Agnes Bosanquet
@agnesbosanquet.bsky.social
Higher education researcher, academic developer, professor, reader of speculative fiction. On Dharug Country. She/her. Blogs at https://theslowacademic.com/
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Announcing our Slow Academia Special Issue
Our open access special issue is available! I am excited to share the newly published issue of Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education (Volume 7, Issue 1) on slow academia which I co-edited with …
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Announcing our Slow Academia Special Issue theslowacademic.com/2025/06/07/a... Open access www.peterlang.com/journal/27/7-1
Announcing our Slow Academia Special Issue theslowacademic.com/2025/06/07/a... Open access www.peterlang.com/journal/27/7-1
Announcing our Slow Academia Special Issue
Our open access special issue is available! I am excited to share the newly published issue of Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education (Volume 7, Issue 1) on slow academia which I co-edited with …
theslowacademic.com
June 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Announcing our Slow Academia Special Issue theslowacademic.com/2025/06/07/a... Open access www.peterlang.com/journal/27/7-1
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I feel like "generous scholarship" is the best compliment anyone can give me regarding my work. That is what I strive for! And it is definitely what I see and hugely appreciate in @agnesbosanquet.bsky.social & colleagues' MOOC, too!
Generous scholarship at its best! mirjamglessmer.com/2025/02/21/r... from @mirjamglessmer.bsky.social
Reading "Distributed leadership and peer review: a MOOC exemplar" by Bosanquet & Harvey (2005), and checking out their MOOC - Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching
I have always liked online learning, and ever since my first MOOC experiences (with the “Evidence-based undergraduate STEM teaching” MOOC on Coursera back in 2015, which set me on the path of letting ...
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February 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I feel like "generous scholarship" is the best compliment anyone can give me regarding my work. That is what I strive for! And it is definitely what I see and hugely appreciate in @agnesbosanquet.bsky.social & colleagues' MOOC, too!
Generous scholarship at its best! mirjamglessmer.com/2025/02/21/r... from @mirjamglessmer.bsky.social
Reading "Distributed leadership and peer review: a MOOC exemplar" by Bosanquet & Harvey (2005), and checking out their MOOC - Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching
I have always liked online learning, and ever since my first MOOC experiences (with the “Evidence-based undergraduate STEM teaching” MOOC on Coursera back in 2015, which set me on the path of letting ...
mirjamglessmer.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Generous scholarship at its best! mirjamglessmer.com/2025/02/21/r... from @mirjamglessmer.bsky.social
I'm celebrating recent publications thanks to the power of co-authorship, regular collaborative writing sessions, aligning research with work priorities, and opportunities to publish short articles theslowacademic.com/2025/02/20/r...
Recent collaborative writing
It’s a great feeling when years of collaborative research come to fruition! This February, colleagues and I have had three articles published, which was possible through the power of co-autho…
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February 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I'm celebrating recent publications thanks to the power of co-authorship, regular collaborative writing sessions, aligning research with work priorities, and opportunities to publish short articles theslowacademic.com/2025/02/20/r...
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We have eight principles for scholarly reflective practice for learning and teaching. What are they?
Our open access paper
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@agnesbosanquet.bsky.social @herdjournal.bsky.social #reflection
Our open access paper
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@agnesbosanquet.bsky.social @herdjournal.bsky.social #reflection
Reflecting on reflective practice: issues, possibilities and guidance principles
Reflection is a foundational concept and practice across the higher education sector, recognised for its role in supporting student learning and professional development. This comment paper frames ...
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February 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
We have eight principles for scholarly reflective practice for learning and teaching. What are they?
Our open access paper
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@agnesbosanquet.bsky.social @herdjournal.bsky.social #reflection
Our open access paper
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@agnesbosanquet.bsky.social @herdjournal.bsky.social #reflection
Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC starts 17th February.
Join us! Free and open to all canvas.instructure.com/enroll/EJM6JY
Look at this incredible map of MOOC participants since 2018. Find out more: theslowacademic.com/contemporary...
Join us! Free and open to all canvas.instructure.com/enroll/EJM6JY
Look at this incredible map of MOOC participants since 2018. Find out more: theslowacademic.com/contemporary...
February 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC starts 17th February.
Join us! Free and open to all canvas.instructure.com/enroll/EJM6JY
Look at this incredible map of MOOC participants since 2018. Find out more: theslowacademic.com/contemporary...
Join us! Free and open to all canvas.instructure.com/enroll/EJM6JY
Look at this incredible map of MOOC participants since 2018. Find out more: theslowacademic.com/contemporary...
