Call for papers Theme: Educational Leadership in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Abstract deadline: 9 January 2026 Submit via: lnkd.in/dg6s72TH For more details, read the full call.

www.thetimes.com/world/russia... When a former NATO DESACEUR says “Trump is our enemy’s friend,” it’s not rhetoric, it’s a strategic warning from someone who knows how fragile the alliance has become. Europe is now openly preparing for a future where US leadership is no longer guaranteed. #Witkoff

With today’s Reuters piece confirming that the 28-point plan drew directly from a Russian non-paper routed through the Miami channel, the picture shifts again. A foreign draft was shaping the process long before most officials even knew the channel existed. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Doctoral research is demanding, but so much growth happens when we stop and reflect on the process itself. In my latest Slow Lane Boomer post, I introduce ARC-R: my way of structuring reflection through Awareness, Reframing, Commitment, and Resilience. #PhDSky jluker.substack.com/p/when-resil...

My first attempt at a Substack article: When the sirens stayed silent. Why Britain’s civilian readiness is lagging behind — and what we can learn from neighbours who are already preparing for air and drone threats. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Great dog walk this morning before more chapter drafting today. #PhDSky

#EduSky #PhDSky Several years ago when teaching MA Ed research methodology modules I’d try to explain “paradigm shift” in terms of aliens landing on Earth and our knowledge of life in the universe. It is much easier now since 20th January 2025 😂. Beam me up Scotty - please!

Another new BELMAS Blog post #BELMASblog www.belmas.org.uk/blog/the-imp... Do we understand the leader as a heroic individual accomplishment, or as a networked ecological process?

Oh so true! Saw this in the comments section of today’s FT and it struck home with me in these strange times: "The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools to applaud them" Erasmus 1509. #StrangeTimes

Read the latest BELMAS blog post #BELMASblog Steven J Courtney has written a piece “Introducing Critical Education Leadership and Policy Scholarship as a New Research Methodology” How leadership can be studied and understood, engaging with CELPS as a tool. www.belmas.org.uk/blog/introdu...

Are you a PG researcher in educational leadership? Do you fancy dipping your toes into publishing your own research or practice-based thoughts and experiences? Why not try the BELMAS blog? www.belmas.org.uk/news/blog-gu... #PhDSKY #EduSky

If you haven’t already read it, here’s my essay on the late Gary Indiana, one of the best novelists of the American Empire effects-journal.com/archive/empi...

#Aurora #Shropshire Amazing views of the Aurora in Shropshire last night