Lawrie
@lawriephipps.co.uk
Professor of Digital Leadership, and Digital Education.
Veteran, Remain, he/him, #RefugeesWelcome #BlackLivesMatter
The Elves did not go too far.
https://lawriephipps.co.uk/
Veteran, Remain, he/him, #RefugeesWelcome #BlackLivesMatter
The Elves did not go too far.
https://lawriephipps.co.uk/
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Lawrie
@lawriephipps.co.uk
· Dec 3
Thread with highlights from our new paper. “Academics’ Weak(ening) Resistance to Generative AI: The Cause and Cost of Prestige?” @donnalanclos.com @richardwatermeyer.bsky.social Hanne Shapiro, Danielle Guizzo & Cathryn Knight
Nice, not Westminster, but nice.
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Nice, not Westminster, but nice.
Seeing lots of rhetoric around how resistance to AI is the same as resistance to typewriters, calculators, PowerPoint etc.
It’s not, those tools automated presentation activities. AI automates cognitive processing. The impact on learning and research could be profound over time!
It’s not, those tools automated presentation activities. AI automates cognitive processing. The impact on learning and research could be profound over time!
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Seeing lots of rhetoric around how resistance to AI is the same as resistance to typewriters, calculators, PowerPoint etc.
It’s not, those tools automated presentation activities. AI automates cognitive processing. The impact on learning and research could be profound over time!
It’s not, those tools automated presentation activities. AI automates cognitive processing. The impact on learning and research could be profound over time!
Having a beer by the bridge
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Having a beer by the bridge
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It would work on me, it's all i'm saying.
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"Went on a date with a guy I really like. I dressed nice, did myhair, ggave him an extensvie 30 minute lecture on coelacanths, yet I haven't heard from him 🤔 the only thing I can think of is perhaps I did not provide enough information about coelacanths?? Fish people pls advise"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7soh2zyx7vqj37ngempaec4d/bafkreiafxfntj3c2wadbmdt36vatmhjtwbwf3b74y3irqmrnlx7mbpbtqy@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
It would work on me, it's all i'm saying.
just experienced "MacSpreading" - where someone just asked for more room on the train table because their MacBook Pro and Mouse needs more than their half of the table...
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
just experienced "MacSpreading" - where someone just asked for more room on the train table because their MacBook Pro and Mouse needs more than their half of the table...
I can’t believe that today I find myself standing alongside Michael Heseltine…
#NeverReform #NeverFacism #NeverFarage
#NeverReform #NeverFacism #NeverFarage
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I can’t believe that today I find myself standing alongside Michael Heseltine…
#NeverReform #NeverFacism #NeverFarage
#NeverReform #NeverFacism #NeverFarage
New blog post based on our ( @peterbryanthe.bsky.social and @donnalanclos.com ) new chapter around crisis leadership lawriephipps.co.uk/beyond-the-b...
Beyond the Borderlands: Reimagining the Competencies of Postdigital Educational Leadership in an Era of Coalescing Geopolitical Crisis. – lawrie : converged
lawriephipps.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New blog post based on our ( @peterbryanthe.bsky.social and @donnalanclos.com ) new chapter around crisis leadership lawriephipps.co.uk/beyond-the-b...
All this bad press for “prince” Andrew!
You’d think his advisors would suggest he does some sort of tv interview to tell his side…
You’d think his advisors would suggest he does some sort of tv interview to tell his side…
a close up of a man in a suit and tie
Alt: a close up of a man in a suit and tie looking like a shifty sex pest
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
All this bad press for “prince” Andrew!
You’d think his advisors would suggest he does some sort of tv interview to tell his side…
You’d think his advisors would suggest he does some sort of tv interview to tell his side…
great work as usual from @dkernohan.bsky.social and @debbiemcvitty.bsky.social
NEW on Wonkhe: Higher education reform is here – along with a comprehensive strategy for post-16 education and skills. Debbie McVitty and David Kernohan work through the details of the government's agenda for HE buff.ly/D73ayy4
October 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
great work as usual from @dkernohan.bsky.social and @debbiemcvitty.bsky.social
Apparently this is a bad news week for the Royal Family.