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The Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC was awarded the inaugural 2024 CAULLT/HERDSA Award for Outstanding Leadership in Research and Development in Higher Education. If you missed out on this MOOC enrol for Semester 1 2025 here: canvas.instructure.com/enroll/EJM6JY
January 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC was awarded the inaugural 2024 CAULLT/HERDSA Award for Outstanding Leadership in Research and Development in Higher Education. If you missed out on this MOOC enrol for Semester 1 2025 here: canvas.instructure.com/enroll/EJM6JY
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With my co-lead on the Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC, @agnesbosanquet.bsky.social, we have written about how we have used distributed leadership and peer review to enhance the MOOC. Free prints here
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DSEH8...
@herdjournal.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DSEH8...
@herdjournal.bsky.social
Distributed leadership and peer review: a MOOC exemplar
This reflection on practice presents an exemplar of an integrated distributed leadership and reciprocal peer review of an academic development initiative. Distributed leadership, characterised by c...
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February 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
With my co-lead on the Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC, @agnesbosanquet.bsky.social, we have written about how we have used distributed leadership and peer review to enhance the MOOC. Free prints here
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DSEH8...
@herdjournal.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DSEH8...
@herdjournal.bsky.social
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Critical books about the state of #HigherEd, no. 23:
'We see the neoliberal university as, in many ways, a paranoid, defensive institution that has lost ‘the capacity to distribute hope’ to many of its staff and students.' (Kenway/Boden/Fahey in Thornton (2014): 266)
'We see the neoliberal university as, in many ways, a paranoid, defensive institution that has lost ‘the capacity to distribute hope’ to many of its staff and students.' (Kenway/Boden/Fahey in Thornton (2014): 266)
February 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Critical books about the state of #HigherEd, no. 23:
'We see the neoliberal university as, in many ways, a paranoid, defensive institution that has lost ‘the capacity to distribute hope’ to many of its staff and students.' (Kenway/Boden/Fahey in Thornton (2014): 266)
'We see the neoliberal university as, in many ways, a paranoid, defensive institution that has lost ‘the capacity to distribute hope’ to many of its staff and students.' (Kenway/Boden/Fahey in Thornton (2014): 266)
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#MeToo and Higher Education: Call for papers
Denise Cuthbert's LinkedIn post introducing @herdjournal.bsky.social's #CFP for a special issue on the impact of awareness of sexual misconduct within #HigherEd and #universities.
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Denise Cuthbert's LinkedIn post introducing @herdjournal.bsky.social's #CFP for a special issue on the impact of awareness of sexual misconduct within #HigherEd and #universities.
Please share
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Denise Cuthbert on LinkedIn: HERD Special Issue 2026 Call for Papers
#metoo and Higher Education: Call for papers
Ceridwen Spark and I are excited to release this call for papers for a special issue of Higher Education Research…
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January 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#MeToo and Higher Education: Call for papers
Denise Cuthbert's LinkedIn post introducing @herdjournal.bsky.social's #CFP for a special issue on the impact of awareness of sexual misconduct within #HigherEd and #universities.
Please share
www.linkedin.com/posts/denise...
Denise Cuthbert's LinkedIn post introducing @herdjournal.bsky.social's #CFP for a special issue on the impact of awareness of sexual misconduct within #HigherEd and #universities.
Please share
www.linkedin.com/posts/denise...
Thank you for prompting my final slow reading for 2024 @katebowles.bsky.social @francesbell.bsky.social @lornamcampbell.bsky.social and co-authors and quilters. Love your work! theslowacademic.com/2024/12/24/s...
Slow reading – blue sky, quilting, poetry, goodness
This month’s slow reading comes via Bluesky, which I have recently joined. It is wonderful to catch up with folk I lost in the great untwittering and to find new connections. This month’…
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December 23, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Thank you for prompting my final slow reading for 2024 @katebowles.bsky.social @francesbell.bsky.social @lornamcampbell.bsky.social and co-authors and quilters. Love your work! theslowacademic.com/2024/12/24/s...
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A blog post about Slowing Down lornamcampbell.org/women-in-tec... #femedtech #He4Good
HT @sokate.bsky.social @francesbell.bsky.social @drloumycroft.bsky.social @catherinecronin.bsky.social @czernie.bsky.social and Helen Beetham.
HT @sokate.bsky.social @francesbell.bsky.social @drloumycroft.bsky.social @catherinecronin.bsky.social @czernie.bsky.social and Helen Beetham.
December 18, 2024 at 2:51 PM
A blog post about Slowing Down lornamcampbell.org/women-in-tec... #femedtech #He4Good
HT @sokate.bsky.social @francesbell.bsky.social @drloumycroft.bsky.social @catherinecronin.bsky.social @czernie.bsky.social and Helen Beetham.
HT @sokate.bsky.social @francesbell.bsky.social @drloumycroft.bsky.social @catherinecronin.bsky.social @czernie.bsky.social and Helen Beetham.
