Sam McCormick
@smonly.bsky.social
Psychology lecturer. Interested in language/reading/cognitive psychology & teaching. Trying to separate work/life and failing
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'when AI generates summaries, students bypass the cognitive engagement required to actively interpret academic work.
It is precisely this engagement – the effort to comprehend, synthesise and relate ideas – that catalyses learning.' 1/3
It is precisely this engagement – the effort to comprehend, synthesise and relate ideas – that catalyses learning.' 1/3
AI risks undermining the heart of higher education
If students don’t make the effort to comprehend, synthesise and relate ideas for themselves, they will miss out on meaningful academic growth, says Zahid Naz
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
'when AI generates summaries, students bypass the cognitive engagement required to actively interpret academic work.
It is precisely this engagement – the effort to comprehend, synthesise and relate ideas – that catalyses learning.' 1/3
It is precisely this engagement – the effort to comprehend, synthesise and relate ideas – that catalyses learning.' 1/3
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🚨 We've had 300+ signatures in under 24 hours — incredible. 🙌Let’s try to get to 600 by tomorrow. Every signature helps build pressure for parliamentary scrutiny and media coverage. Please sign + RT if you can + send to channels this oldie doesn't understand. Thank you so, so much💥
We’ve over 100 signatures in the first few hours of our healthcare providers’ letter against disability cuts — including doctors, psychologists, nurses, social workers, paramedics, OTs, carers & disabled claimants. Professionals, please sign its evidenced! tinyurl.com/4vav3vnv #WelfareNotWarfare 1/2
Disability Benefits Cuts
Open Letter: Disability Benefits Cuts Are Creating a Public Health Emergency
To: Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and Me...
tinyurl.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🚨 We've had 300+ signatures in under 24 hours — incredible. 🙌Let’s try to get to 600 by tomorrow. Every signature helps build pressure for parliamentary scrutiny and media coverage. Please sign + RT if you can + send to channels this oldie doesn't understand. Thank you so, so much💥
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Is there any survey platforms besides Qualtrics that have the following qualities?
✅ Easy to use; doesn't require much programming skills
✅ Accommodate multiple users
✅ Cheaper than Qualtrics 😅
Please RT for reach. I am asking for alternatives that are more friendly to low/middle income countries.
✅ Easy to use; doesn't require much programming skills
✅ Accommodate multiple users
✅ Cheaper than Qualtrics 😅
Please RT for reach. I am asking for alternatives that are more friendly to low/middle income countries.
April 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Is there any survey platforms besides Qualtrics that have the following qualities?
✅ Easy to use; doesn't require much programming skills
✅ Accommodate multiple users
✅ Cheaper than Qualtrics 😅
Please RT for reach. I am asking for alternatives that are more friendly to low/middle income countries.
✅ Easy to use; doesn't require much programming skills
✅ Accommodate multiple users
✅ Cheaper than Qualtrics 😅
Please RT for reach. I am asking for alternatives that are more friendly to low/middle income countries.
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Excuse me for focusing on mental health claimants for a moment but 23% of PIP recipients with psychotic disorders as primary condition would lose eligibility if the evil 4+ rule goes through. This is incredibly dangerous.
Another important FOI, this time from Benefits & Work.
Another important FOI, this time from Benefits & Work.
April 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Excuse me for focusing on mental health claimants for a moment but 23% of PIP recipients with psychotic disorders as primary condition would lose eligibility if the evil 4+ rule goes through. This is incredibly dangerous.
Another important FOI, this time from Benefits & Work.
Another important FOI, this time from Benefits & Work.
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I wrote this 12 years ago about the absurdity of the government *deliberately* seeking to reduce UK exports and growth.
After Brexit and Trump, it makes even less sense.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
After Brexit and Trump, it makes even less sense.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK should be open for business to foreign students | Jonathan Portes
Jonathan Portes: If education exports are worth £15bn to the economy, why is the government trying to shut the doors on overseas students?
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I wrote this 12 years ago about the absurdity of the government *deliberately* seeking to reduce UK exports and growth.
After Brexit and Trump, it makes even less sense.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
After Brexit and Trump, it makes even less sense.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨🚨 This is beyond-wit non-sensical horseshit from this Lab official proposing some conspiracy-like idea on the meaning of a #customsunion.
