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Would you like to know about the approach that @manmetuni.bsky.social is taking to embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals and education for sustainable development in curricula - this recently published article tells you about it: buff.ly/3VwzBwg

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Our assessment resources are publicly available at https://buff.ly/4f9zTQL #EduSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

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If you are curious about active learning approaches at @manmetuni.bsky.social these UTA resources can be useful https://buff.ly/49tPNnK #EduSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

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You can find our publicly available resources on personal tutoring at https://buff.ly/4gCR2Dv #EduSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

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UTA assessment resources are open access https://buff.ly/4f9zTQL #EduSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

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Enjoy all the open access UTA resources on leading and developing programmes here: https://buff.ly/4hUNfSy #EduSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

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Q3. How can we help non-game playing educators use games in learning situations? #LTHEChat

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Q2. What do we need to think about when designing analogue game-based learning activities that meet the needs of all students? #LTHEChat

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Q1. Do you use analogue games for learning, or have you experienced these as a learner? Share your examples #LTHEChat

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Welcome to this evening’s chat hosted by @lizcable.bsky.social Are you ready? Let’s get started with question 1 #LTHEchat

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Want to resist but you’re an introvert? Everyone please take the below action, repost with “Done!”.

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The book I've been working on with my JLDHE pals is due to be released soon!!! It builds on the Compendium of Innovative Practice and documents the lasting impact the changes we made during COVID 19 had on teaching and learning across the HE sector. So excited to be part of this shorturl.at/zA1dh

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Really helpful overview of the Associate Innovation Scholar scheme at Manchester Met 2025-26 from @manmetuta.bsky.social. Great to hear from our team member Stuart Parkin @stuparkin.bsky.social reflecting on his role as an Associate Scholar 2024-25, working on the Man Met Active Learning Spectrum.

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And a call for contributions to the Manchester Met Active Learning Spectrum. Man Met colleagues, if you have experience of active learning approaches within your teaching, @stuparkin.bsky.social and Jack Sutherst in the Digital Education team would love to speak to you.

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In hashtags, it helps if each new word starts with a capital letter. Otherwise, sighted users could see a string of letters and not immediately know where one word ends and a new word begins. Capitalized words also help screen readers properly read out the hashtag.

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Feedback partnerships: strengthening students’ proactive recipience through co-creating dialogic feedback doi.org/10.1080/0729... Feedback co-creation model 👇

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Benefits & challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education: Call for papers Snita Ahir-Knight's LinkedIn post introducing @herdjournal.bsky.social's #CFP for a special issue examining the role of #LivedExperience in #HigherEd teaching Please share www.linkedin.com/posts/snita-...

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Global citizenship experienced as interculturalism. Some recently published findings from my research open.substack.com/pub/drcaroli...

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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

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Microsoft's own research confirms something that was already pretty obvious: relying on a text generating machine to come up with answers erodes critical thinking, and is a method favoured by those who never liked doing critical thinking in the first place advait.org/files/lee_20...

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This is why I’ve railed against AI for years, as I’ve been seeing my students’ abilities to create, critically think, analyze, weigh evidence, write analytically all wither away in this zombification trend. They’re creating the permanent underclass.

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📣 Closing soon! Calling all ECRS! Submit your abstracts for the BERA Annual ECR conference @BERA_ECRNetwork Submission deadline: 10 February 🚨 www.bera.ac.uk/event/the-ec...

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#LTHEchat A6 There is a difference between unequal power relations and occult practices and epistemological ones. Reveal where possible. Create playful, joyful classrooms of active learning. Inititiate heutagogy & education as the practice of freedom. Let students also teach in liberatory ways.

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NEW on Wonkhe: Andrew Young, Ben Vulliamy and Louise Oldridge explain new national initiatives aimed at addressing the lack of ethnic diversity among senior university administrative leaders https://bit.ly/3CMtjCv

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Day 2! Let’s Chat About Supporting Black Students’ Social-Emotional Wellness! As we all know, social-emotional wellness is super important for every student, but it’s crucial to recognize the unique challenges that Black students face. Here are some strategies we can use to make a real difference:

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The opinion piece I wrote with my good pal Craig Morley has been published today in the Journal of Learning Development in HE. We call upon respective professional associations to do more in community with one another to support third space staff to progress: journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jl...

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Exciting new issue Of the Journal of Learning Development (JLDHE) focused on the #thirdspace in HE - 55 articles (yes, 55!) - lots of interesting discussion &practice ‘across the boundary lines’ in #highered #integratedpractice #edusky #sotlsky #teachlearnsky journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jl...

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@ManMetUTA are very pleased that UUK have published work done at Manchester Metropolitan University on Academic Freedom - https://buff.ly/4fna7J0 - as a case study - https://buff.ly/3ZygjYK

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Would you like to know about the approach that @manmetuni.bsky.social is taking to embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals and education for sustainable development in curricula - this recently published article tells you about it: buff.ly/42wZQqG

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#HappyBlackHistoryMonth To the 113 educators that understand our history and choose to pour into the youth to change the present and the future Love us on @blackedusky.bsky.social

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Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore hidden curriculum with Dr. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social, Dr. Richard Harris and Dr. Madeleine Pownall @Maddipow.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT. Blog post to follow soon!

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🐅🌍 Tigers & people: A shared future? India’s tiger population has grown by 30% in two decades - thriving in protected areas but also coexisting with ~60 million people. Conflict, poverty, and land-use changes remain key threats. 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #SciComm #Conservation 🧪

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New open call for the Special Issue Title: Education and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Global Agenda for Change Website: https://buff.ly/4gn3Ugu Guest editors: Dr Kim Beasy and @v-vargas.bsky.social

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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

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🚬 Who really drives tobacco debates on Twitter (X)? A new study found that e-cigarette advocates (many with ties to Big Tobacco) dominate Twitter's tobacco policy discourse, amplifying anti-regulatory messages far beyond public sentiment. 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Health #SciComm 🧪

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It’s just under one hour to go until this week’s #LTHEchat begins! We will be discussing the important topic of closing the race award gap with @drpauliancampbell.bsky.social. There is still time to read the blogpost at lthechat.com

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New open call for the Special Issue: Education and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Global Agenda for Change Website: buff.ly/4gn3Ugu Guest editors: Dr Kim Beasy and @v-vargas.bsky.social

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🗣️ Arts and Humanities Scholars: Are you ready? 🗣️ We are 👏 thrilled 👏 to announce that ORCID now supports an expanded range of work types, such as 🎼 musical compositions, 🎨 still and 🎞️ moving images, and even 📝 teaching materials!! Learn more: https://info.orcid.org/new-work-types/

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I am the new Programme Leader for the PGCert in Learning, Teaching and Assessment at Man Met. This means a lot to me. The way the Man Met teachers supported me as a student had a lasting impact on my life and my social mobility. It's not an easy task but I'll do my best, any advice greatly welcome 🌼

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In job interviews and college admissions, we focus too much on what candidates have accomplished, and too little on what obstacles they've overcome. The true measure of people's potential is not the height of the peak they've reached. It’s how far they've climbed to get there.

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