And still they have not shown a shred of empathy for Virginia Giuffre, or the countless other victims of sex trafficking.
#NoKingsNoTyrants
And still they have not shown a shred of empathy for Virginia Giuffre, or the countless other victims of sex trafficking.
#NoKingsNoTyrants
a man with a mustache wearing a green beret and a green shirt .
Alt: a man with a mustache wearing a green beret and a green shirt .
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Apparently this is a bad news week for the Royal Family.
And still they have not shown a shred of empathy for Virginia Giuffre, or the countless other victims of sex trafficking.
#NoKingsNoTyrants
And still they have not shown a shred of empathy for Virginia Giuffre, or the countless other victims of sex trafficking.
#NoKingsNoTyrants
Dear #Montana, go home your drunk!
#LandSnorkeling #Bullshit #Marketing
There's a reason that Muir, and Whitman did not say things like "The Mountains are calling and I must go... land snorkeling" Or "Give me solitude, give me Nature, give me my land scuba pack"
www.backpacker.com/trips/trips-...
#LandSnorkeling #Bullshit #Marketing
There's a reason that Muir, and Whitman did not say things like "The Mountains are calling and I must go... land snorkeling" Or "Give me solitude, give me Nature, give me my land scuba pack"
www.backpacker.com/trips/trips-...
Land Snorkeling Is the New Trend That's Taking Hikers Deeper
Feel like your hikes have gotten too focused on end goals and not enough on enjoying the journey? Montana's vast American Prairie says it has the solution.
www.backpacker.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Dear #Montana, go home your drunk!
#LandSnorkeling #Bullshit #Marketing
There's a reason that Muir, and Whitman did not say things like "The Mountains are calling and I must go... land snorkeling" Or "Give me solitude, give me Nature, give me my land scuba pack"
www.backpacker.com/trips/trips-...
#LandSnorkeling #Bullshit #Marketing
There's a reason that Muir, and Whitman did not say things like "The Mountains are calling and I must go... land snorkeling" Or "Give me solitude, give me Nature, give me my land scuba pack"
www.backpacker.com/trips/trips-...
brilliant new post from @peterbryanthe.bsky.social
"At best, AI is a grotesque of human feedback. It is a carnival mirror offering an amusing misperception of human form without substance, structure or depth. Students deserve better than a carnival trick."
peterbryant.smegradio.com/an-argument-...
"At best, AI is a grotesque of human feedback. It is a carnival mirror offering an amusing misperception of human form without substance, structure or depth. Students deserve better than a carnival trick."
peterbryant.smegradio.com/an-argument-...
An argument for humanity in the creation of higher education feedback: Rebutting the augmented human model of AI for learning – Peter Bryant: Post Digital Learning
peterbryant.smegradio.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
brilliant new post from @peterbryanthe.bsky.social
"At best, AI is a grotesque of human feedback. It is a carnival mirror offering an amusing misperception of human form without substance, structure or depth. Students deserve better than a carnival trick."
peterbryant.smegradio.com/an-argument-...
"At best, AI is a grotesque of human feedback. It is a carnival mirror offering an amusing misperception of human form without substance, structure or depth. Students deserve better than a carnival trick."
peterbryant.smegradio.com/an-argument-...
Her name is Virginia Giuffre, not “his accuser”. Stop othering a victim of sex trafficking. Start referring to him as “close friend of convicted sex offenders”
October 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Her name is Virginia Giuffre, not “his accuser”. Stop othering a victim of sex trafficking. Start referring to him as “close friend of convicted sex offenders”
Conferring author status on what is essentially a giant plagiarism machine is not the way I would have gone. Just saying.
October 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Conferring author status on what is essentially a giant plagiarism machine is not the way I would have gone. Just saying.
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Delighted to welcome 32 RE:PLAY Fellows to the RE:PLAY project. research.northumbria.ac.uk/replay/repla... They will be working with our learning design fellows over the next year to redevelop their modules and evidence the impacts. Watch this space.
