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Jonathan Tummons

@jonathantummons.bsky.social

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York (home), Durham (work), or anywhere there's a record shop. 33, 45, 78, 160, 200-500 revs per minute. I am a professor in the School of Education at Durham University. https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/jonathan-tummons/ ORCID ID 0000-0002-1372-3799 .. more

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Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 20h

Slow Listening. Am #NowPlaying A Secret Wish by Propaganda, courtesy of Earworm Records in York aka the best tiny record shop ever. Haven't heard all of this album for years, possibly decades. So much of it's time: love it.
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A Secret Wish by Propaganda, on my record player and ready to play.

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Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 4d

What's the difference in the actual moment of assessment between 'for' and 'of'? Maybe the distinction rests in what we are doing with the outcome/results of the assessment act rather than the moment of judgement/evaluation/appreciation itself. Do we give out a certificate, or some feedback?

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 10d

I need to wake up a bit because I still have some work to do this evening so am #NowPlaying Minor Threat. This should do the trick
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Out Of Step by Minor Threat, on my record player and ready to go!

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Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 11d

Well I guess it's all about why we need to assess stuff in the first place as much as what we are assessing. For our students, is there any form of assessment that is not high stakes? For us, are our assessment practices always sufficiently valid in relation to our own knowledge/expertise?

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Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 12d

Perhaps the question is also something to do with what sorts of stuff can be assessed and how tolerably meaningful/reliable/valid can that act/instance/process/warrant of assessment actually be?

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Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 13d

Slow Listening. Why yes, I *have* got the place to myself! #NowPlaying the incomparable Talk Talk and then Mark Hollis - for quite a while. Four of the very best records in my collection
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Laughing Stock by Talk Talk on my record player.

Three records in their sleeves: Spirit of Eden and The Colour of Spring by Talk Talk, and the eponymous Mark Hollis record.

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 14d

#NowPlaying Rainy Sunday Afternoon. Last week, an absolutely excellent matinee show from @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social at the Brudenell in Leeds (was particularly delighted when they did The Happy Goth). Today, my copy of their new record has arrived so here we go!
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Rainy Sunday Afternoon by The Divine Comedy. On my record player and ready to go.

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 14d

Slow Listening. Mornings and late evenings are my favourite times to listen to jazz so let's do that. #NowPlaying John Coltrane and with McCoy Tyner on piano, it's a particular treat.
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Coltrane Live At The Village Vanguard. The picture is of the record sleeve.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 14d

OpenAI's rapid rush into education has been achieved by habituating users through training programs, institutional lock-ins, strategic marketing partnerships, and third party integrations that together are helping it become infrastructural to teaching and learning. It's going to be hard to get out.

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Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 15d

That's an excellent record. Love it. I never much cared for the Fatboy Slim remix tho (remix = speed up the record and add some percussion?) This and Handcream For A Generation are two of my very favourite albums

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Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 15d

Slow Listening. Am #NowPlaying The Godfather of Soul! Perfect to motivate me for one more day's work before the weekend.
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I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me by James Brown, ready to go on my record player.

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 16d

That record is bloody great. Love Wilco

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 17d

My eldest was there last night to see Clipping. Still buzzing when he got back from the train. Really loved the venue.

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Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 17d

You see this, post a concert picture you took

A photo of the band Lanterns on the Lake

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 18d

Enjoyed the Wynton Kelly/Wes Montgomery so much yesterday that I am going in again courtesy of the always excellent Resonance Records

Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio - Smokin' in Seattle. Ready to go on my record player.

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 18d

Please know that this is Trump scaremongering.

There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism.

A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump attacks Tylenol as officials unveil highly contentious conclusions on autism

President says acetaminophen – also known as paracetamol - increases risk when taken by pregnant women, assertion contradicted by research

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 18d

Slow Listening. Time for jazz club! Am #NowPlaying Smokin' At The Half Note. Told that it's one of those jazz albums that you *have* to have so made the purchase - and it does not disappoint. Verve Acoustic Sounds reissue - frighteningly expensive, totally worth it.
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Smokin' At The Half Note by the Wynton Kelly Trio with Wes Montgomery, on my record player and ready to go.

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 19d

Books About UFOs *perfection*

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 19d

Slow Listening. I am #NowPlaying @psbhq.bsky.social because they're great and whichever record you go for you know it's going to be excellent listening. The Last Flight - on a zoetrope pressing and looks amazing! Can never get the strobe effect to work very well tho 🤪
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The Last Flight by Public Service Broadcasting on my record player.

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 21d

That's the first Miles Davis record I ever bought. Love it.

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Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 21d

It IS a masterpiece! Love that record

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 21d

That is such a great record

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 21d

David Sylvian. Fantastic

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 21d

Slow Listening. I am #NowPlaying Different Class by Pulp. After all it is Jarvis Cocker's birthday. Cannot quite believe that this record is thirty years old. Loved it then, love it now. More going on next for sure. And then possibly This Is Hardcore as well.
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Different Class by Pulp on my record player.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 22d

"Oxford becomes first UK university to offer ChatGPT Edu to all staff and students" - imagining a lot of staff there pretty upset about, but also it says much about OpenAI's education strategy that it's targeted Oxford as its first institutional capture in the UK www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

Oxford becomes first UK university to offer ChatGPT Edu to all staff

OpenAI’s flagship GPT-5 model will be provided across the University and Oxford Colleges through ChatGPT Edu, a version of ChatGPT built for universities that includes enterprise-level security and

www.ox.ac.uk

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 24d

Want some free career advice? #AcademicChatter

Two-panel meme. Top panel: A distressed, shadowy figure with the text “struggling in your field of work”. Bottom panel: A smiling figure with the text “struggling in multiple fields at once but your combination is unique enough so you’re still one of the interdisciplinary experts”.

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Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you Suzanne! I have been a bit preoccupied (see earlier post from today) but am feeling a little more like my old self these days!

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 24d

Slow Listening. #NowPlaying Humanhood by @theweatherstation.bsky.social and it is simply one of the best records that I have listened to for ages. What a writer Tamara Lindeman is.
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Humanhood by The Weather Station on my record player.

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Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 24d

I haven't been on social media much for a while (see photo) but am feeling a little better these days and so am back! Here for stuff about records, and LinkedIn for university and research stuff but there might be the odd overlap
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Medication in boxes. Spironolactone, Apixaban, Amiodarone, Dapagliflozin, Entresto.

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Dr Kate Haddow @khaddow93.bsky.social · Aug 8

Hate self promoting posts! And not going to say 'I am delighted' 😂 but also no one will promote this for me 😂. So sod it! Please give my article some love or a repost. This article means a lot to me on food aid beyond the food bank!

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

‘Free Food Places’: Looking Beyond the Food Bank to Better Understand Alternative Models of Food Aid - Kate Haddow, 2025

In the last decade, there has been a vast increase in research into the rise of food aid, particularly food banks, in wealthier countries. However, what has bee...

journals.sagepub.com

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