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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 10d

🎓Higher Education News🎓
Posthumous degree awarded to Mākereti Papakura, the pioneering Māori scholar believed to be the first indigenous woman to study at Oxford.

Posthumous degree awarded to pioneering Māori scholar almost 100

On Saturday 27 September 2025, the descendants of Mākereti Papakura, the pioneering Māori scholar believed to be the first indigenous woman to study at Oxford, were presented with her degree

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SPLAS at The University of Leeds @splasatleeds.bsky.social · 10d

Looking for a football culture podcast? @drpetewatson.bsky.social discusses the cultural, political & historical meaning & significance of 'El pibe de oro' Diego Maradona in the Outside Write podcast as the 5th anniversary of his death approaches. Listen to it on: open.spotify.com/episode/35ID...

The Cultural Significance of Diego Maradona

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SPLAS at The University of Leeds @splasatleeds.bsky.social · 16d

Interested in women’s soccer in Brazil? @drpetewatson.bsky.social
just published: The Beautiful Game Reimagined: Women’s Soccer in Brazil, in the Soccer & Society journal. An important read if you are interested in women’s football: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2FDSY... #soccer #Brazil

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 22d

“Your HR chatbot doesn’t need to know advanced physics.”
The rise of Small Language Models
economist.com/business/202...

Faith in God-like large language models is waning

That may be good news for AI laggards like Apple

economist.com

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Lorena Fernández Álvarez @loretahur.bsky.social · 22d

Un informe del gobierno canadiense sobre la ética de la IA en la educación concebido para orientar a educadores y educadoras sobre el uso responsable de la IA, se ha tenido que retirar porque había más de 15 referencias académicas inventadas 😒 cosmicmeta.ai/2025/09/15/e...

Education Report Promoting AI Ethics Under Fire for Fake Sources, Possible AI Misuse

A Canadian education report advocating AI ethics is withdrawn amid accusations of fabricated sources, exposing the urgent need for human oversight and robust AI policies in academia. Focus keyphrase: ...

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Namnezia 🥑 @namnezia.bsky.social · 22d

Today, Sept 16 is Mexican Independence Day! 🇲🇽 In 1810, priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla started a popular revolt against the Spanish in a call to arms in the town of Dolores.

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SPLAS at The University of Leeds @splasatleeds.bsky.social · Aug 24

In his latest podcast collaboration for the These Football Times ‘Reel Football series’ @drpetewatson.bsky.social discusses the film the Two Escobars and the issues that the film depicts and discusses. Have you listened to it yet?! #thetwoescobars #football

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Bettina Hermoso Gómez @bttnhg.bsky.social · Aug 19

Multilingual is the norm in our world…many countries have several oficial languages. Here is an example at how they advertise which languages are spoken. At this cashier at a supermarket for example :)

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SPLAS at The University of Leeds @splasatleeds.bsky.social · Aug 19

Interested in football and in Maradona in particular? On this podcast @drpetewatson.bsky.social you can listen to a discussion of the Maradona documentary by Asif Kapadia and other Maradona related films and documentaries podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... #maradona #spanish #football

Reel Football: Diego Maradona

Podcast Episode · These Football Times · 17/08/2025 · 1h 11m

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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · Aug 11

Ellas también quieren ser futbolistas: así ha cambiado el trabajo ideal de niños y niñas en la última década

La encuesta anual de Adecco 'Qué quieres ser de mayor' refleja que esta profesión es la segunda más nombrada por las niñas, mientras que hace unos años no estaba ni entre las diez primeras

Ellas también quieren ser futbolistas: así ha cambiado el trabajo ideal de niños y niñas en la última década

La encuesta anual de Adecco 'Qué quieres ser de mayor' refleja que esta profesión es la segunda más nombrada por las niñas, mientras que hace unos años no estaba ni entre las diez primeras

www.eldiario.es

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Bettina Hermoso Gómez @bttnhg.bsky.social · Aug 5

From now on, when we die, will we need to specify whether we guve permision or not for something like this? Will it be honoured? I feel for the family having to witness this: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Jim Acosta interviews ‘made-up’ AI avatar of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver

Artificially generated video of Oliver, one of 17 victims of the shooting, addresses Acosta in ‘one of a kind interview’

www.theguardian.com

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Clare Seccombe @clareseccombe.bsky.social · Jul 31

www.lancaster.ac.uk/psychology/a...