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Posts by @agnesbosanquet.bsky.social are always thoughtful and worth reading.
This one, from late Nov, is no exception: "Acknowledging the ‘I’ who researches and disseminates research in particular ways. This is embodied work, is what this says."
https://buff.ly/3OS9X1m #AcademicSky #PhDsky #AcWri
This one, from late Nov, is no exception: "Acknowledging the ‘I’ who researches and disseminates research in particular ways. This is embodied work, is what this says."
https://buff.ly/3OS9X1m #AcademicSky #PhDsky #AcWri
Slow reading – senses, nature, longing
I am just scraping into November with this slow reading post. Here in the southern hemisphere the weather is heating up (too much); the school, university and work year is ending; and we are hurtli…
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December 15, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Posts by @agnesbosanquet.bsky.social are always thoughtful and worth reading.
This one, from late Nov, is no exception: "Acknowledging the ‘I’ who researches and disseminates research in particular ways. This is embodied work, is what this says."
https://buff.ly/3OS9X1m #AcademicSky #PhDsky #AcWri
This one, from late Nov, is no exception: "Acknowledging the ‘I’ who researches and disseminates research in particular ways. This is embodied work, is what this says."
https://buff.ly/3OS9X1m #AcademicSky #PhDsky #AcWri
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The physicality of academic work seems like a little-talked-about topic. I can't write for 8 hours, I can't prepare lectures non-stop, intellectual work is physically taxing on my body. Yes, even doing reviews is mentally and physically taxing.
December 11, 2024 at 2:30 AM
The physicality of academic work seems like a little-talked-about topic. I can't write for 8 hours, I can't prepare lectures non-stop, intellectual work is physically taxing on my body. Yes, even doing reviews is mentally and physically taxing.
How is your year ending? I took the time to jot down some ordinary happenings theslowacademic.com/2024/12/11/e... Mine has been a year of farewells and new beginnings, awards and failures, gatherings and celebrations galore. It is ending on a happy note.
Everyday happenings
As always, I am enjoying the little things in life and at work. We are in the countdown to the end of the working year and the long stretch of school holidays from December to February. The weather…
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December 11, 2024 at 8:19 PM
How is your year ending? I took the time to jot down some ordinary happenings theslowacademic.com/2024/12/11/e... Mine has been a year of farewells and new beginnings, awards and failures, gatherings and celebrations galore. It is ending on a happy note.
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Last week, in a panel discussion, I mentioned an approach to pedagogy that’s been in my mind for a while … so here’s The (very simple) Pedagogy of Letting Go lydiaarnold.net/2024/11/24/t...
The Pedagogy of Letting Go
I’ve had a phrase in my mind for some time that captures a way of teaching that intuitively appeals to me: I’m calling it the pedagogy of letting go. I mentioned this in a panel last week at Staffo…
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November 24, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Last week, in a panel discussion, I mentioned an approach to pedagogy that’s been in my mind for a while … so here’s The (very simple) Pedagogy of Letting Go lydiaarnold.net/2024/11/24/t...
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Career advancement policies ‘used for wage theft’. Australian academics required to ‘act up’ for years before being paid for it, analysis finds.
#WageTheft
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/career-...
#WageTheft
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Career advancement policies ‘used for wage theft’
Australian academics required to ‘act up’ for years before being paid for it, analysis finds
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Career advancement policies ‘used for wage theft’. Australian academics required to ‘act up’ for years before being paid for it, analysis finds.
#WageTheft
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/career-...
#WageTheft
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/career-...
Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching, an award-winning teaching development MOOC freely available to all, is open for Semester 1, 2025. Created by over 40 higher education experts! Enrol now: canvas.instructure.com/enroll/EJM6JY to start Feb 17th.
Enroll in Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching Semester 1, 2025
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November 27, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching, an award-winning teaching development MOOC freely available to all, is open for Semester 1, 2025. Created by over 40 higher education experts! Enrol now: canvas.instructure.com/enroll/EJM6JY to start Feb 17th.
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One of my all-time favourites from the #SadChairsOfAcademia archive!
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#AcademicSky #PhDsky #Academia
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#AcademicSky #PhDsky #Academia
November 21, 2024 at 9:50 AM
One of my all-time favourites from the #SadChairsOfAcademia archive!
(Tumblr: sadchairsofacademia.tumblr.com )
#AcademicSky #PhDsky #Academia
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#AcademicSky #PhDsky #Academia
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Teaching research skills? Make it fun and impactful with How to Fail Your Research Degree!
This game helps students navigate the chaos of academic research in a safe-to-fail environment.
Watch the video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmAc...
howtofailyourresearchdegree.com
#ResearchSkills #HigherEd #GBL
This game helps students navigate the chaos of academic research in a safe-to-fail environment.