Another reminder why Labour has a very long way to travel on their thinking on #brexit which is getting increasingly disattached from their electorate.👇
Another reminder why Labour has a very long way to travel on their thinking on #brexit which is getting increasingly disattached from their electorate.👇
Absolutely batshit quote in @patrickmaguire.bsky.social must-read column on Labour’s thinking about The Current Events
April 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🚨🚨 This is beyond-wit non-sensical horseshit from this Lab official proposing some conspiracy-like idea on the meaning of a #customsunion.
Another reminder why Labour has a very long way to travel on their thinking on #brexit which is getting increasingly disattached from their electorate.👇
Another reminder why Labour has a very long way to travel on their thinking on #brexit which is getting increasingly disattached from their electorate.👇
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One week to go until our Spring Concert! Tickets available on our website (linked in bio)
💐 🎶 ☀️
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April 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
One week to go until our Spring Concert! Tickets available on our website (linked in bio)
💐 🎶 ☀️
💐 🎶 ☀️
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A point not made enough: the UK runs a trade goods deficit with the US so shouldn’t be paying any tariffs at all based on the White House formula (10% is not a “win”).
April 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A point not made enough: the UK runs a trade goods deficit with the US so shouldn’t be paying any tariffs at all based on the White House formula (10% is not a “win”).
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Psychology and education-minded people in the UK!
We're hiring a Research Fellow to join my team at the NIoT. Looking for PhD grads with strong quant skills 📈, and an appetite for doing research with real impact for schools, teachers, and children 📚🧑🏽🏫. Deadline April 20.
niot.org.uk/careers/rese...
We're hiring a Research Fellow to join my team at the NIoT. Looking for PhD grads with strong quant skills 📈, and an appetite for doing research with real impact for schools, teachers, and children 📚🧑🏽🏫. Deadline April 20.
niot.org.uk/careers/rese...
Research Fellow, National Institute of Teaching
In this role you will work in the NIoT’s research team making a tangible and immediate impact on teaching practices.
niot.org.uk
March 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Psychology and education-minded people in the UK!
We're hiring a Research Fellow to join my team at the NIoT. Looking for PhD grads with strong quant skills 📈, and an appetite for doing research with real impact for schools, teachers, and children 📚🧑🏽🏫. Deadline April 20.
niot.org.uk/careers/rese...
We're hiring a Research Fellow to join my team at the NIoT. Looking for PhD grads with strong quant skills 📈, and an appetite for doing research with real impact for schools, teachers, and children 📚🧑🏽🏫. Deadline April 20.
niot.org.uk/careers/rese...
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One of the biggest problems with this AI bullshit when it comes to education is how it makes people think the final output is the only thing that matters when in reality the actual work you input of reading, thinking, synthesizing ideas & writing the paper/taking the test is how you actually learn.
April 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
One of the biggest problems with this AI bullshit when it comes to education is how it makes people think the final output is the only thing that matters when in reality the actual work you input of reading, thinking, synthesizing ideas & writing the paper/taking the test is how you actually learn.
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Fancy getting a new efficient, heating system for free?
We're looking for homeowners with electric heating and smart meters to join our research project (note we are looking for quite a select target group - so please pass on to anyone you think might fit the bill/benefit).
We're looking for homeowners with electric heating and smart meters to join our research project (note we are looking for quite a select target group - so please pass on to anyone you think might fit the bill/benefit).
The Living Lab
The Living Lab is a network of volunteers from all around the UK, who help researchers understand how real people use energy in real-life settings.
www.livinglab.energy
April 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Fancy getting a new efficient, heating system for free?
We're looking for homeowners with electric heating and smart meters to join our research project (note we are looking for quite a select target group - so please pass on to anyone you think might fit the bill/benefit).
We're looking for homeowners with electric heating and smart meters to join our research project (note we are looking for quite a select target group - so please pass on to anyone you think might fit the bill/benefit).
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It is time to abandon student evaluations of teaching
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
April 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It is time to abandon student evaluations of teaching
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
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Trump's 3/27 executive order targets the Smithsonian for advancing "the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct."
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
March 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Trump's 3/27 executive order targets the Smithsonian for advancing "the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct."
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
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LAST CALL FOR #REMEMBEREDMUMS
Please could I have any late mothers in by 8 pm tonight (Saturday 29th), so I can finalise the list and get it printed out for first thing tomorrow, cheers.
