Allison Littlejohn
@allisonl.bsky.social
Interested in how people learn with digital technologies and data. Pro Vice Provost (Data Empowered Societies GC) at University College London.
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Don't miss tomorrow's #CALRG talk by @allisonl.bsky.social
UCL's Pro-Vice Provost for the Data Empowered Societies Grand Challenge. She'll be exploring whether future learning for work be data driven or human driven?
Thursday 5th Feb, 11.00 am, online
Email [email protected] for the link
UCL's Pro-Vice Provost for the Data Empowered Societies Grand Challenge. She'll be exploring whether future learning for work be data driven or human driven?
Thursday 5th Feb, 11.00 am, online
Email [email protected] for the link
February 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Don't miss tomorrow's #CALRG talk by @allisonl.bsky.social
UCL's Pro-Vice Provost for the Data Empowered Societies Grand Challenge. She'll be exploring whether future learning for work be data driven or human driven?
Thursday 5th Feb, 11.00 am, online
Email [email protected] for the link
UCL's Pro-Vice Provost for the Data Empowered Societies Grand Challenge. She'll be exploring whether future learning for work be data driven or human driven?
Thursday 5th Feb, 11.00 am, online
Email [email protected] for the link
Thanks for your question to the panel this evening, Sam.
January 28, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Thanks for your question to the panel this evening, Sam.
Fostering deliberation and action in context: ana analysis of implementation research among healthcare professionals in LMICs from a post digital perspective.
Our latest article in British Journal of Educational Technology led by Koula Charitonos. oro.open.ac.uk/106411/
Our latest article in British Journal of Educational Technology led by Koula Charitonos. oro.open.ac.uk/106411/
The Open University
oro.open.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Fostering deliberation and action in context: ana analysis of implementation research among healthcare professionals in LMICs from a post digital perspective.
Our latest article in British Journal of Educational Technology led by Koula Charitonos. oro.open.ac.uk/106411/
Our latest article in British Journal of Educational Technology led by Koula Charitonos. oro.open.ac.uk/106411/
Reposted by Allison Littlejohn
Understanding the chemical properties of a molecule is an inherently quantum problem, making quantum computers a good tool for the job – and we may start seeing this take off in 2026
Could 2026 be the year we start using quantum computers for chemistry?
Understanding the chemical properties of a molecule is an inherently quantum problem, making quantum computers a good tool for the job – and we may start seeing this take off in 2026
www.newscientist.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Understanding the chemical properties of a molecule is an inherently quantum problem, making quantum computers a good tool for the job – and we may start seeing this take off in 2026
#Northamptonshire #England 12km circular walk
December 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#Northamptonshire #England 12km circular walk
In 2026 keep an eye on quantum
Rapid advances in the kind of problems that quantum computers can tackle suggest that they are closer than ever to becoming useful tools of scientific discovery
Quantum computers turned out to be more useful than expected in 2025
Rapid advances in the kind of problems that quantum computers can tackle suggest that they are closer than ever to becoming useful tools of scientific discovery
www.newscientist.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In 2026 keep an eye on quantum
Last #HampsteadHeath #Parkrun of 2026
December 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Last #HampsteadHeath #Parkrun of 2026
#Parkrun #HampsteadHeath #London Huge thanks to all the @Parkrun marshalls who work hard (like Santa’s elves) to make the run happen each week!
December 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#Parkrun #HampsteadHeath #London Huge thanks to all the @Parkrun marshalls who work hard (like Santa’s elves) to make the run happen each week!
The future of Government Statistics Service - and the evidence it provides- should be in the hands of humans, not AI. My thought piece on human agency, vulnerability and why m #AI in work needs to be a negotiated journey.
@GrandChallenges
analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/blog/the-futur…
@GrandChallenges
analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/blog/the-futur…
https://analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/blog/the-futur…
December 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The future of Government Statistics Service - and the evidence it provides- should be in the hands of humans, not AI. My thought piece on human agency, vulnerability and why m #AI in work needs to be a negotiated journey.
@GrandChallenges
analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/blog/the-futur…
@GrandChallenges
analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/blog/the-futur…
Leckhampstead 12km loop walk, #Northamptonshire
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Leckhampstead 12km loop walk, #Northamptonshire
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
On Wednesday Dec 10 11.00GMT Francisco Durán del Fierro and I will present our research on Inclusive Futures of Federated Data. Working with Eileen Kennedy, Edinburgh Futures Institute Hartree and funded by EPSRC. Join the event: research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/events/
Community events - Research
Community events For upcoming and past research-related events on the main Jisc web site please see this event listing. Upcoming Inclusive Futures: Mapping pathways for future data use | 10 December 2...
research.jiscinvolve.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
On Wednesday Dec 10 11.00GMT Francisco Durán del Fierro and I will present our research on Inclusive Futures of Federated Data. Working with Eileen Kennedy, Edinburgh Futures Institute Hartree and funded by EPSRC. Join the event: research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/events/
English National Opera’s dazzling performance this evening at the wonderful London Coliseum #enopinafore
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
English National Opera’s dazzling performance this evening at the wonderful London Coliseum #enopinafore
Great to participate in the UCL Grand Challenges Winter Reception at the Grant Zoology Museum where James Hetherington and I gave an update on the first year of the UCL Grand Challenge of Data Empowered Societies. Thanks to the DES Team and to Geraint Rees for amazing leadership.
