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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · May 25

Very interesting how this zero-sum approach that we’ve been facing here in the UK is now emerging in the US. Much of what @mayasen.bsky.social says here is relevant for the UK *without student number controls* - no fixed pie here either but that doesn’t stop folks from thinking that there is 🤷🏽‍♀️

Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · May 25

An emerging narrative on the right is that international students take seats away from deserving domestic students - a zero sum thinking about what universities do and their function

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Stefania Paredes Fuentes @stefaniaparedesf.bsky.social · May 20

If in the process of revising programmes and reading lists for the next academic year, don’t forget to ask your library to order "Teaching Macroeconomics: A Modern and Inclusive Approach." www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/tea...

Ch 1 is free, it describes each chapter in the book.

#EconSky #TeachEcon

Teaching Macroeconomics

‘This timely and eclectic collection of essays provides a welcome set of diverse perspectives on the practice and teaching of economics. There is plenty here to enliven the discussion in an introducto...

www.e-elgar.com

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Apr 26

#WeekendVibes
#Cricket
#BookClub

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Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics (CTaLE) @ctale.bsky.social · Apr 22

Still a day or so to register your interest: lnkd.in/eUCc-ns3.

Join us for this workshop on #GenAI and #Assessments in #Economics degrees! Limited in-person spaces still available, but both panels are livestreamed as well, so please do sign up if you're interested in either!

#TeachEcon #EconSky

Royal Economic Society @resmedia.bsky.social · Apr 11

📢Register your interest in our #AI and Assessment in #Economics #Education Workshop!

📅 10 June 2025, 9:30am
📍 Institute of Education IOE @ucl.ac.uk
🤝 Organised by @ctale.bsky.social & RES (funded by the Stone Centre UCL)

📌 Sign up now: lnkd.in/eUCc-ns3

#EconSky

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Royal Economic Society @resmedia.bsky.social · Mar 31

📖Read the RES Diversity Report “Who Studies Economics? An Analysis of Diversity in the UK Economics Pipeline”.

By @stefaniaparedesf.bsky.social , Tim Burnett, Gabriella Cagliesi, @paramachaudhury.bsky.social and Denise Hawkes.

Read👉 bit.ly/3JVxvkl

#EconSky #RESResources

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Stefania Paredes Fuentes @stefaniaparedesf.bsky.social · Feb 27

Still time to register @ctale.bsky.social #EconTEAching seminar on 5 March, 3pm (UK time). We will talk about Mid Careers in Economics Education.
forms.office.com/pages/respon...

@resmedia.bsky.social
@economics-net.bsky.social
@paramachaudhury.bsky.social @cloda.bsky.social
#EconSky #TeachEcon

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Feb 10

Generally a good time to be thankful to be in the UK rather than elsewhere, but particular so due to things like this
(Comments section of the Guardian quick crossword)

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Feb 9

One of the great pleasures of my time at Oxford was lecturing on the Edgeworth box at the Gulbenkian and then walking by that cemetery! Somehow my students weren’t as amused by the Edgeworth box/ Edgeworth in a box joke as I was 🧐

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Dec 24

Best thing about #Christmas ?! Explaining to the 11 yr old what a bank run is 💸
#IYKYK

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Nov 22

Thrilled to finally have this book in my hands! A fantastic initiative led by Antonio Cabrales and Juanjo Ganuza, & featuring my chapter w @cloda.bsky.social + some incredibly interesting work including by @ctale.bsky.social Associate @stefaniaparedesf.bsky.social
#EconSky 📈📉

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Nov 16

Great to see so many new connections on here! If you're interested in #TeachEcon #HigherEducation #SoTL, there's still time to sign up for our upcoming sessions 👇🏽. Come and connect with educators from around the world!
@cloda.bsky.social @benelsner.bsky.social @flowerdarby.bsky.social

Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics (CTaLE) @ctale.bsky.social · Nov 5

We have a busy November- #EconSky📈📉 join us 👇

Nov 20, 2pm GMT Top Tips from #EEA Seedcorn awardees
lnkd.in/gb8skVis

Nov 25, 1pm GMT Flower Darby on Advancing Equity in Every Class: Practical Course Design and Teaching Strategies
bit.ly/3YNqYzJ

@cloda.bsky.social @paramachaudhury.bsky.social

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Nov 14

Amazing #NYU presidential reception at
the #NaturalHistoryMuseum - thrilled to meet the president and hobnob with the #NYUStern bros 🤔 Managed to bag an on brand bracelet though 🥰

Any NYU (GSAS) grads on here?

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Nov 11

This place is glowing up quickly!

If you're new, welcome!

If you love econ, the blog below can help you get plugged into the community here.

If you read this a while ago & haven't checked it out lately, maybe do.

I'm adding resources & people are changing their starter packs all the time.

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Sep 11

For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers, a Quick Start guide to plugging into the economics community here.

It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here.

