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Dr Lee Fallin EdD

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🏳️‍🌈 EdD SFHEA FRGS FRSA #MIEExpert 💼 Lecturer in Education @ UniOfHull ❤️ #HigherEd #EdTech #AI #loveLD #Inclusion 🏫 JLDHE Section Editor & School Governor 🏷️ #AcademicSky #Geographer #Education 🔶 Liberal Democrat #LibDems 💭 Speaking for me, not my employer

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Nov 15

I’m a Lecturer in Education, School Governor x3, JLDHE editor, 🏳️‍🌈 husband & father to 3 children.

Scholar of:
✅ Outdoor Learning & geography
✅ Spatial philosophy #Lefebvre
✅ Inclusion #SENDI & #EDI
✅ Learning Development
✅ Learning Technology
✅ Educational Development
✅ Research methods #NVivo

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · 1d

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One of my colleagues has published a wonderful book on building number sense with ten-frames. You can grab a copy of it from Amazon: amzn.to/4h0mwVI

Great for both home and the classroom, the book has everything parents & educators need to get started :)

#10frames #classroomresources #primarymaths

A 10 frame being completed with pasta. Four pieces have been added - and then three more to make seven.

Thanks hands make a great manipulative too - and the book encourages it.

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Susanna K. @susannakohonen.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is sooo needed! Thank you, @leefallin.bsky.social!!

Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jul 2

My latest chapter: Embracing compassion and self-care: Educator wellbeing amidst the chaos is now available (FREE! Part of the edited book, Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education).

#Wellbeing #HigherEd #HigherEducation #LTHEchat #loveLD #UKHE

www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...

This chapter is a call for self-understanding and hope, beginning
with the individual. It explores how Higher Education
professionals can apply self-compassion—through self-kindness,
recognition of shared humanity, and mindfulness—to support
their own wellbeing amid the growing pressures of teaching,
administration, and research. As lecturers, tutors, and teachers
face increasing burnout, overwork, and underpayment, selfcompassion offers a practical framework for academic self-care,
helping educators to hold themselves with gentleness rather than
harsh self-judgment. The chapter also argues that the principles
of self-compassion must extend to colleagues, fostering a more
supportive and humane academic culture.

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · 29d

"International students contribute almost £42 billion a year to the UK economy – the equivalent of every UK citizen being £560 better off. This pipeline of international talent is essential to the UK government’s high-growth economic sectors..."

#UKHE #HigherEd #HEPI
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/09/09/r...

Reasons to be cheerful - HEPI

At a time when the value of higher education is being called into question, the OECD’s latest Education at a Glance report offers an unequivocal statement of support for the sector – both globally and...

www.hepi.ac.uk

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MINOR revision @minorrevision.com · Jul 17

#AcademicSky #SciPub #PeerReview #PhDSky #OpenScience #AcademicResearch #AcademicWriting #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter 🧪

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jul 15

HUGE congratulations to the @uniofhull.bsky.social class of 2025. It was a pleasure to attend both of this afternoons ceremonies to see our education and teaching studies students graduate.

I can’t wait to see where your careers take you, but I’m sure you’re going to make a MASSIVE difference.

Dr Lee fallin next to the congratulations class of 2025 banner

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · Jul 14

#BookSky

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Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · Jul 14

#LoveLD - and thank you #creativeHE for this lovely review of our Stories of Hope book: creativehecommunity.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/n... - with link to the open book publication!

New Book: Stories of Hope

Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education Edited by Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns, Richard F. Heller, Rajan Madhok, Fabian Neuhaus, John Sandars, Sandra Sinfield & Upasana Gitanjali Singh A book root…

creativehecommunity.wordpress.com

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jul 11

Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · Jul 10

#LoveLD - love these tips from #ProfPatThomson: patthomson.net/2025/07/10/5... - and do follow her #Patter site: patthomson.net #YouKnowItMakesSense

50 ways to get your writing going

A couple of times a year I write about strategies for getting going with your writing. But I’ve made a big list this time, just for a change. Fifty things to do to help yourself with your wri…

patthomson.net

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jun 26

An early start this morning for the Venn Academy Trust Safeguarding Conference in York.