RE:PLAY Fellows - RE:PLAY
Prashant AgrawalDr Prashant Agrawal is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics at Northumbria University, Newcastle […]
research.northumbria.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Delighted to welcome 32 RE:PLAY Fellows to the RE:PLAY project. research.northumbria.ac.uk/replay/repla... They will be working with our learning design fellows over the next year to redevelop their modules and evidence the impacts. Watch this space.
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very pleased that this book chapter is finally out, my work with @lawriephipps.co.uk and @peterbryanthe.bsky.social on leadership, crisis, and what we should be doing to help each other deal with the borderlands we find ourselves in: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Beyond the Borderlands: Reimagining the Competencies of Postdigital Educational Leadership in an Era of Coalescing Geopolitical Crisis
In our time of intersecting global crises, traditional leadership structures in higher education face profound challenges. In this chapter we explore the concept of postdigital educational leadership as a model for higher education leaders to navigate the...
link.springer.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
very pleased that this book chapter is finally out, my work with @lawriephipps.co.uk and @peterbryanthe.bsky.social on leadership, crisis, and what we should be doing to help each other deal with the borderlands we find ourselves in: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Trying to make my mind up on “Chad Powers” worth sticking with?
October 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Trying to make my mind up on “Chad Powers” worth sticking with?
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Later this month join us @suffolkarchives.bsky.social, Ipswich, for our next lecture: 'Unravelling the Tapestry of Death: Britain and the Memory of the Two World Wars', with Tim Grady: bit.ly/4pWzBDu
5.30pm, Wednesday 22 October, including an opening reception from 5pm. All are welcome. 2/2
5.30pm, Wednesday 22 October, including an opening reception from 5pm. All are welcome. 2/2
Britain and the Memory of the Two World Wars
A public lecture as part of the Royal Historical Society's visit to historians at the University of Suffolk, with Professor Tim Grady
bit.ly
October 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Later this month join us @suffolkarchives.bsky.social, Ipswich, for our next lecture: 'Unravelling the Tapestry of Death: Britain and the Memory of the Two World Wars', with Tim Grady: bit.ly/4pWzBDu
5.30pm, Wednesday 22 October, including an opening reception from 5pm. All are welcome. 2/2
5.30pm, Wednesday 22 October, including an opening reception from 5pm. All are welcome. 2/2
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Why a new birth cohort study matters for civil servants across the UK www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article... @ukri.org
Why a new birth cohort study matters for civil servants across the UK
The first long-term birth cohort study in 25 years will help civil servants to design good policies – officials can also help make it a success
www.civilserviceworld.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Why a new birth cohort study matters for civil servants across the UK www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article... @ukri.org
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Hi y'all Andrew Asher and I are teaching a CPD course for library workers on Qual Methods if you would like an intro/opportunity to explore. Ttimes are hard & budgets tight but I've seen this course be a gateway to community for many who are feeling isolated. libraryjuiceacademy.com/shop/course/...
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods - Library Juice Academy
Are you thinking about engaging in research related to your practice or as part of a broader research and scholarship programme? Are you finding it hard to get started? Have you done research in the p...
libraryjuiceacademy.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Hi y'all Andrew Asher and I are teaching a CPD course for library workers on Qual Methods if you would like an intro/opportunity to explore. Ttimes are hard & budgets tight but I've seen this course be a gateway to community for many who are feeling isolated. libraryjuiceacademy.com/shop/course/...
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Appreciate Chris Thomson's reflections on our Banford workshop at #RIDLHE last month. We did joke that we were the "theater kids" at the conference, &it seems we were correct. Glad Chris also took us seriously, as we are trying to do serious things: inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/10/l...
Little Fictions – using imagination to explore the here and now: Part 2 Inspiring learning
Part 2 - Chris explores the University of Banford, a hyperreal simulation exercise designed to help understand the human impact of permacrisis
inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org
October 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Appreciate Chris Thomson's reflections on our Banford workshop at #RIDLHE last month. We did joke that we were the "theater kids" at the conference, &it seems we were correct. Glad Chris also took us seriously, as we are trying to do serious things: inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/10/l...