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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 1d

Some welcome news from @univeng.bsky.social 👇

Ben Davies @bendavies.bsky.social · 8d

Pleased to announce @univeng.bsky.social small funding scheme now open to members. UE will fund up to 20 projects up to £250 each to support research/pedagogy/continuing professional development activities in Lit, Lang, Creative Writing. See details here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

University English Funding

universityenglish.ac.uk

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 1d

Whatever that praying means for you, get it done. That includes scientifically cheering for her wellbeing. Don’t fuss about it, just make good thoughts for a good woman.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social · 6d

The murder and attempted murder of Jews in Manchester today is horrific. My heart goes out to everyone there and to the wider community. Just terrible news.

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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 8d

We used to get videos and images from people who liked making videos and images. AI means we can now get them from people who dislike making videos and images. This doesn’t feel like an improvement.

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Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social · 10d

Oof. Does it offer a side order of eye bleach to get that shit out?

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Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 12d

Last night, at Goldsmiths University of London, we launched my book that introduces students (or anyone else) to the study of Children's Literature:
@GoldUnivMACL
@GoldsmithsUoL

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Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social · 13d

I got a book listed by Bloomsbury ACADEMIC - like a proper grown-up scholar. Take THAT, secondary school careers teacher who suggested I might be best off in the army (!?!). www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-f...

Writing for Young People

Applying the approach of 'reading-as-a-writer' to the craft of writing for young people, this textbook combines critical analysis, unique author-insight and pra…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Sir Almaviva @ilcontealmaviva.bsky.social · 13d

I am going to repeat today that 1 in 6 residents in the UK was born abroad. If your plan to "give communities back control" does not include us as part of those communities, I don't want to hear about it.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 13d

There'll be scenes like this (and much worse) up and down the UK if Reform get into government and start acting out their Send Them Back fantasies. A thousand acts of sadism carried out by malevolent racist thugs employed and empowered by the state.

Some of you will be safe. Many of us won't.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Lucy Lapinska / LD Lapinski 💛🤍💜🖤 @ldlapinski.bsky.social · Sep 9

WORLD BOOK WEEK OFFER

Are you a school in the Scottish islands? Would you like an author visit with no author fees? Step this way and check out the alt text below….

Please get in touch via my website contact form 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @slgscotland.bsky.social

WORLD BOOK WEEK OFFER

Are you a school in the Scottish islands? Would you like an author visit with no author fees? Step this way….

To get to know my new home better, I am waiving my school visit fee for schools in the Scottish islands during World Book Week 2026 (2nd - 6th March).

Organisers must cover transport and accommodation. I am based on the Black Isle, and able to drive to Inverness airport, Ullapool ferry port, Oban, and Aberdeen. I can supply books to sell, if given plenty of notice!

Please get in touch via my website contact form 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 15d

There’s so much wrong here, it’s hard to know where to begin. But you can start by reading Angie’s brilliant book and giving it to every teen you know. Nothing like a fragile middle aged white man to point you inadvertently to quality literature.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 16d

James Farquharson, 53, said that the book The Hate U Give ‘promotes partisan political views’ about race and GCSE students are being ‘brainwashed’

School removes ‘divisive’ BLM book The Hate U Give after complaints

James Farquharson, 53, said that the book The Hate U Give ‘promotes partisan political views’ about race and GCSE students are being ‘brainwashed’

www.thetimes.com

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Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social · 15d

OH: the board is enormous when it comes to reasons the UK is a shithole, and he still managed to miss.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Trump to the UN: "I have to say, I look at London where you have a terrible mayor -- terrible terrible mayor -- and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia Law ... both their immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe."

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Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social · 15d

I think the rapture happened ages ago and David Bowie was the only one taken. The rest of us are in hell.

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 16d

neurodiversity is Good Actually. just want to say that

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Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social · 16d

'Regards' isn't cross. More 'I think you're a waste of space and a used teabag can do your job better than you seem to be able to'. Sometimes, it's exactly the right word.
'Kind regards' means you're absolutely raging.

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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 17d

This is outrageous. All people with an ounce of empathy in them must oppose it. Families will be torn apart, people will be plunged into poverty, and the state will be in chaos.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17d

Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.

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Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social · 17d

Today I learned Katie Couric and Katie Puckrik are not the same person. I had blended them together as a person with a misspent youth and an establishment middle age.

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Leaf Journal: On Writing for Young People @leafjournal.bsky.social · 18d

Tickets are on sale now for 'On Writing for Young People'. A two-day, online conference sharing ideas & insights from the academic field of creative writing for children and young adults. 20-21 Nov 2025 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/on-writing...

On Writing for Young People: Conference 2025

On Writing for Young People: a 2-day online conference. Ideas & insights in the academic field of creative writing for kids & YA. 20-21 Nov.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Prof. Bethan Evans @drbevans.bsky.social · 20d

A plea to academic publishers: please stop publishing articles formatted in columns. It’s a pain for people using screen readers and is generally more difficult to read on a screen, which is likely how the majority of articles are read these days.

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 20d

Very much enjoying the culture of trust and respect implicit in the installation of room usage monitoring devices on academics' office doors today. Imagine my shock on discovering that managers' doors remain unsullied…

A SmartViz monitoring device installed at a university.

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Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social · 20d

Lancasterian doric columns hit different in the rain.

This is a niche brooding northern architecture post.

Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social · 21d

My first degree was in archeo... arcaeolo... archeolo... digging up old things.

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Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social · 21d

Why can't they invent something useful, like the ability to mark, moderate, second mark and have comments from an external examiner without twelve hundred Word documents being emailed in all directions like it was 2004??

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Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social · 21d

Where is the time saved?
Lecturer A still only has two weeks to read and evaluate 100 essays. And now - additionally - make crib notes for an AI and approve the AI's copy, instead of just giving the student their opinion directly.

Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · 21d

Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...

Screenshot. King's College London page. Examples of effective practice

The following scenarios follow the above guidelines and offer insights into ways that academic staff can use AI transparently and in an assistive capacity, always ensuring human oversight and judgment remain central.
Scenario A – Scaling feedback while maintaining quality

Lecturer A is responsible for marking over 100 essays within a two-week window.

Conscious of the limitations this workload places on the depth of individual feedback, they adopt a hybrid approach using their university’s approved or supported LLM tool, Copilot.

Without ever uploading student work directly, Lecturer A composes an anonymised summary for each student, noting which marking criteria were met and the approximate percentage achieved for each. They input this summary alongside the official rubric into Copilot, prompting it to generate supportive, criterion-referenced feedback. This feedback is then carefully reviewed, adapted, and personalised before being uploaded to the marking platform.

Students are made aware of this process in advance and shown a demonstration, reinforcing transparency and trust.

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