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Great to participate in the UCL Grand Challenges Winter Reception at the Grant Zoology Museum where James Hetherington and I gave an update on the first year of the UCL Grand Challenge of Data Empowered Societies. Thanks to the DES Team and to Geraint Rees for amazing leadership.
Well said James!
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Well said James!
Delighted to join today’s UCL Policy Lab Roundtable on AI, the future of Work and the Role of the University. There was a broad panel of participants with distinctive & fascinating perspectives. HE mist be relevant to student needs, but what is ‘relevant’ increasingly is difficult to predict
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Delighted to join today’s UCL Policy Lab Roundtable on AI, the future of Work and the Role of the University. There was a broad panel of participants with distinctive & fascinating perspectives. HE mist be relevant to student needs, but what is ‘relevant’ increasingly is difficult to predict
Delighted to be on this panel at the university of Oslo debating the education/work interface in an era of AI. With Regina Mulder, Francisvo Duran del Fierro, Koula Charitonos, Monika Nerland
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Delighted to be on this panel at the university of Oslo debating the education/work interface in an era of AI. With Regina Mulder, Francisvo Duran del Fierro, Koula Charitonos, Monika Nerland
We have funded 10 ambitious Challenge-led Awards through the @UCL Grand Challenge Data Empowered Societies, University College London www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...
Ten ambitious challenge-led projects awarded grants under the UCL Data Empowered Societies programme
As the third of the evolved Grand Challenge themes to be launched goes into its second year of activity, the Data Empowered Societies (DES) team are delighted to announce that ten projects will be spearheading innovative work across the four focus areas of the DES programme.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We have funded 10 ambitious Challenge-led Awards through the @UCL Grand Challenge Data Empowered Societies, University College London www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...
At Lords Cricket Ground today with colleagues ftom Honda R&D to talk about UCL Grand Challenges Data Empowered Societies the future of Ed Tech and Health Tech
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
At Lords Cricket Ground today with colleagues ftom Honda R&D to talk about UCL Grand Challenges Data Empowered Societies the future of Ed Tech and Health Tech
Wonderful ethereal sounds this evening at the Kingsplace London in a concert by the Terje Isungset Quartet who used instruments crafted from Norwegian glaciers.
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Wonderful ethereal sounds this evening at the Kingsplace London in a concert by the Terje Isungset Quartet who used instruments crafted from Norwegian glaciers.
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
‘By amplifying [knowledge] hierarchies, GenAI risks contributing to the erasure of systems of understanding that have evolved over centuries, disconnecting future generations from vast bodies of insight and wisdom. ‘ via The Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
‘By amplifying [knowledge] hierarchies, GenAI risks contributing to the erasure of systems of understanding that have evolved over centuries, disconnecting future generations from vast bodies of insight and wisdom. ‘ via The Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Wise words from
Yoshua Bengio -
first person to reach 1m citations. “It should not become an objective for researchers to have more citations, because it leads into trying to optimize this rather than do good science and go after the truth.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Yoshua Bengio -
first person to reach 1m citations. “It should not become an objective for researchers to have more citations, because it leads into trying to optimize this rather than do good science and go after the truth.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Godfather of AI’ becomes first person to hit one million citations
The milestone makes machine-learning trailblazer Yoshua Bengio the most cited researcher on Google Scholar.
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Wise words from
Yoshua Bengio -
first person to reach 1m citations. “It should not become an objective for researchers to have more citations, because it leads into trying to optimize this rather than do good science and go after the truth.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Yoshua Bengio -
first person to reach 1m citations. “It should not become an objective for researchers to have more citations, because it leads into trying to optimize this rather than do good science and go after the truth.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Pleased to meet with a delegation of university leaders from Ukraine to progress our MOU on the UCL-Ukraine knowledge exchange to support sustainable transition in areas of education, health & infrastructure renewal. Via UCL Data Empowered Societies Grand Challenge.
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Pleased to meet with a delegation of university leaders from Ukraine to progress our MOU on the UCL-Ukraine knowledge exchange to support sustainable transition in areas of education, health & infrastructure renewal. Via UCL Data Empowered Societies Grand Challenge.
A Multidisciplinary Research Agenda for ArtificialIntelligence, Education, Learning, and Instruction. Our new paper in Postdigital Science. Led by Jimmy Jaldemark. link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
A Multidisciplinary Research Agenda for Artificial Intelligence, Education, Learning, and Instruction
link.springer.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
A Multidisciplinary Research Agenda for ArtificialIntelligence, Education, Learning, and Instruction. Our new paper in Postdigital Science. Led by Jimmy Jaldemark. link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...