Really looking forward to giving the keynote at this important seminar at Trinity College, Dublin next week: The Inclusive University in Theory and Practice. www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

Latest in the Red Admiral series: Red Admiral on shoulder.

“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division,” AMEN www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I should think not!

Use little windows of time to progress your academic writing patthomson.net/2025/08/30/f...

We are starting to see higher total cumulative annual mentions for entire organisations on Bluesky than on Twitter. Below are mentions of all research ever published by @leibniz-zmt.de. Bluesky is higher than Twitter in 2025.

Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.

New butterfly in our garden.

Red Admiral on ragwort - a much misunderstood wildflower I have learned.

Red Admiral on spearmint.

Sweet peas from the garden.

Red Admiral on rose Hyde Hall.

I'm going to be in Melbourne for the footy finals. I imagine my friends in CRADLE, Deakin are so pleased to have a Collingwood supporter with them during the finals. .. Promise I will be on my best-ish behaviour ;-)

Next in the Red Admiral series: Red Admiral on Echinops.

Red Admiral sitting on The Lark Ascending.

Storm on the way. So time to get the roses in.

Jeff Bezos is worth $230 billion and is reportedly spending $20 million on a three-day wedding in Venice while sailing around on his $500 million yacht. If he can afford to do that, he can afford a wealth tax and to pay Amazon workers a living wage. Hello?

Australian journalist wins unfair dismissal case over Gaza post Good to see this - too often, corporations are restricting rights to free speech in the grounds of corporate reputation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is so sad. What on earth has English higher education done to itself?

UK higher ed has External Examiners, thousands of qualified people who provide their labour, *almost unremunerated* to check the actual quality of actual teaching & assessment, every year. In the "national debate on quality assurance", they might as well not exist. wonkhe.com/blogs/qualit...

Powerful panel discussion on trauma-informed pedagogies at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social teaching and learning conference today.

Monday Giggle!

Enormous roses here at York St John University.

Lovely to be in York again. Looking forward to the York St John University teaching and learning conference tomorrow. They are a university with a particularly strong commitment to social justice.

Take note.

Dr Kath Ward from @edreslancaster.bsky.social speaking about her feedback research at #aheconference2025

So sorry to miss this great session, but I was giving my own masterclass! Wonderful to be at #aheconference2025

The Watergate break-in (which happened 53 years ago this week) began the modern era of “whatever-it-takes-to-win” politics — blatant disregard of any and all norms and laws that interfered with gaining or keeping power. Trump is the logical and inevitable consequence. https://bit.ly/3QV2m4s

This seems very interesting. I do think one of the challenges we face with assessment - and with academic integrity - is understanding the importance of the process and not just the product.

Calling all @edreslancaster.bsky.social from @lancasteruni.bsky.social people, past and present, who will be at #aheconference25 in Manchester this week. Really looking forward to catching up with as many of you as possible. Let me know if you will be there!

Getting excited as #aheconference25 is just two sleeps away. I'll be running a Masterclass on "Standing our ground: Nurturing the social justice role of assessment". Looking forward to meeting up with friends and colleagues old and new.

@paulashwin.bsky.social is as excellent and insightful as ever in this new blog.

Great to read about this research providing evidence that the value of a degree involves much more than the salary graduates go on to earn: theconversation.com/why-a-rip-of...

Delighted that this Open Access article, with Ashish Agrawal, Mags Blackie, @janmcarthur.bsky.social, Nicole Pitterson and Renee Smit, on students' accounts of chemical engineering is now out. It's from our @cghe.bsky.social project. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Child casualties almost halved, child deaths down by 3/4… All the other stats don’t really matter

How am I meant to sleep with memes like this popping up on my feed??

Thank you so much @profsallybrown.bsky.social for generating a hashtag for bluesky. I was very disappointed to see the conference seems to officially be using that other place - now discredited and abandoned by many good folk.

This looks to be a fascinating and important seminar. Please join if you can. All welcome. Fully online.e

Yippee ! #Playful learning - New #research could enhance the future of teaching in #HigherEducation newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk/pressrelease...

New publication. Not just for people interested in engineering! But for anyone in HE interested in how students come to understand their disciplines.

TODAY at 11.00 UTC, noon UK and Ireland time

CGHE Deputy Director Prof Ka Ho Mok says many elite Chinese students are now opting out of studying in the US - citing visa issues and concerns over personal security. ▶️Read more: gs.hsu.edu.hk/en/professor...

Completely agree. I doubt the owner of Toby Carvery is facing jail for the beautiful old tree they cut down.

Green fields of Ireland.

I love flying to Ireland with @aerlingus.bsky.social but their hold music for those waiting to talk to an operator is truly, truly awful. I know - I've been listening for ages. Don't mind the wait - just the music!!!

Really worth reading for anyone concerned about tertiary education in England today. @edreslancaster.bsky.social

Missed our webinar "Navigating Barriers, Building Futures Policy, Persistence, and Postsecondary Access For Displaced Learners" this week? Catch up with the recording here 🎥 youtu.be/WZBvd_2eSP4

Really excited to be part of this important webinar with such thoughtful colleagues. I'll be talking about Higher Education's responsibility to nurture political sensibilities. @edreslancaster.bsky.social

We truly have amazing colleagues here in @edreslancaster.bsky.social Here is our very own @jmvincent.bsky.social making a huge contribution to policy and practice for people with autism.