New research highlights how memory shapes language learning success - Lancaster University

A new study shows language learning success depends on memory skills and teaching style. Skills at remembering new snippets of information, called declarative memory, aids learning when learners activ...

www.lancaster.ac.uk

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Bettina Hermoso Gómez @bttnhg.bsky.social · Jul 30

Todo lo bueno acaba.

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Bettina Hermoso Gómez @bttnhg.bsky.social · Jul 27

On the importance of teaching speaking skills: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #speaking #languages

The Guardian view on talking in class: the writers speaking up for oracy education are right | Editorial

Editorial: Verbal communication has always been crucial. But today more than ever, young people must be equipped for jobs that can’t be done by machines

www.theguardian.com

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Bettina Hermoso Gómez @bttnhg.bsky.social · Jul 25

UN human rights chief criticises “disturbing” Palestine Action ban www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UN human rights chief criticises 'disturbing' Palestine Action ban

Volker Turk urges the UK government to lift the

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Knowledge Equity Network @knowledgeen.bsky.social · Jul 25

Join us next week to translate Wikipedia & support global knowledge equity. No experience needed - just your language skills!

World in Translation: Beyond English Wikipedia
Wed 30 July, 14h - 17h (BST)
📅 Online | Hosted by @UniLeeds & @knowledgeequity
🔗 leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...

#OpenAccess

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Bettina Hermoso Gómez @bttnhg.bsky.social · Jul 23

AI respires to blackmail if told the system is going to be shutdown... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removed

In a fictional scenario, the model was willing to expose that the engineer seeking to replace it was having an affair.

www.bbc.co.uk

Bettina Hermoso Gómez @bttnhg.bsky.social · Jul 19

Weather had been so lovely lately that I had forgotten how depressing it can get sometimes 😬

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Joe Dale @joedale.bsky.social · Jul 19

For my third week in Ireland, I had the pleasure of working with a fantastic group of European teachers on a four-day intensive course focused on practical, responsible use of AI in education. Here's what we explored:

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Jul 14

Dissertation alternatives, such as capstone projects and applied group-based projects, could better prepare graduates for their future careers, write academics at @bristoluni.bsky.social and ‪‪@edinburghnapier.bsky.social‬: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/disse... #ai #highered #academicsky

Is the dissertation dead? If so, what are the alternatives?

Dissertation alternatives, such as capstone projects and applied group-based projects, could better prepare graduates for their future careers. Discover what these might look like

www.timeshighereducation.com

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The Poetry Society @handle.invalid · Jul 14

Reminder that the deadline for the Stephen Spender Translation Prize is 31 July - find out more and get your entries in at stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize

Open to pupils & teachers in UK & Ireland schools! You can enter in any language

#SSTPoetryPrize2025

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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · Jul 8

If you are a native speaker in any language other than English, please come along and help us translate Wikipedia! (Online, Monday 30th July, 2-5pm)

leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...

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World in Translation: beyond English Wikipedia

This July University of Leeds Libraries, in partnership with the Knowledge Equity Network, invites you to join an online event to translate Wikipedia! Did you know there are...

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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · Jul 14

New on Language-on-the-Move: the joys of international research collaboration at the Literacy-in-Diversity-Settings (LiDS) Research Centre @uni-hamburg.de
www.languageonthemove.com/dr-loy-lisin...

Dr Loy Lising spreads a multilingual mindset

Editor’s note: The Language-on-the-Move Research Team at Macquarie University and the Literacy-in-Diversity-Settings (LiDS) Research Center at the University of Hamburg have enjoyed deep coll…

www.languageonthemove.com

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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · Jul 11

La Unesco vuelve a exigir a España que proteja mejor Doñana o la incluirá en su lista negra de patrimonio en peligro

El organismo alerta especialmente del mal estado del acuífero, pero advierte también del hundimiento de las poblaciones de aves y reclama toda la información ambiental sobre la nueva mina de Aznalcóll...

www.eldiario.es

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Bettina Hermoso Gómez @bttnhg.bsky.social · Jul 8

The state of the UK higher education sector’s finances www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/08/t...

The state of the UK higher education sector’s finances - HEPI

In recent years, financial pressures have mounted across the entirety of the UK higher education (HE) sector, and have left many institutions in an exceptionally vulnerable position. In England alone,...

www.hepi.ac.uk