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Rob 🏳️‍🌈 @rotster.bsky.social · 28d

And so it begins.

My prediction:

1) ‘back-office efficiencies’ (aka cull of professional services and academic-related staff inc programme admin, student support, teaching/learning support / digital learning support /libraries / professional development etc)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Greenwich and Kent announce merger to form 'super-university'

Universities are facing ongoing financial worries, with the regulator saying other mergers could follow.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Sep 9

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Strange piece on #ukhe finance. No mention of the tripling of fees by the coalition government, the removal of number caps nor the problems of focusing funding on HE rather than a coherent tertiary system

The Guardian view on university finances: stop chipping away at a crumbling system | Editorial

Editorial: Economic and academic activity are bound up together. Charging international students more for less will not fix deep-seated problems

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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · Sep 5

Nice trillions-dollar industry you got there. It would be a shame if anyone tested its claims empirically

Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · Sep 5

"UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost"
www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/m...

M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial

: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex

www.theregister.com

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Sep 1

Interesting summary of Skills England's latest report on priority #skills for 2030: especially that only 70% of computing graduates go on to #employment in IT. www.bcs.org/articles-opi... #employability #highered #tertiaryed #vocationaled

Digital Skills Demand to 2030: Skills England’s latest assessment | BCS

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Aug 26

The AI Literacy Framework from @ec.europa.eu. @oecd-ocde.bsky.social, Code. org & others. Details key skills students need to navigate and shape a world with #AI.
The feedback survey is still open to help shape the final version.

👉See ailiteracyframework.org #AIEd #DigitalEducation

Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Aug 25

CfP for Nineteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies at Rhodes. Proposals due by 16 September on the theme of human-centred AI transformations. See cgscholar.com/cg_event/eve... #DigitalEducation #elearning #AIED #higherEd #education

Nineteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies

The e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies Research Network provides a forum to meet others in the field, share ideas, and publish your work.

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Neville Morley @nevillemorley.bsky.social · Aug 21

"By positing superintelligence as the future goal, and in repeating over and over again that it will absolutely, positively be here almost immediately, Altman and Zuckerberg can then just take it as read that what we are dealing with today is 'AI', artificial intelligence."

Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · Aug 21

“The current political economy of AI rests on positing future value returns that will only be possible after a technological breakthrough of such unprecedented extent it would entail a transformation of society so radical as to undermine the very conditions of capitalist profit.” - Samuel Chambers

The Political Economy of "AI"

Before straying to the theory dark side, I spent some time in college as an Economics major; I’ve always been strangely charmed by a silly joke I first heard back then.

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Aug 14

For the USA, it looks like students studying wholly online will outnumber on-campus students www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n... #highered #digitaleducation

More college students now learn entirely online than completely in-person

This year is the first time that more U.S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. And research shows most online programs cost as much or more than in-person.Th...

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Aug 7

Special issue of New Media & Society on digital twinning at journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/8 #digitalTwinning

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Aug 1

#Edinburgh Critical AI in Education Network event on 1 September, 1 - 4 pm, to organise for a more critical voice on AI-adoption within #HigherEd. Book a seat at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edinburgh-... #AIEd #UKHE

Edinburgh Critical AI in Education Network

The event is aimed at creating a space for critical discussion of AI across our universities in Edinburgh

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Jul 14

New #open access book on Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online available as part of the excellent Issues in Distance Education services from @aupress.bsky.social at www.aupress.ca/books/120334... #pedagogy #DigitalEducation

Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online - Athabasca University Press

Instructors across higher education require inspiring and practical resources for creating, adapting to, and enhancing, online teaching and learning spaces. Faculty need to build collaborative, equita...

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Jun 18

Yes, a techno-optimism combined with a large dollop of naivety

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Jun 18

He not we doh!
The key point on what the report findings mean for the perceived integrity and value of degree is key but a return to exams seems a backward step for many disciplined

Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Jun 18

And yet two of the references cited conclude ai detection tools are neither accurate nor reliable and cannot be recommended. The other states that a minority of detection tools are accurate. Did the author hallucinate what we wanted these references to argue?

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Jun 17

University of Edinburgh launching learning and teaching strategy 2030 @ the learning and teaching conference #highered

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Jun 17

Yes, a great question. it’s as if universities as institutions ignore all their academics warning them of the risks and costs of big tech, data extractivism etc

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Dr Pen @penworks.bsky.social · Jun 16

Denmark's govt are going fullstack OS Linux. Humboldt Berlin uni are fullstack OS Linux. Lots of other German and Dutch unis are completely free of Global big tech. If UK universities are all verging on bankrupt, why are they pouring money into big tech (incl AI)? Why aren't they all OS Linux?

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · May 13

... and if you're interested in the MSc programme itself, you can find more information at www.de.ed.ac.uk/mscde #postgrad #masters #digitaleducation #highered @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Digital Education Programme | Digital Education

www.de.ed.ac.uk

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · May 13

Join us for a vibrant, student-led conference showcasing critical, creative, &scholarly work in #digitaleducation by students & alumni of the MSc Digital Education Programme @morayhouse.bsky.social University of Edinburgh. Free and online. Tickets at
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-ed... #ukhe

Digital Education Student Conference 2025

Join us on 20-21 May for a vibrant, student-led conference that showcases recent critical, creative and scholarly work in digital education!

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Apr 25

Call for abstracts for Special Issue of #postdigital #Science and #Education in the Majority World - deadline 1 May 2025. Edited by colleagues at Centre for Research in Digital Education www.de.ed.ac.uk

link.springer.com/journal/4243...

Postdigital Science and Education

Postdigital Science and Education is the pioneering academic journal focusing on postdigital themes and research approaches in education. Links various ...

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Apr 18

I did indeed. Thanks for correcting and for the good read!

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Apr 18

A valuable read from @stoweboyd.bsky.social for all higher education managers in a time of crisis on institutional resilience and the dangers of focusing on efficiency and cost reduction above all #highereducation #universities #resilience #adaptivecapacities www.stoweboyd.io?utm_source=n...

Stowe Boyd | Substack

Politics, culture, philosophy, and miscellaneous ruminations. Click to read Stowe Boyd, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Apr 16

Includes the university of #edinburgh ‘s MSc in Digital Education www.de.ed.ac.uk/mscde
#digitaleducation

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Apr 15

Applications open for Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships for the innovative MSc Digital Education at @morayhouse.bsky.social #digitaleducation #EdTech Info session 30 April 11am (UK time) to learn more.
📧 Contact: [email protected]
🔗 Info + how to apply: edin.ac/4jkcmPE

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Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social · Apr 5

Interesting stuff. It would have been good if more progress on the cohesion and coherence agenda had been made in Scotland before this current crisis in #ukhe (or peaking of a long standing crisis in tertiary edu)