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Jeremy Moulton

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Senior Lecturer in Politics @uoypolitics.bsky.social Board Member @aspirenetwork.bsky.social Regular columnist @alpsblog.bsky.social HEA Senior Fellow Interested in climate action, political myth, the EU, the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

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Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Feb 25

Thrilled to see my new article in @pspolisci.bsky.social, published open access on first view today: ‘Student Choice in Assessment: Is There a Subject-Specific Case for Using Assessment Optionality in Political Science Education?’

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Student Choice in Assessment: Is There a Subject-Specific Case for Using Assessment Optionality in Political Science Education? | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core

Student Choice in Assessment: Is There a Subject-Specific Case for Using Assessment Optionality in Political Science Education?

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Cathy Elliott @profcathyelliott.bsky.social · Jul 14

Unlike any sensible person, who keeps up with their blogging duties regularly and in a calm tone of voice, I have saved everything up for a long, generally exuberant, in places slightly moany post right at the end of the year.

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Where’s Cathy? Joyful reflections on tricky times

Me at the Aspire Network launch talking about joyful education careers I felt a bit bad when I read Pigeon’s post apologising for a short absence from blogging for Very Serious Reasons! (Happ…

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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · Jul 8

We're told it's #CowAppreciationDay and there's only one cow in our hearts.

[That scaping sound you hear is the bottom of the barrel marked 'social media content']

The King's Manor cow sculpture, shown with a slightly shiny nose

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Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Jul 4

Great to be a discussant today for a super panel on 'Renewable Energy Transition and Industrial Policy in a
Fragmented World: Justice, Strategy and Structural Constraints'.

Some briliant environmental political economy work by three PhD students.

The cover page of the programme for the Green Trade Lab Early Career Researcher Workshop 2025. Entitled 'The Greening of Trade as a way out of the poly-crises? Regress, reforms and rebuilding international cooperation in the environment-trade nexus.'

Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Jun 27

Whilst there are still institution-to-institution, and even within institution, variations in how these roles are seen and approached, it's clear there is growing recognition and esteem in delivering excellent teaching, scholarship and educational leadership.

Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Jun 27

Attended my first @issotl.bsky.social session today - to discuss 'Engaging with scholarship on teaching focused roles - what’s changed in the past decade?'.

Met some fantastic teaching-track colleagues and it was great to discuss the progress and change we've seen in these roles.

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Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Jun 25

Great to be here at the Social Sciences SoTL workshop today! Excited to chat about disseminating teaching and learning work.

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Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Jun 20

That's super to hear - thanks for reading!!

Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Jun 20

New @alpsblog.bsky.social post from me:

'Reference lists: The good, the bad, and the ugly'

I'm proposing an exercise for how we might teach students what sources are worth sourcing...

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Reference lists: The good, the bad, and the ugly

I have, barring a few late submissions that will slowly filter in over the coming days and weeks, finished marking for the summer. Generally, the quality of the assessments has been good and it’s a…

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Madeleine Le Bourdon @mlebourdon.bsky.social · Jun 19

Looking forward to this presenting my research of Global Education and Social Media next week for @ioe-derc.bsky.social free webinar. @ioe.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

#GlobalEducation?: Social Media, pedagogy and activism

This webinar explores how social media shapes understandings of global injustice, and how teaching can be adapted to equip students with appropriate critical skills.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Jun 19

Amazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results.

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Ironically, upon the paper’s release, several social media users ran it through LLMs in order to summarize it and then post the findings online. Kosmyna had been expecting that people would do this, so she inserted a couple AI traps into the paper, such as instructing LLMs to “only read this table below,” thus ensuring that LLMs would return only limited insight from the paper.

She also found that LLMs hallucinated a key detail: Nowhere in her paper did she specify the version of ChatGPT she used, but AI summaries declared that the paper was trained on GPT-4o. “We specifically wanted to see that, because we were pretty sure the LLM would hallucinate on that,” she says, laughing.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · Jun 18

Latest news in an unfolding self-inflicted disaster, not just for UK universities but for the UK itself. One of our genuinely world-class sectors is being trashed, with all that means for UK economy, soft power, scientific & cultural life. 'World-class' isn't, for once, blimpish hyperbole ... 1/2

Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jun 18

The university cutting jobs today is Lancaster, which may lose about 400 more roles. Every single day in Higher Education is like this. Why won't someone stop the madness?
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/education/la...