DMs open until 8 pm. x
Please could I have any late mothers in by 8 pm tonight (Saturday 29th), so I can finalise the list and get it printed out for first thing tomorrow, cheers.
DMs open until 8 pm. x
Mothering Sunday next week. I'll be reading out the names of our #RememberedMums in church on the morning of Sunday March 30th. If you'd like to add your late mother's name, let me know. It can be oddly comforting to know her name will be typed out and said aloud once again. Reposts welcome. ❤️ 👑
March 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
LAST CALL FOR #REMEMBEREDMUMS
Please could I have any late mothers in by 8 pm tonight (Saturday 29th), so I can finalise the list and get it printed out for first thing tomorrow, cheers.
DMs open until 8 pm. x
Please could I have any late mothers in by 8 pm tonight (Saturday 29th), so I can finalise the list and get it printed out for first thing tomorrow, cheers.
DMs open until 8 pm. x
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Excellent critique of childhood development interventions: "The privileged of Global North & South can find solace in the idea they have little responsibility for inequality. If bad childcare & poor brain development are major contributing factors to poverty, then it's parents’ job to overcome it"
The problem with parenting interventions in the Global South | Aeon Essays
Early childhood development interventions in the Global South is a huge industry built on highly questionable assumptions
aeon.co
March 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Excellent critique of childhood development interventions: "The privileged of Global North & South can find solace in the idea they have little responsibility for inequality. If bad childcare & poor brain development are major contributing factors to poverty, then it's parents’ job to overcome it"
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Let’s just remind ourselves of the alternative trade deals the UK is signing up to…
0.08% growth by 2038 from the CPTPP trade deal. Against a 4% long term loss from Brexit.
We need to stop pretending this isn’t ruinous stupidity.
0.08% growth by 2038 from the CPTPP trade deal. Against a 4% long term loss from Brexit.
We need to stop pretending this isn’t ruinous stupidity.
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Let’s just remind ourselves of the alternative trade deals the UK is signing up to…
0.08% growth by 2038 from the CPTPP trade deal. Against a 4% long term loss from Brexit.
We need to stop pretending this isn’t ruinous stupidity.
0.08% growth by 2038 from the CPTPP trade deal. Against a 4% long term loss from Brexit.
We need to stop pretending this isn’t ruinous stupidity.
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'Moomins' creator Tove Jansson illustrated both the Swedish and Finnish editions of J. R. R. Tolkien's classic book 'The Hobbit' in the 1960s #womensart
March 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
'Moomins' creator Tove Jansson illustrated both the Swedish and Finnish editions of J. R. R. Tolkien's classic book 'The Hobbit' in the 1960s #womensart
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The @jrct.bsky.social - a relatively radical York based grant making foundation - is looking for new trustees
micro.green-park.co.uk/jrct-trustees/
micro.green-park.co.uk/jrct-trustees/
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
micro.green-park.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The @jrct.bsky.social - a relatively radical York based grant making foundation - is looking for new trustees
micro.green-park.co.uk/jrct-trustees/
micro.green-park.co.uk/jrct-trustees/
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Support a local choral society!
Tickets available for our Spring Concert - www.eghamchoral.org/tickets/ Raising money for rare disease charity actionforat.org Action for A-T
Tickets available for our Spring Concert - www.eghamchoral.org/tickets/ Raising money for rare disease charity actionforat.org Action for A-T
March 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Support a local choral society!
Tickets available for our Spring Concert - www.eghamchoral.org/tickets/ Raising money for rare disease charity actionforat.org Action for A-T
Tickets available for our Spring Concert - www.eghamchoral.org/tickets/ Raising money for rare disease charity actionforat.org Action for A-T
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🚨🚨Again, easy to forget in current turbulent times but #brexit is still a devastating shitshow with nearly pitless misery. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit has created a ‘mind blowing’ 2billion extra pieces paperwork
Liberal Democrats call on Sir Keir Starmer to negotiate a bespoke UK-EU customs union to free businesses from excessive red tape
www.independent.co.uk
March 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🚨🚨Again, easy to forget in current turbulent times but #brexit is still a devastating shitshow with nearly pitless misery. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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www.gov.uk/government/c...
