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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · 8d

Still chasing Saturn.

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · 16d

Saturn was at its brightest and nearest last night.

Photo of Saturn (quite small) but showing its rings.

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Sep 8

No chance of a blood moon yesterday evening Cornwall - too light, too cloudy, too low - but compensated by a spectacular sunset.

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Sep 5

Years ago, I was footling around on the piano after a conference dinner when someone asked if I could play her favourite tune Autumn Leaves. I couldn't but went home & learnt it. Now, every year, I record it and send it to her. So, @profsallybrown.bsky.social this is for you x
youtu.be/twyxtkh6uAQ

Les Feuilles Mortes | Autumn Leaves 2025

YouTube video by Paul Kleiman

youtu.be

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Jul 27

I agree with Geldof that what is happening is horrific and unconscionable. But he makes the usual error of conflating the actions of the appalling Netanyahu government with the ‘Israeli people’. Some no doubt support him, but some don’t. We don’t think that Trump represents the American people?

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Jul 27

80 years ago today, my mum - then 19 years old - typed this in her journal.
#history #onthisday #familyhistory

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Jul 14

Pieces: some recent and some not so recent posts mainly about education, creativity and assessment, with a few more personal pieces thrown in for good measure.
#highereducation #Academicsky #Edusky
stumblingwithconfidence.com/pieces/

Pieces

Some recent and not so recent posts, mainly about education, creativity and assessment, with a few more personal pieces thrown in for good measure.

stumblingwithconfidence.com

Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Jun 21

I will be, thanks. But it will be a few weeks of being very careful.

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Jun 21

That went well!
From AHE to A&E.
From the wonderful AHE conference in Manchester to A&E in Truro.
(Don’t ask…..well, if you insist, three cracked ribs from a bad fall).
Heigh ho.

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Jun 20

More examples of ‘Drawing from Experience’ using visualisation to reveal the emotional impact of assessment on academics. #AHEconf2025
stumblingwithconfidence.com/2022/06/23/r...

Revealing assessment through drawing

When leading workshops on assessment I often start with a ’warm-up’ exercise in which the participants, supplied with sheets of paper and plenty of coloured pens, are asked to draw/make marks on pa…

stumblingwithconfidence.com

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Jun 20

More examples of ‘Drawing from Experience’ using visualisation to reveal the emotional impact of assessment on academics. #ahe2025
stumblingwithconfidence.com/2022/06/23/r...

Revealing assessment through drawing

When leading workshops on assessment I often start with a ’warm-up’ exercise in which the participants, supplied with sheets of paper and plenty of coloured pens, are asked to draw/make marks on pa…

stumblingwithconfidence.com

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Jun 19

A couple of drawings from my ‘Drawing from Experience’ session on the emotional impact of assessment at the #ahe2025 conference. We don’t talk enough about this! #Edusky #Academicsky

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Jun 18

I’m here! 🙂

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Jun 11

A4 Also acknowledging that not only is there a periphery but there’s also a boundary. The question/challenge is how porous is that boundary? #lthechat

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Jun 11

A3 Wenger et al’s ‘7 Principles’:
1 Design for evolution
2 Open a dialogue between inside & outside perspectives
3 Invite different levels of participation
4 Develop both public & private community spaces.
5 Focus on value
6 Combine familiarity & excitement
7 Create a rhythm for the community

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Jun 11

A1 A passionate openness to share and learn #lthechat

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · May 26

I’d love to train everywhere but I live in Cornwall and have some work in Edinburgh. 535 miles.
Choices:
1: Train. 10 hours, 1 change, unreliable service, c.£300 return
2: Fly: 1hr 30 min. Reliable service (to date). £80-£140 return.

No brainer, I’m afraid.

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · May 18

A brush, with solitude and silence.

stumblingwithconfidence.com/2025/05/18/a...

A brush, with silence and solitude

I really enjoy painting. Not the sort of thing one might frame and hang on a wall, but the actual walls one might hang them on. The larger the better. And I’m trying to work out why I like it…

stumblingwithconfidence.com

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · May 17

Our garden. (Volume up)

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · May 8

Cornflowers are just stunningly beautiful.

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · May 3

Exactly 80 years ago today my mother typed this in her journal. She was 19 years old.
#history

Typed full-page document about the end of WW2 and the news about the Nazi concentration and death camps.

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Apr 30

Sorry to have missed tonight’s #LTHEchat with Sally & Phil. But there were compensations.

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Apr 5

Evenin’ all.

Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Apr 2

I introduced week long performance modules at LIPA back in the 1990s. We scheduled in a few research/prep sessions in the weeks leading up to it which made a huge difference.

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Apr 2

The whisky is finished. Night all and thanks #lthechat

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