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Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · Jul 1

'we are rapidly burning through our next generation of university teachers and researchers'

Insightful review of Graeme Turner's book 'Broken: Universities, Politics and the Public Good'

#HigherEd

theconversation.com/australias-u...

Australia’s university system is ‘battered’ and ‘broken’ – a new book surveys the wreckage and offers some solutions

Our universities require a major overhaul. Reform is possible, but only if a government is prepared to take up the challenge.

theconversation.com

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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · Jul 21

Delighted this open access article with Laura Cordes Felby is now out.

Teaching in Higher Education @teachinginhe.bsky.social · Jul 15

New publication alert! 🚨

Reimagining the first year experience in higher education through a focus on knowledge engagement

By Laura Cordes Felby and Paul Ashwin

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#HigherEducation #FirstYear

A screenshot of the first page of the article from the journal Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives titled: Reimagining the first year experience in higher education through a focus on knowledge engagement by Laura Cordes Felby and Paul Ashwin. The screenshot includes the abstract of the article (available via the link).

A screenshot of the cover of the journal Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives. The cover is red with a black band on the edge.

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Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · Jul 30

Fascinating insights on connecting policy and research with @paulashwin.bsky.social and Charles Clarke as part of our @edreslancaster.bsky.social summer school.

Researchers must be clear and concise, representing their bodies of knowledge, providing concrete steps that policy makers can take.

Charles Clarke and Paul Ashwin stitting at a table, talking towards a room of people.

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Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · Jul 30

Hugely insightful walk behind the curtain of the review and journal editing process from @profjayneosgood.bsky.social as part of our @edreslancaster.bsky.social Summer School. Particularly taken with the explicit approach of a feminist ethic of care in writing reviews - no room for Reviewer 2!!!

Jayne Osgood talking to a room of people in rows.

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Centre for HE Research and Evaluation @centreforhere.bsky.social · Jun 10

If you're interested in doing a PhD in Higher Education, you can find out more about our structured, online, part-time programme in this webinar.

Details below.

Educational Research@Lancaster Uni @edreslancaster.bsky.social · Jun 10

@paulashwin.bsky.social, the Programme Director, will be hosting the penultimate webinar re our fully online, part-time PhD in HEREE between 2pm-3pm on Weds 24th June via Zoom. If you'd like to take this opportunity to find out more about our programme, please register to join, the link is below.

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Educational Research@Lancaster Uni @edreslancaster.bsky.social · Jun 9

@brettbligh.bsky.social, the Programme Director, will be hosting a webinar re our mainly online, part-time PhD in TEL between 9am-10am on 23/6 via Zoom.

If you'd like to take this opportunity to find out more about our programme, please register to join, the link is below.

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Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · Jun 5

It always amazes me that a pay cut for senior managers would 'make no difference', whereas redundancies, department and course closures are necessary to 'secure the future of the university', give students the 'best experience' and 'serve our communities'.

#HigherEd

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Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · Jun 5

This will be hugely insightful and interesting, as well as no doubt troubling and uplifting.
#academicfreedom
#academicsky
#highered

Educational Research@Lancaster Uni @edreslancaster.bsky.social · Jun 5

Our final online #EdResSeminar of this academic year will take place at 12.30pm(BST) on 11/6, and will be presented by Funda Karapehlivan. Her seminar is entitled "Academic Resistance and Solidarity: Imagining Alternative Futures for Higher Education in Turkey". www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Academic Resistance and Solidarity: Imagining Alternative Futures for Higher Education in Turkey, Wednesday 11 June, 12:30pm - Lancaster University

Academic freedom has been severely restricted, and higher education has undergone significant restructuring in recent years under authoritarian regimes.

www.lancaster.ac.uk

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · Jun 4

Was pleased to be part of (and learned a huge amount from!) the working group that informed this excellent British Academy report on UK skills policy

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

A joined-up approach to UK skills policy

The UK requires a joined-up approach to skills policy that considers the needs of learners, workers and businesses, is adaptable to changes in technology and the economy, and is flexible to local need...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · Jun 2

This week: online @edreslancaster.bsky.social seminar on Wednesday (4th of June) at 12:30.

M. Oluwatobiloba Odetoyinbo will be talking about academic motherhood and career trajectories in Nigeria.
#academicsky #highered

All are welcome. Details/registration at: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Academic Motherhood in Nigeria: Navigating Reproduction and Care at the Margins, Wednesday 4 June, 12:30pm - Lancaster University

This study explores how Nigerian academic mothers navigate the intersection of motherhood and work.

www.lancaster.ac.uk

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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · May 27

Delighted that this Open Access article, with Ashish Agrawal, Mags Blackie, @janmcarthur.bsky.social, Nicole Pitterson and Renee Smit, on students' accounts of chemical engineering is now out. It's from our @cghe.bsky.social project. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Students’ changing accounts of chemical engineering: a longitudinal study in three countries

In this article we examine how students’ accounts of chemical engineering change during their undergraduate degrees and whether these changes were related to the educational intentions of their deg...

www.tandfonline.com

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Miguel Pérez Milans @mpmilans.bsky.social · May 27

Our new book can now be ordered in hardback. Colleagues based in universities please request it via your institutional libraries if you’re interested. Hopefully the volume will be available in paperback version very soon. Check out contents and a preview in the first comment, below!

