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petergoodyear.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Sydney. Writes mostly about: learning, teaching & research in universities; educational technology; learning spaces; professional education, networked learning; educational design. https://petergoodyear.net
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Here are my thoughts on the 'full and fair' funding announcement today for NSW schools. They just have to wait another 10 years! theconversation.com/nsw-has-fina...

This came out yesterday, with Ronan Kelly, Sam Cunningham & Freya Wright-Brough

AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...

Why CoSTAR is one of the AHRC's most iconic and important investments; it is because the Arts and Humanities Research Council has made this infrastructure so firmly about humanity, home and hope that it will succeed anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2025/03/01/h...

How to do belonging. Great piece from Jim Dickinson.

Great review of Wild Twin here from Simon Warner: "Cracked snapshots, episodic impressions...highly evocative and emotionally luminous...a compelling record...richly infused by the first-hand experiences of felt life..." @littletollerbooks.bsky.social simonwarner.substack.com/p/book-revie...

New open access book on #phenomenography by the phenomenal Gerlese S. Åkerlind www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...

Interesting line of work. And picking up on yours @lucilacarvalho.bsky.social @pippayeoman.bsky.social

International Student Design Contest (SLERD2025) @ 10th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development June 12-13, 2025 www.slerd.org/contest/

Australian researchers, please consider signing this letter of support for nomination of the national treasure that is @arc-tracker.bsky.social for a Eureka Prize for leadership in science.

A really good explainer for people struggling to process their feelings rn - like critique of affective investment in labour by people like Lauren Berlant, Arlie Russell Hochschild, and Sara Ahmed (and Sarah Jaffe, referenced in it!) for practical purposes: annehelen.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...?

"If universities don’t start asking harder questions about AI’s real value, they’ll keep spending money they don’t have on tools their students don’t need—while real educational challenges go unresolved."

Plenty of mileage left in this debate. futurecampus.com.au/2025/02/20/a...

Loads of great readings in this edition about the third space.

Huge new (open access) special issue of the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education on Third Space(s), Third Space work and Third Space professionals. journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jl...

Following some leaked comments about the future of wholly online degrees last week, @cathellis13.bsky.social and I break down what this really means for the higher education sector... futurecampus.com.au/2025/02/18/t...

Reimagining Higher Education Learning Spaces: Assembling Theory, Methods, and Practice A special issue of Higher Education Research & Development www.tandfonline.com/toc/cher20/4...

"Success rates for some UK research council grant schemes have fallen below 10 per cent, leading to warnings that universities must “stay realistic” about the likelihood of their academics winning substantial external funding". www.timeshighereducation.com/news/stay-re...

MEPs push for Widening to become mainstream in FP10, reports Science|Business. EUA's #FP10 Vision has some ideas: ✔️ More opportunities for collaborative research in widening ✔️ A push for national R&I reforms ✔️ A thorough evaluation of the impact of current widening instruments

The Educational Research Association of Serbia seeks to redefine the narrative of �balkanisation� by fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and academic unity. Join us as we build pathways for shared inquiry and mutual understanding. #EduSci #ECER2025...

THIS is our world-leading PhD in Higher Education Research and Evaluation. Interested? Worried about what it means to do a part-time PhD? Then please take the chance to talk to the programme director himself - Professor @paulashwin.bsky.social

Here's why your education friends had a real rough one today. It's... it's the entire education data collection apparatus of the United States. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Great variety of presentations and ways of thinking at this year’s #Generative AI in #HigherEd Symposium at @sydneyuni.bsky.social. Here are my take-aways: 1️⃣𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐈: 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭? 2️⃣𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 3️⃣𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 #GenAi #HigherEd

40 years ago a small number of believers ran around purposefully turning universities into “businesses” run by managers with metaphorical muscle. Time’s up for that idea… open.substack.com/pub/hannahfo...

First 2025 articles! Both on #LearningSpaces in #HigherEd with Business Co-Desing team @herdjournal.bsky.social 🔴Traversing changing #HigherEd learning spaces doi.org/10.1080/0729... 🔴Beyond the physical/virtual: Connected learning spaces in postgraduate business education doi.org/10.1080/0729...

SRHE 2025 conference call open - deadline 15th of May. It's in Nottingham again! srhe.ac.uk/internationa...

#SadChairsOfAcademia @lucilacarvalho.bsky.social :-)

“higher education has been designed without consideration of the need to travel” wonkhe.com/blogs/shapin...

New paper on epistemic placemaking. 50 free reprints available; first come first served. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VNDTX...

If you enjoyed Kathleen Fitzpatrick's book Generous Thinking then look out for her new book, reviewed here. If you haven't yet discovered Generous Thinking, you have a treat in store.

📗🚀 Special Issue Launch! Next Wednesday! ‘Reimagining Higher Education Learning Spaces: Assembling Theory, Methods, and Practice’ 🗓️ Wednesday 29 January 2025 Online 7-9pm Australian EST / 8-10am UK 🎟️ Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-speci...

New book series, UNIVERSITY REIMAGINED, edited by @sadiahabib.bsky.social and me, with thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social, & esp. commissioning editor @lauramswift.bsky.social. BOOK PROPOSALS NOW WELCOME - please get in touch if you have an idea. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/unive...

Are you interested in studying for a PhD in HEREE that you would undertake on a p/t basis and that is entirely online? We are hosting a webinar at which you can ask any questions you may have about our programme - Monday 27/1/25 4pm-5pm GMT. www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Interested in studying for an online, part-time PhD in Higher Education? Come and join me to discuss joining our PhD in Higher Education: Research, Evaluation and Enhancement. Details 👇 👇 👇

Great suggestions on how to go from a more dynamic website to a static HTML website at the conclusion of a research project so that your research remains publicly visible. www.theonlinescientist.com/step-by-step...

‘A Simple Ban on Political Lying Could Radically Transform Our Politics’ Just one small step would trigger a whole series of positive changes to democratic life in the UK, argues Neal Lawson bylinetimes.com/2025/01/22/a...

This might be the way to save higher education “My local bookshop has hit on an incredible business strategy: be nice to customers”

We just published several new encyclopedia articles. Today, a really important entry, on one importnat inspiration of postdigital theory link.springer.com/referencewor...

OAPA webinar: events.humanitix.com/writing-and-... A distinguished panel of experts in #EdTech give their insights into how to design impactful studies, navigating publishing, and how to align to current trends. Members access all seminars for A$75/yr see open-publishing.org/membership.

Announcing the 2025 Philosophy & Theory of Higher Education conference (June 10-12) on the theme "The Creative University" with keynotes Bruce MacFarlane, Orlaith Darling, & Richard Kearney, co-hosted by @tcddublin.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social. CfA & submission guidelines here bit.ly/PHEC25

Launch of @herdjournal.bsky.social special issue on learning spaces in #HE 29th January - hear from editors and authors. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-speci...