If it seems useful, please share it here & especially on X.
📉📈 #️⃣#️⃣
aaronsojourner.org/for-bluesky-...

For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers - Aaron Sojourner

This Quick Start guide aims to help econ lovers easily join Bluesky’s growing economics community. The Bluesky User FAQ covers generic basics, like how to start an account. This guide orients you to e...

aaronsojourner.org

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Nov 11

Didn't manage to tag @flowerdarby.bsky.social herself! Come and join us for what promises to be an inspirational session - it's just 2 weeks away!
#HigherEducation #EconSky 📈📉

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Nov 11

Excited for this session - Flower Darby got many of us through the pandemic pivot with Small Teaching Online!

For those who are new on here - we @ctale.bsky.social host online and hybrid #EconTEA sessions in the middle of the London day so that folks can join from East & West! Sign up 👇
#EconSky 📈📉

Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics (CTaLE) @ctale.bsky.social · Nov 11

Welcome to all the new folks on here!
Sign up for our special session on Nov 25, 1pm GMT w/ Flower Darby on Advancing #Equity in Every Class: Practical Course Design and #Teaching Strategies!
bit.ly/3YNqYzJ
#teachecon #econsky📈📉 #highereducation
@paramachaudhury.bsky.social @cloda.bsky.social

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Sep 11

For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers, a Quick Start guide to plugging into the economics community here.

It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here.

If it seems useful, please share it here & especially on X.
📉📈 #️⃣#️⃣
aaronsojourner.org/for-bluesky-...

For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers - Aaron Sojourner

This Quick Start guide aims to help econ lovers easily join Bluesky’s growing economics community. The Bluesky User FAQ covers generic basics, like how to start an account. This guide orients you to e...

aaronsojourner.org

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Oct 17

Is there an Econ Ed Starter pack pls?

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Gina C. Pieters, PhD @ginapieters.bsky.social · Oct 17

Welcome new #Economists moving to #EconSky!

I have a thread of Starter Packs in the link if you are seeking your people. The lack of algorithm means *you need to follow people* otherwise you will experience BlueSky as dead.

If I've missed an Econ-relevant Starter Pack, let me know in my DMs.

Gina C. Pieters, PhD @ginapieters.bsky.social · Oct 4

93/ A starter pack of Economists who speak Spanish, compiled by @sanpages.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/8tkeVED

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Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics (CTaLE) @ctale.bsky.social · Oct 16

Honoured to have our work featured in the Fall 2024 edition of the @aeainformation.bsky.social EconEd News, w Director @paramachaudhury.bsky.social & Assoc Director @cloda.bsky.social! aeaweb.org/content/file?i… Many thanks to the AEA-CEE esp Chair, Tisha Emerson#teacheconon#EconSky📈📉��

https://aeaweb.org/content/file?i…

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Oct 15

I'm looking forward to chairing this session and learning more about thus unique way to widen access to university! Join us - sign up link 👇🏽
#EconSky📉📈 #EduSky
@resmedia.bsky.social @cloda.bsky.social @uclengineering.bsky.social @universityofoxford.bsky.social @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social

Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics (CTaLE) @ctale.bsky.social · Oct 7

Join us online on Oct 23 at 1pm BST for a discussion with @universityofoxford.bsky.social & @uclengineering.bsky.social Foundation Year leaders to find out more!

Sign up: forms.office.com/e/fMNsKFF5yd

#EconSky📈📉 #Education

@paramachaudhury.bsky.social @cloda.bsky.social

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Sep 20

Looking forward to being in thus panel and in Liverpool for the first time!

Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · Sep 20

We’re closing Labour conference on looking at Equality Diversity and Inclusion. With EDI under scrutiny we’ll using our research with UCL Policy Lab and Oxford University
on what the public think & how EDI can best commands public support. Tues 24/9, 17.00, Nova Scotia Liverpool

Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Sep 18

Come and join us to talk about all things #teachecon #education 👇🏽
@cloda.bsky.social

Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics (CTaLE) @ctale.bsky.social · Sep 18

Kicking off 24/25 CTaLE EconTEA seminar series on Wednesday October 2 1-2pm London time! @cloda.bsky.social will be chatting with the recent winners of the EEA Education Awards. Sign up here: lnkd.in/eesfBkKc
Check out the rest of our sessions: ctale.org/econteaching...
#EconSky 📈📉 #TeachEcon

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Sep 17

Up north today and it's a stunning day! Looking forward to presenting at the @coreecon.bsky.social workshop on (what else 😏) AI and assessment and meeting the fab folks at Durham #Economics📉📈 to discuss their programmes!

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yes we follow it quite closely. What our students struggle with is the story arc and starting early with strategic behaviour whereby have done demand-supply curves and v mechanical econ at school. Our students also have Maths A levels coming in though it can (and has) be taught w/o that maths

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Parama Chaudhury @paramachaudhury.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hi Melissa, we've been using CORE from the start, now moving to the new one. Happy to chat any time! Good luck!

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