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Tristan McCowan @mccowan.bsky.social · Jun 9

One week left to submit to the Climate-U conference!
www.climate-uni.com/network-conf...

Tristan McCowan @mccowan.bsky.social · May 28

Climate-U conference open for submissions!

5-8 Nov in Belém (Brazil) and online. Event is free of charge.

Submissions welcome on all aspects of HE and the climate crisis (individual paper, symposium, workshop or artistic)

www.climate-uni.com/network-conf...

Network Conference 2025 | Climate-Uni.com

Climate-Uni.com | Network Conference 2025: Higher Education and the Climate Crisis | Transforming Universities for a Changing Climate. Network lead 2025 UFPA, Brazil.

www.climate-uni.com

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Tristan McCowan @mccowan.bsky.social · Apr 30

Just arrived!

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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · Apr 26

Universities can play a pivotal role in addressing the climate crisis – yet this potential is not always realised.

On 8 May, join @mccowan.bsky.social for the launch of Universities and Climate Action, which unravels the impact of universities on climate change.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/202...

Universities and Climate Action: Book launch and debate | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society

This seminar debates the pivotal role universities across the world have to play in addressing the climate crisis.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Mar 5

✅We’re extending abstracts deadline: 14 March 2025
✅We’ve interesting abstracts from Chile Columbia Brazil Spain Italy USA
✅We’d love more from these & other LA countries
✅Do share widely @mccowan.bsky.social @profgerber.bsky.social @rkshanks.bsky.social @suzanneegan.bsky.social
#EduSky #LawSky

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Feb 6

⭐️CfP Special Issue #HumanRights #Education in #LatinAmerica
Editors: Leonel Pérez Expósito Univesidad Autónoma Metropolitana #Mexico
Melina Porto Universidad Nacional de La Plata, #Argentina
Abstracts by 03.05.2025
Submissions 31.08.2025
⭐️Get the word out!
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Human Rights Education in Latin America

think.taylorandfrancis.com

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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Mar 6

Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education
See what @beategold.bsky.social & I set out to do
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC5G...

Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education

YouTube video by Universitetet i Agder

www.youtube.com

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · Feb 24

Never forget that the oil industry is actively working to make planet Earth uninhabitable for the sake of profit.

#MakeOilHistory

Exclusive: BP to ditch renewables goals and return focus to fossil fuels
www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Exclusive: BP to ditch renewables goals and return focus to fossil fuels

BP's chief executive will scrap a target to increase renewable generation 20-fold by 2030, returning the focus to fossil fuels, as part of a strategy shift announced on Wednesday to tackle investor concerns over earnings, two sources told Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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Tristan McCowan @mccowan.bsky.social · Feb 24

The climate crisis calls for a radical rethinking of education as a force for ecological and social renewal.

📢 Have insights? Share a short contribution by 28 Feb to help shape “Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures”, launched at Climate Week NYC & COP30.

🔗 Submit here: lnkd.in/gMjkrMp4

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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Feb 6

As Editor, I’m really excited about this initiative, and really looking forward to working closely with Melina Porto & Leonel Pérez Expósito
Do share this opportunity with colleagues working on human rights-based education in the region

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Feb 6

⭐️CfP Special Issue #HumanRights #Education in #LatinAmerica
Editors: Leonel Pérez Expósito Univesidad Autónoma Metropolitana #Mexico
Melina Porto Universidad Nacional de La Plata, #Argentina
Abstracts by 03.05.2025
Submissions 31.08.2025
⭐️Get the word out!
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Human Rights Education in Latin America

think.taylorandfrancis.com

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KathyMChandler @kathymchandler.bsky.social · Feb 2

I'm running another webinar for anyone interested in studying a fully online PhD in Education and Social Justice within an international cohort @edreslancaster.bsky.social on Monday evening www.lancaster.ac.uk/events/phd-e.... You'll have an opportunity to hear about the PhD and ask questions.

