Sandi Donnelly
@sandiad.bsky.social
Learning development, teaching, libraries & too much TV
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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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If you are angry, upset, disappointed etc in the way in which migrants are demonised and dehumanised then please support @migrantvoice.bsky.social winter campaign and help them combat the hate and hostililty, by ensuring migrants' voices are heard loud and clear.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
Donate to Help combat misinformation about migrants, organized by Nazek Ramadan
Every day we see an increasing level of misinformation regarding migration bei… Nazek Ramadan needs your support for Help combat misinformation about migrants
www.gofundme.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If you are angry, upset, disappointed etc in the way in which migrants are demonised and dehumanised then please support @migrantvoice.bsky.social winter campaign and help them combat the hate and hostililty, by ensuring migrants' voices are heard loud and clear.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
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Want to get on your LD soap box this year? Do you have research to share or want to facilitate a dialogic discussion about LD? We're looking for 30-60 minute online sessions for ALDinHE's LDat3 programme. Submit your proposal >> https://aldinhe.ac.uk/research/facilitate-a-webinar #LoveLD
December 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Want to get on your LD soap box this year? Do you have research to share or want to facilitate a dialogic discussion about LD? We're looking for 30-60 minute online sessions for ALDinHE's LDat3 programme. Submit your proposal >> https://aldinhe.ac.uk/research/facilitate-a-webinar #LoveLD
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ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
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Very excited to announce that tickets are now available for the book launch of my new book on Beatrix Potter. Taking place at the University of Cumbria’s Ambleside campus, 2-4pm on Saturday 10 January, further details and booking link can be found here: www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Very excited to announce that tickets are now available for the book launch of my new book on Beatrix Potter. Taking place at the University of Cumbria’s Ambleside campus, 2-4pm on Saturday 10 January, further details and booking link can be found here: www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
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“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
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“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”
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There are a lot of cowards in elite positions. There is a lot of courage in civil society. People aren't just taking career risks--though the spate of recent resignations and denunciations might rep. that--they're taking physical risks confronting ICE. They're organizing. Suing.
October 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
There are a lot of cowards in elite positions. There is a lot of courage in civil society. People aren't just taking career risks--though the spate of recent resignations and denunciations might rep. that--they're taking physical risks confronting ICE. They're organizing. Suing.
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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YES! THIS on GenAI!
Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins:
"An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."
Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins:
"An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
YES! THIS on GenAI!
Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins:
"An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."
Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins:
"An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."
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When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
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Free online event for #ALDinHE members: Supporting our international students by supporting our staff with Amy Coryat, Learning Development Manager (International), UWE Bristol. 30 September 2025 12... aldinhe.ac.uk/product/events/supporting-our-international-students-by-supporting-our-staff #LoveLD
September 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Free online event for #ALDinHE members: Supporting our international students by supporting our staff with Amy Coryat, Learning Development Manager (International), UWE Bristol. 30 September 2025 12... aldinhe.ac.uk/product/events/supporting-our-international-students-by-supporting-our-staff #LoveLD
September 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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If you need any sources on AI being shitty, I've been collecting and compiling them: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Questioning AI Resource List
Excellent summary of major problems with companies’ focus on AI written by expert in machine learning: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/ Another g...
docs.google.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If you need any sources on AI being shitty, I've been collecting and compiling them: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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We invite you to attend an ALDinHE Events Working Group drop-in session, Thursday 10 July 1-1.30pm, where you will have the opportunity to learn more about the Events Working Group, its purpose, and how you can become invol... https://aldinhe.ac.uk/product/events/events-working-group-drop-in #LoveLD
July 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We invite you to attend an ALDinHE Events Working Group drop-in session, Thursday 10 July 1-1.30pm, where you will have the opportunity to learn more about the Events Working Group, its purpose, and how you can become invol... https://aldinhe.ac.uk/product/events/events-working-group-drop-in #LoveLD
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#LoveLD Our co-edited book: Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education is out now - freely available from www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... - and dedicated to my wonderful partner Thomas Burns: "In loving memory of Tom Burns who teaches us to dance with hope and joyful practice even now."
Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education
Bringing together a diverse range of educators and practitioners, this collection showcases real-world innovations that challenge the status quo and offer glimpses of a more humane and inspiring educa...
www.openbookpublishers.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#LoveLD Our co-edited book: Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education is out now - freely available from www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... - and dedicated to my wonderful partner Thomas Burns: "In loving memory of Tom Burns who teaches us to dance with hope and joyful practice even now."
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Many people I meet don't know the history or meaning of the #neurodiversity movement or #neurodivergent paradigm. It's not a criticism tbh understandable given it's been very, very changed from its intent. So here's a short guide for when you're talking about #inclusion and neurodiversity ⬇️
June 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Many people I meet don't know the history or meaning of the #neurodiversity movement or #neurodivergent paradigm. It's not a criticism tbh understandable given it's been very, very changed from its intent. So here's a short guide for when you're talking about #inclusion and neurodiversity ⬇️
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Let's not end #ALDcon25 here! The whole of the LD Community are invited to our July Summer Fair - online. Join us for our "Get Involved in ALDinHE" month with taster sessions, events, training, a lunchtime quiz and lots more! https://aldinhe.ac.uk/summer-fair #LoveLD
June 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Let's not end #ALDcon25 here! The whole of the LD Community are invited to our July Summer Fair - online. Join us for our "Get Involved in ALDinHE" month with taster sessions, events, training, a lunchtime quiz and lots more! https://aldinhe.ac.uk/summer-fair #LoveLD
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#LoveLD The ALDinHE AGM 12 June 2025 3-4.30pm.
Visit aldinhe.ac.uk/about-aldinhe/agm for details.
Contribute your views on ALDinHE to our padlet: padlet.com/ALDinHEcommu...
See what other people say about our Association there!
Visit aldinhe.ac.uk/about-aldinhe/agm for details.
Contribute your views on ALDinHE to our padlet: padlet.com/ALDinHEcommu...
See what other people say about our Association there!
Annual General Meeting (AGM) - ALDinHE
Date: Thursday 12th June 2025
aldinhe.ac.uk
June 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
#LoveLD The ALDinHE AGM 12 June 2025 3-4.30pm.
Visit aldinhe.ac.uk/about-aldinhe/agm for details.
Contribute your views on ALDinHE to our padlet: padlet.com/ALDinHEcommu...
See what other people say about our Association there!
Visit aldinhe.ac.uk/about-aldinhe/agm for details.
Contribute your views on ALDinHE to our padlet: padlet.com/ALDinHEcommu...
See what other people say about our Association there!