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Insurgent Thought @insurgentthought.bsky.social · May 27

I'm helping organize this conference. What would you like to see at this conference?
www.decolonialconference.org

Decolonial Conference | Join to Organize & Fight for Liberation

Engage with activists, movements, and politically committed scholars at the Decolonial Conference.

www.decolonialconference.org

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Dr Anna Bull @annabull.bsky.social · May 27

The picture for gender equality in the UK music industry is GRIM.

If you look at the pipeline of gender equality in music higher education, we are moving away from gender equality rather than closer to it.

I've written about this in a new academic article.

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Centre for HE Research and Evaluation @centreforhere.bsky.social · May 27

For those unable to make it, this session is being recorded and will be available to our PGRs. 😀

Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · May 27

In a fantastic workshop with @jonrainford.bsky.social for @centreforhere.bsky.social about thriving in part-time doctoral study. It draws on the book he and @kayguccione.bsky.social recently he wrote on this...
www.routledge.com/Thriving-in-...

Thriving in Part-Time Doctoral Study: Integrating Work, Life and Research

Thriving in Part-Time Doctoral Study is a practical guide, designed to support part-time doctoral researchers in navigating their learning experience and providing them with the tools they need to suc...

www.routledge.com

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Centre for HE Research and Evaluation @centreforhere.bsky.social · May 27

This looks amazing!!!
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

#internationalisation
#academicsky
#highereducation

Dr Yuwei Xu @dryuweixu.bsky.social · May 22

You are warmly invited to join us in Nottingham to discuss internationalisation of higher education in challenging times; with an amazing line up of speakers 👇🏼 attendance is free with lunch provided. but please register for catering purpose: www.eventbrite.com/e/internatio... @m

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Centre for HE Research and Evaluation @centreforhere.bsky.social · May 13

Looking forward to hosting @kayguccione.bsky.social and @jonrainford.bsky.social for their (online and publicly accessible) workshop on the 27th of May.

Details/registration here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · May 13

Delving into the class, ethnicity & gender higher education participation rates summarised in thread

Gender gaps exist for all ethnic groups. Whether White British, Pakistani or Black African, girls are more likely to attend higher education than boys

The class gap is striking, not just by gender

Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · Nov 15

It is notable:

1. the gender gap exists for *all* ethnic groups
2. the gender gap is larger for all free school meal children than non-free school meal children, regardless of ethnicity
3. the gap varies substantially by ethnicity and class, but is always in one direction (boys participate less)

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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · May 12

Great seminar by @iancushing.bsky.social at @education.ox.ac.uk this evening - on linguistic injustice

Lovely to meet last year’s @bjse.bsky.social ECR prize winner in person!

Velda Elliott @veldaelliott.bsky.social · May 12

Really exciting to have @iancushing.bsky.social delivering the public seminar at @education.ox.ac.uk tonight - closely related to his article that's just come out in print in @oxfordreved.bsky.social ! Huge turnout in the room and online!

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Centre for HE Research and Evaluation @centreforhere.bsky.social · May 12

Fantastic roundtable discussion on Why UK HE is in crisis and how/if we can 'fix' it - this thread provides a snapshot of the discussions.

For those that missed - or enjoyed and wish to relive - it, the recording will be available on the @edreslancaster.bsky.social website soon.

Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · May 12

Enormously wide ranging and thought-provoking contributions in our @centreforhere.bsky.social round table with @gunjans.bsky.social, @ronaldhartz.bsky.social, Kalpana Shankar, and Susan Robertson, about why UK HE - and HE more broadly - is in (its current state of) crisis.
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#academicsky #highered

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Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · May 12

Today!

Really looking forward to this @centreforhere.bsky.social event at @edreslancaster.bsky.social still time to register if you want to come. Guaranteed to be interesting!

Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · May 9

A timely reminder of our @centreforhere.bsky.social public online roundtable on Monday next week:

Why is UK HE in crisis, and (how) can we fix it?

Discussants are @gunjans.bsky.social , @ronaldhartz.bsky.social, Kalpana Shankar, and Susan Robertson.
www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · May 9

NEW on Wonkhe: The headlines are well known, but the full HESA release adds a lot of detail to a generally bleak picture. David Kernohan has the charts buff.ly/x3m7xS5

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Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · May 9

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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · May 8

New report reveals increasing inequality in arts and culture. 🎭

Research found growing inequalities in arts and cultural participation, especially across class, ethnicity, and regions.

The report makes clear the scale of the challenge facing policymakers. ⤵️
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...

New report reveals increasing inequality in arts and culture

New research, co-authored by the University of Manchester’s Professor David O’Brien, reveals growing inequalities in arts and cultural participation, especially across class, ethnicity, and regions. F...

www.manchester.ac.uk

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · May 9

The UK govt is about to do two things which will likely make the university crisis much worse, markedly tightening the tailspin. One: cut international student numbers further. Two: link fees to inflation. (1/3)

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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · May 9

Could you mentor a neurodivergent, early career humanities academic? I did this last time: it's not a big time commitment and is massively rewarding. You don't necessarily have to be neurodivergent/in humanities yourself. @ndhumanities.bsky.social

Neurodivergent Humanities Network @ndhumanities.bsky.social · May 8

Remember, you can sign up to our mentorship scheme here: ndhumanities.com/mentorship-s....

Deadline extended to 14 May!

Mentorship Scheme 2025 – ND Hums

ndhumanities.com

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