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Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) @educationuom.bsky.social · 18d

The calm before the storm…
It was wonderful to see so many new and returning students on campus yesterday - looking forward to round 2 today! 😎

A sign for freshers fair and a view down an almost-empty Oxford Road in the early-morning sunshine.

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · 27d

Looking forward to seeing my book (on supporting educational transitions from ages 3-19) on this display next year!

Bloomsbury Academic Education @bloomsburyaced.bsky.social · Sep 10

We're at #BERA2025 this week and are enjoying seeing many of you so far.

If you haven't yet visited our stand, come and say hi to editors Mark and Al, and browse our latest books including recent BERA Book of the Year shortlistee, Pedagogies of Collapse, in prime position 🤩 @beranews.bsky.social

Photograph of the Bloomsbury Academic book display at BERA 2025

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · 27d

Had a fantastic time in Brighton this week for #BERA2025 - thanks to @murtaghlisa.bsky.social for the photos of our symposium on teacher professional development 🙌

Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · Sep 8

Had a fabulous time in Vienna last week for the BSA Bourdieu Study Group Mid-Term International Conference - a beautiful city and a great selection of presentations and keynotes #Bourdieu25

Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · Sep 8

Absolutely - constantly putting the responsibility onto young people to find new ways of cutting back rather than address an unsustainable system 🤷‍♀️

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · Aug 19

Looking forward to the inaugural International Conference on Education and Life Transition (ICELT) later this week - it’s been a pleasure to work with such a brilliant team to put together a programme which is truly international, featuring presentations from a range of disciplines 🙌 #ICELT2025

Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · Aug 19

Nice to be back on campus, particularly to meet with colleagues for lunch - and @kro-bar.bsky.social’s idea of a mezze platter for one is very much in keeping with my own. 🍽️

Massive veggie mezze platter, consumed entirely by one greedy person.

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · Jul 28

Yes! Sometimes I ask my undergraduates what they think I do when they’re not on campus, and it’s always illuminating (and often a little depressing).

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · Jul 16

Salted caramel & peanut butter, ALWAYS 🙌

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · Jul 16

What’s that? You’d like an out-of-focus shot of the ice cream I was given at the @uomseed.bsky.social summer social today? I’m your girl!

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · Jul 8

Try to enjoy every minute of the day, particularly as it will fly by. Know how proud all your lecturers are of you. And wear shoes you can walk in!

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Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) @educationuom.bsky.social · Jul 3

MIE’s Professor of Higher Education @profstevenjones.bsky.social addressing @manchester.ac.uk’s annual Teaching and Learning Conference - great keynote questioning what excellence looks like in teaching in HE. Thanks too to the brilliant student panel!

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · Jun 30

Great keynote lecture by @markrpriestley.bsky.social at today’s LJMU Teacher Agency conference, problematising conceptualisations of teacher agency. One of those talks that genuinely makes you want to do some reading and thinking on the train home (I’ll probably nap when it comes to it, but still).

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · Jun 25

Absolutely loving the newly-opened Ellen Wilkinson Commons in our building at @educationuom.bsky.social - lots of areas for communal working and for socialising with colleagues. Not completely sure about the carpets but looking forward to getting my book on that shelf!

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · Jun 19

Isn’t it amazing how a change of scene can give you a boost? I’ve literally written 2500 words of a new paper since I came back from Paris - I need to finish it before this unaccustomed energy dissipates!

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · Jun 18

What a fantastic few days in Paris last week for the #IAFOR Education Conference - fabulous range of presentations and a great opportunity to chat with educators and researchers from around the world.

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thanks to @kirsty-finn-mcr.bsky.social and team for a really interesting lunchtime webinar outlining the findings of their Young Women’s Working Lives research: ‘Earning while Learning: student employment’ - great project that I’d like to know more about!

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · May 30

Delighted to have my say in the special issue of BERA’s Research Intelligence published today on (re)shaping the future of research in further education. I loved teaching and researching in FE but it’s definitely not without its challenges. www.bera.ac.uk/publication/...

Summer 2025

Research Intelligence issue 163: (Re)shaping the future of research in further education: Opportunities, barriers & beyond

www.bera.ac.uk

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · May 28

This is brilliant news - well done to @esmeward.bsky.social and team 🙌

Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · May 28

Manchester Museum named European museum of the year. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Manchester Museum named European museum of the year

‘Gobsmacked’ director says 138-year-old museum aims to ‘build empathy for other people and the natural world’

www.theguardian.com

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · May 22

Oh my goodness - I hope you’ve chosen your walk-on song!

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · May 21

What a fantastic event to close the working day - looking at maps in the Map Room (who knew there was a Map Room!) at @manchester.ac.uk. Always fascinating to see different perspectives of the globe, plus I’ll never look at Stockport quite the same way again after seeing this amazing Emotion Map 🗺️

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · May 20

Gorgeous picture! And I would happily have chatted over a tomato plant had I known 🪴

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · May 15

Good morning - sorry, I’m a bit late for breakfast but I’ll have another if you’re making! People for me, definitely - often just conversations here and there with colleagues from UoM, chance meetings with people doing interesting research at conferences, a chat with students…

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Liz @drlizgregory.bsky.social · May 13

I love this photo! (Except for my big face being too close to the camera 😂)

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Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) @educationuom.bsky.social · May 13

Wonderful to hear from our students this morning at our MIE Away Day - some really constructive feedback on what we do well and what we can do even better!

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