This made national news yesterday but I figure it's worth sharing to ensure maximum exposure. Time to take down our bird tables, folks: they're spreading diseases that are decimating bird populations. www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

Holidays!

Students in China are renting AI glasses for $6 a day to scan exam questions and get answers in real time https://restofworld.org/2026/china-ai-glasses-cheating-privacy-boom/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1775914080

Transphobia is vile. Trans people need our support and this is the very least we can do.

Brilliant from @wonkhe.bsky.social as usual.

Don't agree with grading on a curve to set %s: will get a fairly universal raspberry from colleagues. Maybe softening the ridiculous pseudo-market will help there anyway. Metrics involved in wider recommendations also inherently problematic, tho you need some. 🤷‍♂️ (2/3) www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/a-de...

Is there a graph anywhere of NSS scores since it started in 2005?

There’s some good stuff in here, but the last recommendation of grading to a curve is bonkers. It is interference in academic judgement. We use criterion grading in the UK, and it might not be perfect, but where we have good teaching and good students they should all have the potential to do well.

Love all this. And in the UK, identifying your programme competence standards is a good first step to making your programme more inclusive.

Many things that are delivered by vans on university campuses could be delivered with these. That's one place we could start. But indeed, we just have to want to.

This is a good piece. We simply accept 1000s of unnecessary deaths because we won't force all of us who drive to accept we have a dangerous machine in our hands. And then fail to enforce that fact as police have basically stopped policing the roads. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@jonnelledge.bsky.social it’s still going…

And there was a bit of stir and fuss when we automated spinning and weaving

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This is the wrong response to a crisis of shortage. We need to reduce demand, not increase it.

This was a fascinating read. Measurement matters!

A better and more sustainable response would be to support public transport. Make buses free, give the bus companies (who are bearing the higher fuel costs) a big subsidy - or franchise.

If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation

“The term that comes up most in these conversations about how you can be great with AI is agency. I think agents have no agency at all. I would argue that the one thing AI can never have is agency because it doesn’t have human motivations. So I’d say that’s the thing is to invest in your own agency”

It really is sadlarious how many people say, without a hint of irony or self-awareness, “I asked the auto-sycophantitron if I was right, and it said yes!”

Somehow our streets have become taken over by vehicles. We’ve allowed the needs of motor traffic to dictate the experience of everyone getting around or hanging around on our streets. 🚗 💨 🚚💨 🚦 And children have lost out more than any of us. We can do so much better. 🤸🏽 🤸‍♀️ 🛝🌷 🌳

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A ranking I can get behind! Good to see Leeds in the top half, but more work to do. Impressed by Cambridge being so far up the list.

UK currently generating well over 100% of power with low carbon sources - 90.6% from wind, solar and hydro and 13.7% from nuclear. Unsurprisingly electricity prices are negative. The weather really showing up to highlight the way forward in the face of yet another fossil fuel driven crisis.

Astonishing. But I want to know more about his studying to be a nurse. What was happening on that ward, and how can we, as educators, support our students better. A story of heroism, but also of a society letting down a young man.

Do you know of someone who might be interested in doing a #PhD on the urban, architectural and environmental history of the University of Liverpool? If so could you point them in my direction?

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

Great to see our fab ex-colleague Keon here!

Honestly so tired of the nonsense.

I am too British. Just spent about a minute wondering how this was an indicator of class…. But if you want an example for teaching about observation!

This looks like it could be a really handy tool. www.imf.org/en/publicati...

Good to see this from JISC

So awful to see the fire in Glasgow, hope everyone is safe.

This! Turnitin has twisted our concept of plagiarism, and encourages meaningless paraphrasing.

Yay, the heron is back on campus

‘We remain deeply concerned that universities will be unable to absorb the cost of the levy’s introduction. The loss of cross-subsidy for domestic teaching & research will harm universities’ ability to deliver their core functions’ Our response to the levy www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/60...

Wonderful to welcome @drmbothapsych.bsky.social to University of Leeds school of Psychology today, to hear about their important work looking at the language we use when talking about autism and autistic people in research, and how that can dehumanise people.

Leeds people! Support independent journalism in our city - leeds.ghost.io/r/429d058d?m... they need a few more folks to sign up, but it’s worth it. We need quality independent journalism, and these people have a great track record

One of the first things I learned as a professor is that accommodations don’t make the class/assessment easier — they just make it inclusive. Doing a moral panic on accommodations is just gross and ableist.

tl;dr: more people should watch this gentleman's speech and think seriously about what he is saying bsky.app/profile/slcl...

This looks like some pretty major changes. Exciting to see a more flexible and scientifically valid approach to diagnosis.

Dydd gwyl Dewi sant hapus!

I love this.

What a lack of grace we've seen across the board today. Whether you agree with her politics or not, Hannah Spencer was evidently a top notch candidate and Parliament will be richer with her there. Obvious from the off. We all need to drink the water from this democratic well.

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This, from WonkHE feels like they are looking inside my head. Assessment is HARD! wonkhe.com/blogs/wires-...

This report was clearly written by AI too!

This is why inclusive practices are so important.

Why will some kids try anything while others refuse anything but mac and cheese? Spoiler: it starts before they're born, according to a nutritional neuroscientist. buff.ly/XmZc46f