The consultation on the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper is open until 30th June. Now is the time to have your say and stand up for those who need support the most! 👇
#DisabilityRights #BenefitsJustice #StandUpForJustice
The consultation on the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper is open until 30th June. Now is the time to have your say and stand up for those who need support the most! 👇
#DisabilityRights #BenefitsJustice #StandUpForJustice
Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper
This consultation seeks views on the approaches government should consider around reform of the health and disability benefits system and employment support.
www.gov.uk
March 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
www.gov.uk/government/c...
The consultation on the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper is open until 30th June. Now is the time to have your say and stand up for those who need support the most! 👇
#DisabilityRights #BenefitsJustice #StandUpForJustice
The consultation on the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper is open until 30th June. Now is the time to have your say and stand up for those who need support the most! 👇
#DisabilityRights #BenefitsJustice #StandUpForJustice
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We are once more again seeing the distortion created by who has access to media.
Numerous columns from or about people earning "only" £150k on the horror of private school VAT but barely anything from the hundreds of thousands at risk from genuine deprivation via PIP changes.
Numerous columns from or about people earning "only" £150k on the horror of private school VAT but barely anything from the hundreds of thousands at risk from genuine deprivation via PIP changes.
Genuinely confused why everyone (i.e. some people in Westminster bubble) is aghast at the idea of a freeze to PIP rates but fairly chill at the idea of preventing c600,000 people being entitled to PIP in the first place, which will save far more money (i.e. be a larger cut to household incomes).
March 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We are once more again seeing the distortion created by who has access to media.
Numerous columns from or about people earning "only" £150k on the horror of private school VAT but barely anything from the hundreds of thousands at risk from genuine deprivation via PIP changes.
Numerous columns from or about people earning "only" £150k on the horror of private school VAT but barely anything from the hundreds of thousands at risk from genuine deprivation via PIP changes.
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*Please repost*
Are you a parent of a child aged between 13-24 years?
Are you concerned about young people’s social media usage?
We are looking for young people aged 13-24 years to take part in a new project to help understand how we can support their mental health whilst online.
Read more ⬇️
Are you a parent of a child aged between 13-24 years?
Are you concerned about young people’s social media usage?
We are looking for young people aged 13-24 years to take part in a new project to help understand how we can support their mental health whilst online.
Read more ⬇️
March 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
*Please repost*
Are you a parent of a child aged between 13-24 years?
Are you concerned about young people’s social media usage?
We are looking for young people aged 13-24 years to take part in a new project to help understand how we can support their mental health whilst online.
Read more ⬇️
Are you a parent of a child aged between 13-24 years?
Are you concerned about young people’s social media usage?
We are looking for young people aged 13-24 years to take part in a new project to help understand how we can support their mental health whilst online.
Read more ⬇️
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🚨🚨 Brave contender for speech of the year. Every word of it rings true to me.
Claude Malhuret is a proper role model for European politicians in these chaotic and existential times for Europe.
Take 8 minutes of your time and listen carefully. It is worth it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIK9...
Claude Malhuret is a proper role model for European politicians in these chaotic and existential times for Europe.
Take 8 minutes of your time and listen carefully. It is worth it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIK9...
Speech againt Trump, by french senator, Claude Malhuret. ( English subtitles )
YouTube video by Alain Cazes
www.youtube.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🚨🚨 Brave contender for speech of the year. Every word of it rings true to me.
Claude Malhuret is a proper role model for European politicians in these chaotic and existential times for Europe.
Take 8 minutes of your time and listen carefully. It is worth it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIK9...
Claude Malhuret is a proper role model for European politicians in these chaotic and existential times for Europe.
Take 8 minutes of your time and listen carefully. It is worth it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIK9...
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Opportunity cost aside, what would such a study look like?
If observational, what would it add to Denmark's study of *every child born in the entire country from 1999-2010*, which found slightly more autism in non-MMR recipients?
If randomized, how long would kids be randomized to no vaccine(s)?
If observational, what would it add to Denmark's study of *every child born in the entire country from 1999-2010*, which found slightly more autism in non-MMR recipients?
If randomized, how long would kids be randomized to no vaccine(s)?
March 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Opportunity cost aside, what would such a study look like?
If observational, what would it add to Denmark's study of *every child born in the entire country from 1999-2010*, which found slightly more autism in non-MMR recipients?
If randomized, how long would kids be randomized to no vaccine(s)?
If observational, what would it add to Denmark's study of *every child born in the entire country from 1999-2010*, which found slightly more autism in non-MMR recipients?
If randomized, how long would kids be randomized to no vaccine(s)?