PhD Education & Social Justice Applicant Webinar - 3rd February, Monday 3 February, 7:30pm - Lancaster University

This online webinar is for anyone interested in applying for our fully online PhD Education and Social Justice programme in October 2025. You will have the opportunity to hear more about the PhD and t...

www.lancaster.ac.uk

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · Jan 26

No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you.

Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.

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Tristan McCowan @mccowan.bsky.social · Jan 27

The most depressing thing about the Trump administration has ended up being the spinelessness and capitulation of other world leaders

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Tristan McCowan @mccowan.bsky.social · Jan 20

1. Ban on talking in saunas
2. No service for people pronouncing chorizo as ‘choritso’
3. Make salt n vinegar crisps blue again

Well those are the important ones anyway

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Tristan McCowan @mccowan.bsky.social · Jan 20

What executive orders would you sign on your first day as president?

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Tristan McCowan @mccowan.bsky.social · Jan 17

Join us for a collaborative roundtable discussion on ‘Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures.’

Mon 20th Jan, 5-6pm (UTC) online

www.learning-planet.org/event/key-in...

Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures - LearningPlanet Festival

Join us for a collaborative roundtable discussion as we launch the process of gathering contributions for the inaugural 'Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures.' This annual series aims to sy...

www.learning-planet.org

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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · Jan 17

Registration now open for the @cghe.bsky.social 2025 conference - at @oxforddeptofed.bsky.social and online on 3-4 April

Great programme of international speakers!

www.researchcghe.org/events/cghe-...

CGHE 2025 Conference: Global Rupture? Geopolitics, policy repair and the reimagining of higher education | Centre for Global Higher Education

www.researchcghe.org

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Maia Chankseliani @mchankseliani.bsky.social · Jan 17

Our new open-access paper examines how international professional mobility contributes to professional expertise, intercultural competence, and career development, highlighting reintegration challenges & broader societal impacts. Explore the findings here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Tristan McCowan @mccowan.bsky.social · Jan 10

“The king?!” Said my three-year-old daughter this afternoon.
“There aren't kings and queens any more, only people”.
If only, if only.

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Dr. J @justineverettphd.bsky.social · Jan 7

www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Translation: It’s going to be bad. Really, really bad. It’s happening sooner, and faster, and more drastically than anyone thought. And science doesn’t care if you believe in climate change or not.
#Climate
#Environment
#Science
🧪🪐🌎🌍🌏

Climate Models Can’t Explain What’s Happening to Earth

Global warming is moving faster than the best models can keep a handle on.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tristan McCowan @mccowan.bsky.social · Dec 27

Mixed feelings after discovering that my new family nickname is not in fact ‘Iron Man’, but ‘Ironing Man’

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Tristan McCowan @mccowan.bsky.social · Dec 21

Happy Solstice everyone!

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · Dec 19

This is what I keep telling students: you think AI is producing "good writing" and that it "thinks" because you have not actually learned what good writing and what critical thinking is, and if you want to survive in this hellscape, you have to learn these without AI.

SteveLibrarian @librariansteve.bsky.social · Dec 19

The drum we need to keep beating: if students don't learn how to do things better than AI does, AI will take their jobs. The only way to learn that is *without using AI in the learning process*.

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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · Dec 11

Vacancy for a researcher working with @alinecourtois.bsky.social @sazanajayadeva.bsky.social and me on a new project on the 'Virtual Mobilities of International Students'. Based at @uniofbath.bsky.social

Deadline for applications: 5 Jan 2025

Please repost - thanks!

www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

CH12254 Research Assistant/Research Associate - Jobs at Bath

Research Assistant/ Research Associate

www.bath.ac.uk

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Tristan McCowan @mccowan.bsky.social · Dec 18

Apply by 9th Jan
drive.google.com/file/d/1wlVf...

CIES HE SIG Student Travel Awards 2025.pdf

drive.google.com

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Tristan McCowan @mccowan.bsky.social · Dec 15

Hundred years of solitude is one of my favourite books. But I always remember García Márquez vowed it should never go on screen. Does it feel like a bit of a betrayal to watch it now?

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