‘How can you be released, you’re not (even) here’. By Henrik Andersen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Feels for all the animals and humans like me who chuffin’ hate fireworks! Cannot believe this day ‘n age we still allow randoms to let off mini bombs for days and hours on end. If anyone knows of any petitions worth signing, please post them for me below 😂🙏🏼

Join us for #LTHEchat with @dralison.bsky.social and @bethflloyd.bsky.social at 8pm GMT today. Read the blog here: shorturl.at/uUntv

What do cat parents do with a super hungry (greedy?) kitty? My lil beast needs to lose a few grams but - it’s proving impossible. Constantly hungry, scouting for crumbs and pestering Licks sinks and drains if there’s nothing else. Any advice?!

Indie-pop rockstas The Klementines doing their own gig at new #sheffield venue Mary St Live. Punky Mannequins and folky Scarlett Kirwan supporting. Scan the QR to donate an entry fee in advance. 🎃 dress up optional 👻

A stunning read finally available open access - by Ben Robin-D’Cruz www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Can you help #warpawsrescue in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan? They’ve lost vital funding which means they can’t now feed or support animals affected through the legacy of war and conflict. May have to close by Christmas. Various donation options below, pls help/share if you can!

‘Power without conscience’ is a warning we can’t ignore. We are calling for urgent regulation and human-centred control of military AI systems. @CDroegeICRC, ICRC chief legal officer, shared at the UN Security Council #UNGA80 www.icrc.org/en/statement...

Excellent 🧵 countering uncritical adoption of AI status quo

Iraq’s system endures not because of its structural efficacy but through the interaction of three mechanisms operating over time: Identity Reconfiguration, Legitimacy Erosion, and Priority Divergence.’ By Kamaran Palani www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Fundamentally, we are responsible for curriculum design which builds students’ ethical, intellectual and creative development over the course of a whole programme in ways that are relevant to society and future employment.’ - Duna Sabri

“If the tech keeps getting better this quickly, there’s the potential for a large-scale employment impact.” Jack Clark, co-founder of AI company Anthropic, says the speed of AI’s development is unprecedented and “hard to believe” for many. @lewisgoodall.com

Apparently there’s ’stubbornly high wage growth’

Really @tramlines is the best all rounder festival. Great layout, crowd, bands…well managed, easy to get good food n drinks. Hope even more good bands want to play next year.

If you read one thing about Gen AI today make it this. A bleak short read about the truly exploitative amd extractive nature of tech and capitalism. jacobin.com/2025/06/ai-m...

All 17 British businesses in a six-month trial of the four-day week said they would continue to have their staff work reduced hours - with no loss of pay. Trade unions won us the weekend at the start of the last century - next stop, the four-day week! @4dayweek.bsky.social

Sudan, ‘no one’s priority’ and the most significant humanitarian catastrophe in the world. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Every cut that the government makes to social services is effectively a tax on women. Because they're the ones who will be expected to fill in the gaps.

The lost memory of Iraqi female prisoners, and ‘the politics of forgetting’ by Noor Zaidi 1001iraqithoughts.com/2025/06/28/t...

Yes it can be lazy to just compare this to history in Iraq and yes it sounds like history repeating itself.

A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small sample size): ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills. [time.com]

Clarifying energy and resource use of Gen AI when compared with streaming Netflix or music. Fascinating read. nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/05/0...

Gemini now uses your Google search history to provide specified results beyond just your regular Gemini conversations. Asked it "what do you know about me?" and it knew where I lived, what my interests were and what I'd searched recently in Google.

“Neoliberal Policy and Iraqi Theatre Makers in Australia: The Tension of Homemaking and Playmaking" is on The Journal of Interculutral Studies (Q1). open access share with networks interested in theatre of the global south in diaspora- bu Hadeel Abdelhameed www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Agree! 👇🏼👏

Algeria drops French, adopts English as university language www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

Informal survey conducted among Yr 2 UGs - my own kids, friends’ kids, their friends… How would you feel about AI marking your work? It’s a resounding, emphatic *no* from the kids. 🚫

We are delighted to share No.35 of the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education Special Issue: Liberating Learning - Guest Edited by Martin Compton, Rebecca Lindner and team at King's College London. https://jldhe.aldinhe.ac.uk #LoveLD #JLDHE

How does HE work in Finland? Interesting insights into degrees and pedagogy at the Uni of Helsinki. wonkhe.com/blogs/with-t...

I've loved reading and reflecting on this over my coffee this morning. Interestingly, I thought I knew what it would say, so rather than imagining my own words over the top of my reading, I tried to read more carefully, to look at every word selected. I will think of this as I go about my work.

Lines in the sand as Harvard goes head to head with US govt demands. Well worth a read. Wonder what’s coming in UK white paper for FE & HE? As Trump Freezes Billions in Funding, Harvard Steels Itself for a Fight

For anyone working on action research as SoTL - ‘What Does Good Look Like? Quality in Pedagogic Action Research’ lydiaarnold.net/2025/04/14/w...

Finally got around to reading @advancehe.bsky.social's new report on promoting teaching excellence within reward, promotion, and career track structures. Hugely helpful for thinking about how to support education-focused staff. #AcademicSky www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hu...

OK folks - will you please help me spread this far and wide. A really exciting opportunity to be the new Director of Comms at @britishacademy.bsky.social - the national academy for humanities and social sciences. £100k. Lovely team. Reports directly to me micro.green-park.co.uk/thebritishac...

Really happy to see that LTHE chat has moved to this platform! Join us for a community dive into how we place coaching within/in complement with our educational frameworks.

I love this - confronting low attendance and disengement by making students feel like they matter rather than jumping to the-lecture-is-dead or banning recordings. #AcademicSky www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/not-a...

Rewilding higher education ... reflections on @drcathyelliott.bsky.social 's inaugrual lecture from me and Connie Gillies mcompton.uk/2025/04/02/r...

Join us tonight at 8pm GMT/BST for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Block Teaching with Professor Leanne de Main @professor-c.bsky.social. There's still time to read the blog post at: tinyurl.com/af44t6xm.

‘We are promised a white paper this summer setting out a comprehensive strategy for post-16 education and skills, and at the same time a “radical” package of HE reforms which will also emphasise the role of HE in collaborating around local and national skills priorities’ 👀

New on the UVA Teaching Hub: A robust set of resources curated by @bethanynmorrison.bsky.social for her collection, Teaching for Democratic Engagement and Civic Learning. There's a lot to explore here! teaching.virginia.edu/collections/...

The wonderful #klementines playing sidney and matilda in #sheffield 🥁 🎸 🎧 www.instagram.com/p/DHgRDBSNlG...

Fab new young bands in #Sheffield esp The Klementines last night at Sidney and Matilda 🍊 🥁 these kids know how to write great songs! #indie #britpop #grunge

Paging the U.K…

Super and accurate homage to Hamilton by Alexis Petridis www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

Tonight 7:30 Unreported world. The war people don’t seem to care about.

Sorry I missed this last night- looks a fab chat. IMO, the distinction is knowing that LLMs are/were trained on data that was *everyone’s* so if you’re using it to learn and think, that can be useful. If you’re using it for production, writing, content creation, then…it’s not just yours.