Big news from Manchester Met via @manmetuni.bsky.social and @manmetuta.bsky.social: 31 new AdvanceHE Fellowships awarded in October! 🙌 Representation from all faculties AND professional services across D1-4. Recognition should reflect contribution—not job title. #HigherEd #TeachingExcellence

Just published a case study on inclusive feedback in HE with @jpaap.bsky.social We tried out cohort videos, front sheets & audio feedback across 4 modules—students loved it! More connection, more clarity, better engagement. Check it out 👉 jpaap.ac.uk/JPAAP/articl... #HigherEd #lthechat #LoveLD

Well done @dralexhay.bsky.social from @manmetuni.bsky.social ‬ on receiving #NTFS2025. Alex’s work in creating inclusive learning environments and championing education-focused colleagues is making a real difference in higher education.

So lovely to come back off leave and see that our Manchester Met colleagues have secured 2 NTFS and 1 CATE award. Supporting these colleagues from within @manmetuta.bsky.social (formally as TEAL until December 2024) has been a real privilege and they are worthy winners.

The Innovative Practice in HE journal has its latest special edition out now. A collaboration with the Group for Learning and Design in HE, it brings together pieces from their 2024 Conference- ‘Gathering Pace’. You can view it here: journals.staffs.ac.uk/index.php/ip...

Received notificaiton that subject to some minor revisions a journal paper of mine had been accepted. The really great thing though is that both anonymous reviewers gave kind, measured and really constructive feedback about the paper - academic publications can be a kind process too!

Excited to join the @advancehe.bsky.social #TLConf25 today, Sheffield is looking beautiful in the sun!

I am very much looking forward to next week's Teaching and Learning Conference. I'm presenting our poster: “The dialogue was positive, affirming and felt very relaxed”: The rise and rise of SFHEA recognition by Professional Dialogue. #TLConf2025 #HigherEducation #TeachingExcellence

Looking forward to an exciting day of learning at University of East London’s Generative AI for Learning conference, already off to a great start with a provocative opening address from Prof Buge Apampa.

It’s that time of year again! The latest Innovative Practice in Higher Education journal is now live at: journals.staffs.ac.uk/index.php/ip... We have some fantastic papers to share and I would encourage all to engage and get involved.

Have you ever thought of it like this?

Really chuffed to get 2 individual nominations for Teaching Excellence and Values in our Staff Awards this year, alongside 2 team noms for Leadership and Research or Teaching Support Award for the wider LEED team. #McrMetProud

Looking forward to sharing our work embracing GenAI responsibly today with @manmetdigied.bsky.social and @manmetuta.bsky.social at the #udigcap event. Fab line up, should be a great day. Thanks to @owenmarie.bsky.social for leading our group of presenters!

Recent studies have hammered home a simple truth: eating a healthy, plant-based diet can drastically reduce your risk of dying from conditions like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and even dangerous blood clots. herbivore.club/blog/...

I was in a fab teaching obs this week where discussions were around the language of 'eco-friendly' marketing and it struck me how, in order to change anything in the world, we probably need to label the other side too. Eco-harmful and cruelty-full (that one's rubbish) labels needed. Just a thought.

Schrödinger's chicken 🐥 🎨 VengefulVegan

Book deal agreed! This week a colleague and I received a contract through from Routledge to deliver a book: ‘Pedagogy as Creative Practice in Architecture: inspiration and resistance during change’. Due for publication in August 2026. Now the real hard work starts!

More details to come but had an incredibly exciting email from Routledge confirming they want to go ahead with a book proposal myself and a colleagues at Manchester Met have put forward - exciting times ahead and more details soon! first book deal

Dairy is the destruction of motherhood 💔

Good news post - @manmetuta.bsky.social colleagues and I have had an abstract accepted to present at the @advancehe.bsky.social Teaching & Learning Conference 2025. We will explore enabling at-scale professional recognition for third-space colleagues & the success of our professional dialogue route

Fascinating research emerging confirming what we all know: www.bbc.co.uk/news/science... Question is, will anything change?

Academic life has its ups and downs. Yesterday was one of those rare days when I was able to work on some #SoTL publications and write so freely, that I got so much done. Today, I woke up feeling like I don't know what words even are! Does anyone else struggle with 'maintaining' an academic flow?

@mairbull.bsky.social from @manmetuta.bsky.social kicking off our exciting Innovation Symposium - a fairground of active learning, soapboxes, activity and collaboration. Should be a great session

i LoVe AnImAlS 🤪 🎨 VeganSideKick

While the success of our SFHEA dialogue scheme at Man Met is awesome, the numbers this term have been tiring at times. However, today we got to do such an inspirational dialogue with a colleague doing extraordinary work - a genuine joy. A lovely way to round out my day.

A vegan Thanksgiving meal emits only 1.5 kg of CO2e per portion—nearly 70% less than an omnivorous meal. Choosing plant-based options like tofurkey and dairy-free dishes significantly reduces your carbon footprint, showing respect to both animals and the planet.

The natural lifespan of a turkey is around 10 years, but through selective breeding, turkeys reach “market size” in just several weeks. Some do not survive even that long 💔

Please Sign and Share to help end experiments on animals.

You might think this is a rare occurrence...but it's really the norm. Steps up to buildings, ramps at the wrong pitch (but hey, they look nice), accessible entrances but no push button doors in the building, reception desks with no lowered section, lecture theatres with no accessible seating...

My first proper, non-repost, post on BlueSky. I'm liking the vibe on here better than X. Chuffed to post that I recently gained Principal Fellowship of Advance HE (PFHEA) status - a really fabulous, cocoon-like, experience of realising and articulating myself as that strategic leader. Happy Monday!

Every meal is a vote for the world you want to live in. Go vegan.