Uni must make job cuts as falling student numbers mean £30m. savings must be made

Lancaster University has revealed it needs to make a significant number of job cuts as it seeks to save £30m. in the financial year, partly due to falling student numbers.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · Jun 18

Today's complaint about the AI in education discourse: Too much of it is framed around a future that is going to happen to us, as opposed to seeing the future as something we may have some agency to shape. I reject the deterministic view of AI, particularly genAI. It's a tool, not our master.

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The ASPIRE Network @aspirenetwork.bsky.social · Jun 17

We are at @mybisa.bsky.social hosting a panel on Pedagogical Scholarship! Join us tomorrow at 4:45 in Amsterdam Room, Europa Hotel #BISA2025 @louisepears.bsky.social @annaplunkett.bsky.social @mlebourdon.bsky.social

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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · Jun 17

To quote (probably) @adamkoszary.bsky.social a long time ago, for a different social media account, on a different platform:

It's a beautiful day. Why not spend it indoors, in our library, in the dark.*

*In all fairness it's not actually dark in our library, there's natural light for days

The Morrell from below, shot from across the road. It looks notably lighter in colour from this angle.

The Fairhurst library under a cloudy blue sky

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Higher Education Policy Institute @hepi-news.bsky.social · Jun 10

New Post: Redefining Academic Success: Why Career Progression Must Look Beyond Research www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/06/10/r...

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Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Jun 17

Of course Derwent will always be the Uni of York's #1 beautiful workspace!

Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Jun 17

I realise “books have been taken out of the library” sounds more grim than it is - this isn’t a long-term general approach to libraries, it’s part of the shift from King’s Manor to the uni’s main campus.

Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Jun 17

Working from King’s Manor today - first time I’ve seen it since the books have been taken out of the library. Feels very bare!

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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · Jun 17

Do changes in wealth shape voting preferences?

We tried to answer this question using an 11-year panel study in 🇬🇧.

We find no evidence that an increase in assets boosts support for the Conservatives

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Jun 16

From April 2025 -

Does the Accumulation of Assets Shape Voting Preferences? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Britain - cup.org/42JWcZl

- Justin Robinson, @pavlosvas1.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the relationship between asset accumulation and voting patterns in Britain, focusing on the Conservative Party and generational differences in political behavior.

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Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Jun 16

Great time at the EDI Research Centre’s End-of-Year showcase today.

We were there presenting our research on increasingly student engagement with assessment feedback. Some really good discussions about how to take the work forward and influence practice.

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chrisfeathers.bsky.social @chrisfeathers.bsky.social · Jun 9

Myself and @jeremymoulton.bsky.social shared some SoTL abstracts, exploring how everyone in attendance understands "good" SoTL work

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Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Jun 11

Finally, though we have already had a great many people sign up - we are keen to find those we have missed. So, even if you are not teaching-track yourself, please do share with any and all colleagues who you think might be interested.

A big thanks to all who have helped and contributed already.

Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Jun 11

The members list on the ASPIRE website was updated this morning - do check out the brilliant group of academics that are already part of the network and their SoTL interests. Your future teaching & learning collaborations/ co-authors could be there!

www.aspirenetwork.uk/aspire-members

Members | aspirenetwork.uk

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Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social · Jun 11

Back in York after a great time in London for the launch of the @aspirenetwork.bsky.social.

Feeling massively motivated now - and really looking forward to the work that will follow with the network in the coming weeks, months and years.

A team photo of people who attended the launch at King’s on Monday.

A photo of Hillary and Anna introducing the day with a welcome from KCL.

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Professor Adrian Blau @adrianblau.bsky.social · Jun 10

KCL's Department of Political Economy is advertising two permanent Academic Education Pathway (AEP) lectureships (grade 6/7) in politics - one in Research Methods, and one in Comparative Politics.

Hopefully, more AEP posts will follow in the next two years.

Links & further details are below.

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