Watch the video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmAc...
howtofailyourresearchdegree.com
#ResearchSkills #HigherEd #GBL
How to Fail Your Research Degree - a game for research skills and why you should play it!
YouTube video by Daisy Abbott: Game-based Learning Research
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November 20, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Teaching research skills? Make it fun and impactful with How to Fail Your Research Degree!
This game helps students navigate the chaos of academic research in a safe-to-fail environment.
Watch the video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmAc...
howtofailyourresearchdegree.com
#ResearchSkills #HigherEd #GBL
This game helps students navigate the chaos of academic research in a safe-to-fail environment.
Watch the video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmAc...
howtofailyourresearchdegree.com
#ResearchSkills #HigherEd #GBL
Reposted by Agnes Bosanquet
Truly tragic beauty.
Heriot-Watt (Edinburgh) campus woods. Submitted by Insta's @thedeadsocialscientist
#SadChairsOfAcademia #academicsky #phdsky
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Heriot-Watt (Edinburgh) campus woods. Submitted by Insta's @thedeadsocialscientist
#SadChairsOfAcademia #academicsky #phdsky
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Sad Chairs of Academia
Truly tragic beauty. Heriot-Watt (Edinburgh) campus woods. Submitted by @thedeadsocialscientist
sadchairsofacademia.tumblr.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Truly tragic beauty.
Heriot-Watt (Edinburgh) campus woods. Submitted by Insta's @thedeadsocialscientist
#SadChairsOfAcademia #academicsky #phdsky
sadchairsofacademia.tumblr.com/post/7347561...
Heriot-Watt (Edinburgh) campus woods. Submitted by Insta's @thedeadsocialscientist
#SadChairsOfAcademia #academicsky #phdsky
sadchairsofacademia.tumblr.com/post/7347561...
What are you daily goals? I have the same ones every day: join an interesting conversation, eat something good, spend time outdoors, and enjoy reading. I call them infinite goals: theslowacademic.com/2024/05/15/i...
This is what time outdoors looked like for me yesterday:
This is what time outdoors looked like for me yesterday:
November 17, 2024 at 11:09 PM
What are you daily goals? I have the same ones every day: join an interesting conversation, eat something good, spend time outdoors, and enjoy reading. I call them infinite goals: theslowacademic.com/2024/05/15/i...
This is what time outdoors looked like for me yesterday:
This is what time outdoors looked like for me yesterday:
Introduce yourself with
One book 📚 — Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
One movie 🎥 — Children of Men
One album 💿 — Nadine Shah's Kitchen Sink
One TV show 📺 — Creamerie
One game 🎮 — Klask (table-top air hockey)
One book 📚 — Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
One movie 🎥 — Children of Men
One album 💿 — Nadine Shah's Kitchen Sink
One TV show 📺 — Creamerie
One game 🎮 — Klask (table-top air hockey)
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — The Heart’s Invisible Furies
One movie 🎥 — Best in Show
One album 💿 — Ten Love Songs (Susanne Sundfør)
One TV show 📺 — Arrested Development
One game 🎮 — Space Base (board game)
One book 📚 — The Heart’s Invisible Furies
One movie 🎥 — Best in Show
One album 💿 — Ten Love Songs (Susanne Sundfør)
One TV show 📺 — Arrested Development
One game 🎮 — Space Base (board game)
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett
One movie 🎥 — The Batman
One album 💿 — Awake is the New Sleep - Ben Lee
One TV show 📺 — Doctor Who
One game 🎮 — Spider-Man (PS4 or ‘the 2018 one’, however you want to refer to it).
One book 📚 — The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett
One movie 🎥 — The Batman
One album 💿 — Awake is the New Sleep - Ben Lee
One TV show 📺 — Doctor Who
One game 🎮 — Spider-Man (PS4 or ‘the 2018 one’, however you want to refer to it).
November 16, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Introduce yourself with
One book 📚 — Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
One movie 🎥 — Children of Men
One album 💿 — Nadine Shah's Kitchen Sink
One TV show 📺 — Creamerie
One game 🎮 — Klask (table-top air hockey)
One book 📚 — Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
One movie 🎥 — Children of Men
One album 💿 — Nadine Shah's Kitchen Sink
One TV show 📺 — Creamerie
One game 🎮 — Klask (table-top air hockey)
Hello all! I was on academic Twitter for years and have missed that community. Thanks to @wadekelly.com for prompting me to dive into BlueSky to find you again. Keen to have the interactions that don't fit the earnest backslapping of LinkedIn.
November 16, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Hello all! I was on academic Twitter for years and have missed that community. Thanks to @wadekelly.com for prompting me to dive into BlueSky to find you again. Keen to have the interactions that don't fit the earnest backslapping of LinkedIn.