Q6: Do you feel that you matter to students and colleagues? What makes you feel that way? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response

Q5. How can we create mattering moments in online spaces? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response

Q4. Is the work of belonging/mattering gendered? Who does the work of caring for students? Who do students want to do the mattering and caring roles? Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response

Q3. Where might institutional processes unintentionally undermine students’ sense that they matter? Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response

Q2. How do our everyday interactions signal to students that they are noticed, valued, and taken seriously, that they matter? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response

Q1. If a sense of belonging is framed as something students need to have to be a successful student, what might change if we instead focused on what we do as student-facing staff to foster belonging? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response

Q6: Should the drive to create an effective learning community in our institutions be top-down or bottom-up? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response

Q5 How can we design our learning activities to embed students within a wider learning community? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response

Q4 How do we ensure that our learning community is fully inclusive of all demographics of learners and staff? Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response

Q3 How can we get staff on board with Learning Communities? Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response

Q2 How do we promote the idea of a learning community to students? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response

Q1 What comes to mind when the term ‘learning community’ is mentioned? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response

Don't forget to join us tomorrow, Wednesday 8-9pm BST, for #LTHEchat which will explore Leadership and Academic Flourishing with @profdamienpage.bsky.social Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/01/26/l...

Join us tonight at 8 pm BST where we'll be exploring Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI:Moving from Reaction to Intentional Practice with @hazelfarrell.bsky.social and @kenmccarthy.ie Read the blog for more: lthechat.com/2026/01/16/l...

Q6. For someone facing redundancy or weighing up voluntary severance right now: what’s one thing you’d want them to hear from people who’ve been there? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response.

Q5. When job searches stretch on, motivation can dip. What’s helped you keep going or what do you wish you’d known earlier about sustaining momentum? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response

Q4. CVs, applications, and “selling yourself” can feel especially hard at this point. What’s helped you tell your story honestly, without feeling you have to apologise, explain, or fake optimism? Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response.

Q3. Wellbeing often takes a hit long before work officially ends. What have you found helps you maintain some sense of balance or stability while living with uncertainty? Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response.

Q2. In the early days of redundancy or deciding to take voluntary severance, what felt hardest, emotionally or practically, and what helped you cope, even in small ways? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response

Q1. Redundancy doesn’t always arrive suddenly. For some it’s imposed, for others it’s voluntary severance made under pressure or uncertainty. Where are you currently, or where have you been, on that journey? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response

A nice Peruvian #synthpop song that accompanies me while I work. I think there is a New Order influence #peru #avatarperu youtu.be/XRUTno4sOZI?...

Q6. What would a healthier quality assurance culture look like to you? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response lthechat.com/2026/01/05/l...

Q5. How would staff wellbeing and workload be affected by these expectations? #LTHEchat Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response lthechat.com/2026/01/05/l...

Q4. With PGT coming into focus, how can we better support our Level 7 students right now? #LTHEchat Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response

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

Q2. What feels most challenging about meeting the new quality expectations? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response lthechat.com/2026/01/05/l...

Q1. What do you think the new "lowest rating" rule means for how we prioritise our work? #LTHEchat Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response lthechat.com/2026/01/05/l...

Join this webinar organised by CETI. We will share student-informed research on students’ preferences on the application of Universal Design for Learning #UDL principles in their motivation, learning materials, activities and assessment 📅 27/01 🕐 1-2 pm GMT 🔗 Registration link: shorturl.at/4Z01C

Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat with guests @puiyin.bsky.social, @katharinehubbard.bsky.social, Dr Kevin Campbell-Karn, Professor David Webster and Paula Han on Wednesday 7th January at 8pm GMT to discuss Navigating the New OfS Quality Era: What It Means for Students, Staff and the Sector.

16-12-25 I had a great time at the #SocMedHE25 learning from very insightful presentations and meeting friends / personal heroes. A creative, friendly learning community. Thanks to all @suebecks.bsky.social @debbaff.bsky.social Suzanne Faulkner @profdawne.bsky.social @scottturneruon.bsky.social

Last week I co-presented this practice paper with the amazing @profdawne.bsky.social at the 11th Social Media for Learning in HE Conference #SocMedHE25 'A practical approach to amplifying scholarly practice through social media and digital technology' www.slideshare.net/slideshow/a-...

What a fabulous day it was yesterday at #SocMedHE25! @suebecks.bsky.social and I ran the final workshop session of the day - “Responsible Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Social Media and Online Communication: A Participatory Evaluation”. Great contributions! #SocialMediaforlearning

@socmedhe.bsky.social @andytattersall.bsky.social #socmedhe25 loved your keynote today 😀 here are my little scribbles as promised #sketchnotes

The use of social media to disseminate and amplify the impact of SoTL (and all the different outputs) and share teaching and learning practice, build a community of practice and more strategic impact for universities @suebecks.bsky.social @profdawne.bsky.social #SocMedHE25

Developing a community of practice using a WhatsApp group as a space to share their stories, friendship and experiences during the work, study @suebecks.bsky.social @profdawne.bsky.social Suzanne faulkner and Deb Baff #SocMedHE25

Patricia Pearlman-Dee shared her experience when using One Note as a collaborative place to move from social interaction towards social learning #SocMedHE25

How social media can support the development of a sense of community, identity and wellbeing for PhD students?. Kathy Chandler shared her research and journey using autoethnography #SocMedHE25

The changes in the attention span makes educators find different spaces to develop learning. A presentation by Emily Conyard #SocMedHE25

Students are learning all the time in different formal and informal learning spaces such as social media, cafeterias, field trips etc Sometimes we tend to focus only on the formal ones. Andrew Middleton's presentation at #SocMedHE25

Applying #UDL principles when developing learning environments for independent study to enhance agency by @nbridgeman.bsky.social #SocMedHE25

#Empathy in teaching isn’t about fixing problems, but about helping students feel seen and supported, writes Bhawana Shrestha: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-can-we-model-empathy-classroom#Empathy#HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky

The transitions from Academic twitter to other social media platforms by academics and HE institutions. How can we make it better? A keynote at the #SocMedHE25 by @andytattersall.bsky.social

A postscript of sorts to yesterday's #LTHEchat about loneliness. I had a conversation once about what it would be like to attend a conference where nobody talked to you. For me it wouldn't be a big deal, perhaps comparable to going to the theatre & really not liking the play 1/2

A big thank you to the amazing #LTHEchat organising team @charlottemarshall.bsky.social, bsky.app/profile/tavo... and mentor bsky.app/profile/drad.... In January please welcome back @drchrism.bsky.social who will mentor the new incoming team.

A big thank you to all the hosts & everyone who has participated this term, & thanks to the #LTHEchat organising team for Sept-Dec 2025 @tavoer8.bsky.social & @charlottemarshall.bsky.social,& mentor @dradamtate.bsky.social. The baton passes over to the new team in 2026 We’ll be back on 7th Jan 2026

Q6 - How can we best support Early career academics or practitioners transitioning into HE? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response @bianca-f-o-x.bsky.social @lthechat.bsky.social

Q5 - How successful is this support? How is the success of these support strategies monitored? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response @bianca-f-o-x.bsky.social @lthechat.bsky.social

Q4 - Loneliness is often associated with the transition to HE. What support is already available in your institution for staff transitioning into HE? Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response @bianca-f-o-x.bsky.social @lthechat.bsky.social

Q3 - Who or what helped when you felt lonely in your role? Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response @bianca-f-o-x.bsky.social @lthechat.bsky.social

Q2 - At what stage of your career in Higher Education did you feel most lonely and why? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response @bianca-f-o-x.bsky.social @lthechat.bsky.social