ambitious Challenge-led Awards through the @UCL Grand Challenge Data Empowered Societies, University College London www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...

At Lords Cricket Ground today with colleagues ftom Honda R&D to talk about UCL Grand Challenges Data Empowered Societies the future of Ed Tech and Health Tech

Wonderful ethereal sounds this evening at the Kingsplace London in a concert by the Terje Isungset Quartet who used instruments crafted from Norwegian glaciers.

#Parkrun #HampsteadHeath #London

‘By amplifying [knowledge] hierarchies, GenAI risks contributing to the erasure of systems of understanding that have evolved over centuries, disconnecting future generations from vast bodies of insight and wisdom. ‘ via The Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...

Wise words from Yoshua Bengio - first person to reach 1m citations. “It should not become an objective for researchers to have more citations, because it leads into trying to optimize this rather than do good science and go after the truth.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Pleased to meet with a delegation of university leaders from Ukraine to progress our MOU on the UCL-Ukraine knowledge exchange to support sustainable transition in areas of education, health & infrastructure renewal. Via UCL Data Empowered Societies Grand Challenge.

A Multidisciplinary Research Agenda for ArtificialIntelligence, Education, Learning, and Instruction. Our new paper in Postdigital Science. Led by Jimmy Jaldemark. link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...

UCL Grand Challenges launched a strategic partnership with Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation to drive digital innovation. UCL will support knowledge exchange in key strategic areas. I was honoured to take part remotely in the signing ceremony: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...

Slippery conditions on the HampsteadHeath #Parkrun today. But a lovely autumnal day in London.

It was good to meet the Minister for Law in Singapore, Edwin Tong, to discuss the importance of creativity in education and how data, AI and digital technologies are impacting creativity in both positive and negative ways www.facebook.com/watch/?v=119...

Amazing concert by Julie Fowlis and fellow musicians this evening. This is the third time I’ve heard Julie in London this year - at the Southbank, Pavilion and here at Cadogan Hall. Each concert has been different and each so inspiring.

Pleased to join the AI Global Summit at Friends House, Bloomsbury, London today. Packed auditorium!

Wicken to Leckhampstead 12km circular walk in Northamptonshire, England on a lovely, Autumnal day

Today I will be talking at the DRI Congress in Leeds,UK, about our UKRI funded research with the National Federated Compute Services on ‘Inclusive Futures’ in federated computing. Led by UCL with Hartree & the Edinburgh Futures Institute at Edinburgh University. These are our objectives:

Our hosts ftom the National Institute of Education, Singapore reflect upon our visit there for the Professorships Summit and NIE 75th anniversary during the week of October 6th 2025 www.facebook.com/watch/?v=132...

#Parkrun Hampstead Heath, London

Pleased to collaborate with Bruce McCandliss, Carol Chan & George Augustine reviewing the Science of Learning in Education Centre (SoLEC) at the National Institute of Education, Singapore www.ntu.edu.sg/nie/science-...

Had a great meeting at the Singapore Ministry of Education today with the team that oversee education research, including Dr Teh Laik Woon. Advancing the Science of Learning in Singapore

After a hard days work, a lovely dinner with colleagues. Pleased to participate in the review of the Science of Learning in Education Centre, a research centre within the National Institute of Education in Singapore.

Honoured to be invited to present an open seminar at the National Institute of Education Singapore, as DrRuth Wong Visiting Professor. I discussed social & cultural barriers faced by professionals as they use data and digital technologies, reflecting on implications for teachers.

Gardens by the Bay, Singapore. I’ve seen many photos of the gardens but they have to be seen (in person) to be believed. Absolutely stunning.

Gardens by the Bay, Singapore. I’ve seen many photos of the gardens but they have to be seen (in person) to be believed. Absolutely stunning.

No Parkrun today. Instead a fantastic day cycling and hiking around Pulau Ubin island which is part of Singapore.

Thanks to everyone - around 100 people - who joined my online seminar today as part of my Ruth Wong Visiting Professorship at the National Institute of education, Singapore. "Being a Teacher Leader in the Age of AI'.