There is an excellent line up of speakers, and look forward to Mike Nicholson (Progressive Masculinities) and Prof. Simon Hackett (harmful sexual behaviour).

#Schools #safeguarding #governance #masculinity

Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jun 18

This is a great summary of pretty much all rooms. Such a stunning campus! #ALDcon #ALDcon25 #loveLD

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jun 18

I had the pleasure of chairing this #ALDcon25 session and really enjoyed the workshop, where we were able to design activities to help engage deep learning. #ALDcon #loveLD

A reflection activity - where students interview each other with the critical questions they have developed. A third student scribes - so each participant recieved a set of notes on their critical incident.

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jun 17

Excellent views at the #ALDcon evening meal - and some thrilling annual awards to wrap up the day! #ALDcon25 #loveLD

Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jun 17

This #ALDcon25 session was such fun. Just was is needed towards the close of the day. #loveLD

Association for Learning Development in Higher Education @aldinhe.bsky.social · Jun 17

Raghda Zahran facilitates an AI Hackathon at #ALDcon25. Collaboratively developing innovative solutions to leverage AI to enhance the learning experience. Delegates are brainstorming, designing & prototyping AI-driven approaches that can be integrated into settings #LoveLD

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jun 17

Catherine Turton and I ran a workshop on Design Thinking and its potential in Learning Development. In just 20 minutes, 23 problems were defined and 134 potential solutions were shared.

What a great representation of the power of Design Thinking. #ALDcon #ALDcon25 #loveLD #DesignThinking

Lee Fallin and Catherine Turton presenting "Using Design Thinking for Learning Development"

Delegates wave around sheets that outline all of the problems they identified.

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jun 17

Great start to the Conversations with Students on Self-Regulated Learning with GAI workshop delivered by Jovita Vytasek and Christina Page from Kwantlen Polytechnic University at #ALDcon25.

Interesting reflections on the similar issues across international contexts: #loveLD #ALDcon

A series of shared issues with GAI - confidence, pressure, equity, tensions, distrust, lack of awareness and more

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Association for Learning Development in Higher Education @aldinhe.bsky.social · Jun 17

A big thank you to Dr Jacqui Bartram who sketched throughout the online conference for #ALDcon25. You can view the sketch notes on the conference website: aldinhe.ac.uk/aldcon/sketchnoter-dr-jacqui-bartram #LoveLD

About Dr Jacqui Bartram in a sketch note.

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Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · Jun 17

Loved Lucy Jellema's work on inclusive teaching and equity. Phenomenal parallel as part of #ALDcon: www.teaching.unsw.edu.au/inclusive !! Great chairing @leefallin.bsky.social !! Now tell me about the conference IRL as I cannot be there this week! #LoveLD

Inclusive Teaching and Equity

Home Resource SearchEquity CohortsStrategies Development

www.teaching.unsw.edu.au

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jun 17

And we’re off! ALDinHE’s annual conference on campus days has started. #ALDcon25 #ALDcon

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jun 13

Quite jealous.

Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jun 13

First, the Zoom crashes. Then a Windows feature update. My PC doesn’t want me at #ALDcon25 today. Just glad I have the MacBook Pro 💻

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jun 13

Now onto my next #ALDcon session: Using the EAT (Equity, Agency, Transparency) framework to promote inclusive assessment practices by Catriona Johnson and Debora Catavello from University of Bristol

Using the EAT (Equity, Agency, Transparency) framework to promote inclusive assessment practices by Catriona Johnson and Debora Catavello from University of Bristol

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jun 13

A very timely presentation from Helen Hargreaves & Ruth Byrne: International students’ experiences of interacting in English at university

Very useful, as my own cohort is increasing the number of students who have English as their L2, L3 or L4. #ALDcon #ALDcon25

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Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social · Jun 13

I've just had the pleasure of charing Lucy Jellema's work on inclusive teaching and equity. Phenomenal parallel as part of #ALDcon

www.teaching.unsw.edu.au/inclusive

Inclusive Teaching and Equity

Home Resource SearchEquity CohortsStrategies Development

www.teaching.unsw.edu.au

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