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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Aug 28

The UK electricity is already the most expensive in the world.
Price set to rise again in October as Ofgem's pricing formula lets companies rip people off.

Who protects the people?

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · Aug 20

a man in a military uniform is asking are we the baddies .

Alt: a man in a military uniform is asking are we the baddies .

media.tenor.com

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · Aug 18

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Aug 18

‘In the second half of the 20th century the role of university English seemed to consist in clarifying classic texts “to a generation who were compelled to study them but had difficulty in enjoying them”.’

Colin Kidd on a history of English studies: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Colin Kidd · Lumps of Cram: University English

What is the missing noun to which English refers: literature, language or both? If both, does English belong with the...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · Aug 12

my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...

a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.

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Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · Jul 2

#LoveLD Our co-edited book: Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education is out now - freely available from www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... - and dedicated to my wonderful partner Thomas Burns: "In loving memory of Tom Burns who teaches us to dance with hope and joyful practice even now."

Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education

Bringing together a diverse range of educators and practitioners, this collection showcases real-world innovations that challenge the status quo and offer glimpses of a more humane and inspiring educa...

www.openbookpublishers.com

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Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · Jun 27

#LoveLD - love the LDPPodcast - and this issue with our friend and collaborator @sandra_abegglen - on collaboration - looking back at www.bloomsbury.com/uk/collabora... & forward to the forthcoming Stories of Hope book: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116.... Girl done good @LevellerB

Collaboration in Higher Education

Collaboration in Higher Education, an open access book, focuses on the opportunities and challenges created by engaging in collaboration and partnership in high…

www.bloomsbury.com

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peterb333.bsky.social @peterb333.bsky.social · Jun 20

This is excellent. Well and truly puts Reform and Farage in their place. Well done Durham Miners' Association. Reform of course now run Durham Council.

www.durhamminers.org/statement_du...

DMA statement - Durham Miners Gala and Reform UK

Reform UK have chosen to criticise us publicly for not inviting them to the Gala. They obviously don’t understand how this works, so we will explain...

www.durhamminers.org

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · Jun 18

This was a brilliant session. Proud of the scruffy by meaningful artefacts I took away from it. #ALDCON25

A collage, an envelope, and some hand written notes.

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Association for Learning Development in Higher Education @aldinhe.bsky.social · Jun 18

Felicity Flynn and Alice Stinetorf from Southampton University are facilitating a workshop at #ALDcon25 on Mitigating Writing Anxiety Through Creative Practices and Community Building. #LoveLD

Slide from Felicity Flynn and Alice Stinetorf from Southampton University are facilitating a workshop at #ALDcon25 on Mitigat

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · Jun 18

Room with a(n amazing) view for #ALDCON25 Day Two.

A half-open window with a view out onto Greenwich Park.

A person speaking in a lecture theatre. There are three windows with views out onto a green park.

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Association for Learning Development in Higher Education @aldinhe.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thank you to our host University of Greenwich for a wonderful first day in-person for #ALDcon25. ALDinHE is celebrating its 22nd conference. Thank you to all the delegates and the organising committee for making this such an enjoyable day. #LoveLD

ALDcon25 delegates in the lecture theatre.

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Association for Learning Development in Higher Education @aldinhe.bsky.social · Jun 17

The sun is shining on #ALDcon25 delegates listening to Mini Keynote Speakers Alicja Syska from Plymouth University and Carina Buckley from Southampton Solent University co-presenting on Writing as a form of resistance and professional autonomy. #LoveLD

Alicja Syska from Plymouth University and Carina Buckley from Southampton Solent University co-presenting at #ALDcon25

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · Jun 17

Brilliant day at #ALDCON25. Enjoyed thinking, learning, and talking about embedding academic skills, the vital human-ness of writing, transitions, metaphors, data, and criticality. Managed to curate my day so that Daniel Pearce was the headline act…and what an amazing location. Beautiful.

Sharon Perera and Amy Sampson presenting on an online pre-arrival course for students at the University of Greenwich.

Deborah O’Neill giving a presentation on metaphors for Further and Higher Education in Scotland.

Daniel Pearce from the University of Hertfordshire presenting on his research and practice in the use of documentary films to teach critical thinking skills.

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · Jun 17

Heading to the actual centre of time (that’s my understanding of it anyway) for #ALDCON25.

Won’t really believe there’s a direct train from St Albans to Greenwich until I get there.

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · Jun 10

Loved learning about brilliant work done by @djrgrey.bsky.social and @katrinanavickas.bsky.social at #HertsImpactSymposium2025 today. New additions to my vocabulary: “baby farm” and “settlement house”.

Graphical notes on a presentation by Daniel Grey.

Daniel Grey and Katrina Navickas presenting.

A panel discussion on a state with a backdrop of graphical notes on a series of presentations.

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · Jun 10

Important takeaway from #HertsImpactSymposium2025 : everyone should subscribe to @cilloyd.bsky.social’s Books Up Close podcast : youtube.com/@booksupclos...

Chris Lloyd presenting at the Herts Impact Symposium

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · Jun 10

Fascinated by @niftyfoxcreative.bsky.social livescribing (on the left) at #HertsImpactSymposium2025

A speaker at a conference standing at a podium with two large screens behind him. One features a slide featuring the conference title; the other slide features a live drawing - graphical notes being taken to tell the story of the symposium.

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · May 30

“First, they laid claim to resources that were not their own, but they designed rules that suggested that they were their own.”

Screenshot of a transcript of the podcast linked to in a previous post. The words are:

What do you mean by that?

If you think about the long history of European colonialism and empires of old, there were several characteristics of empires of old. First, they laid claim to resources that were not their own, but they designed rules that suggested that they were their own. They exploited a lot of labor, as in they either didn't pay the labor or they paid that labor very, very little.

And they were in a fierce competition for domination. And that was justification for why they had to be an empire and why they had to exploit all that labor and extract all those resources. They also did this under a civilizing mission.

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · May 30

Great insight on AI as empire from @karenhao.bsky.social which I wish everyone woukd listen to: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... via @theguardian.com

The OpenAI empire

Podcast Episode · Today in Focus · 29/05/2025 · 26m

podcasts.apple.com

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · May 30

Bee-ing

A bee seeking pollen from purple salvia flowers.

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · May 25

“The journey will only properly come into being with the diary that I shall write”.

A cartoon illustration on a map embarking on a voyage, suitcase in hand and map under his arm. A speech bubble contains the words “THE JOURNEY WILL ONLY PROPERLY COME
INTO BEING WITH THE DIARY THAT I SHALL WRITE.”

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · May 22

The AI slop summer book preview/supplement in the Chicago Sun-Times is about what's happened in media more than what's happening with AI. This Slate piece gets it and I have some thoughts from the perspective of someone who writes about books for a major Chicago newspaper. slate.com/technology/2...