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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 1d

1 week to go until our next T-FUN talk!

Prof Wendy Garnham will be sharing about ‘Active Learning as an Educational Imperative’ on Thurs 16 Oct 13:30–15:00 (BST).

To join this online event please subscribe to our mailing list buff.ly/zcNUK5P

#Psychology #HigherEd #Teaching #Scholarship

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 2d

Recordings from September's T-FUN Festival are now available on our Youtube channel here: buff.ly/ac03rt2! 🎉

So far, we've uploaded the 21 presentations from:
DAY 1: buff.ly/cpe7pu3
DAY 2: buff.ly/OUoSzUf

Day 3 will be available very soon too! Many thanks to everyone that contributed! 🙏

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 8d

2 weeks to go until our next T-FUN talk!

Prof Wendy Garnham will be sharing about ‘Active Learning as an Educational Imperative’ on Thurs 16 Oct 13:30–15:00 (BST).

To join this online event please subscribe to our mailing list buff.ly/zcNUK5P

#Psychology #HigherEd #Teaching #Scholarship

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 10d

Our next T-FUN talk’s title is confirmed!

Prof Wendy Garnham will be sharing about ‘Active Learning as an Educational Imperative’ on Thurs 16 Oct 13:30–15:00 (BST).

To join this online event please subscribe to our mailing list: buff.ly/zcNUK5P

#Psychology #HigherEd #Teaching #Scholarship

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British Psychological Society @bpsofficial.bsky.social · 15d

Help improve psychology education & training.

Join our Education and Training Board to shape national strategy & influence policy while developing hands-on experience in strategic thinking & governance.

Apply by 2 Nov '25: https://www.bps.org.uk/education-and-training-board-member-vacancies

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 16d

Morning T-FUNNERs!

We've just arranged an exciting speaker for our next online T-FUN event, in October!
Wendy Garnham @profwgarnham.bsky.social buff.ly/cBdInKt

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE for: Thurs 16th Oct, 13:30-15:00 BST
More details to follow soon!

#Psychology #HigherEd #Teaching #Scholarship

University of Sussex

View the University of Sussex profile of Wendy Garnham. Including their publications, grants, professional activities and teaching activities.

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you to everyone who made the T-FUN Teaching and Learning Festival such a huge success! 👏 Your energy and creativity highlighted innovative work in psychology teaching. Special thanks to Lucinda Bromfield for her inspiring keynote! We look forward to doing it all again next year! #TFUNFest2026🎉

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks to all who made Days 1 & 2 of the T-FUN Festival amazing! 🎉

Our final day starts at 1000 BST today. Its theme is ENGAGEMENT & BELONGING. To join in live follow the details here: buff.ly/x8SUDdp

Catch up on #TFUNFest2025 recordings soon at: www.youtube.com/@TFunNetwork

#HigherEd #Teaching

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 22d

Flash talks at the #TFUNfest2025 this afternoon! Next up is @gwenbrekel.bsky.social who is sharing preliminary results on what students value in relation to equality and diversity in their teaching...

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 22d

Flash talks at the #TFUNfest2025 this afternoon! Next up is Jenny Sanders talking about several Nottingham Trent University's initiatives for supporting and celebrating their neurodiverse students and students with disability.

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 22d

Flash talks at the #TFUNfest2025 this afternoon! First up is @katyburgess.bsky.social talking about belonging in post-graduate taught students and how we can support it. See the student guide they created here: osf.io/w8agx

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 22d

Here's some more useful resources on compassionate pedagogies from the team at Warwick too (shout out to Luke Hodson):

warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

Compassionate Pedagogy

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 22d

A checklist for challenging our negativity bias, the next time something come across our desk that engages our sense of overwhelm 😱

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 22d

Last up before lunch at #TFUNfest2025 Anna Sedda is talking to us about the importance of self-compassion for practitioners in #HigherEd. Important points about the value of this perspective in helping us, as individuals, strike the right balance in our work:

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 22d

Now up at the #TFUNfest2025 is Sophie Hodgetts, talking about student GenAI use from an EDI perspective. In partic. how it is used to tackle some of the barriers experienced by neurodivergent students. Some very interesting themes identified in preliminary analysis...

T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 23d

We're learning about Uni of Exeter Psychology Dept's inspirational Inclusion Cafe student-staff initiative psychology.exeter.ac.uk/edi/ at the #TFUNfest2025. Contact Jamie Tully and/or Helen Foster-Collins for a starter pack!

T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 23d

More really interesting stuff at the #TFUNfest2025 today. Elizabeth Shalom Kawesi from the Uni of Leicester is sharing about their Scoping Review of Support Programs and Interventions for Ethnic Minority Students. Calling for more global, intersectional and longitudinal research on this topic!

T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 23d

At the #TFUNFest2025 we're enjoying listening to a very interesting talk about the use of bitesize activities to promote decolonial learning in HE, presented by Guarav Saxena and colleagues. Preprints here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks to all who made Day 1 of the T-FUN Festival amazing! 🎉

Day 2 starts at 1000 BST today. Its theme is EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION. To join in live follow the details here: buff.ly/x8SUDdp

Catch up on #TFUNFest2025 recordings soon too at: www.youtube.com/@TFunNetwork

#HigherEd #Teaching

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 25d

The T-FUN Festival is NEARLY HERE! 🎉 Join us online from TOMORROW FOR THREE DAYS of inspiring talks and events on Assessment & Feedback, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, and Engagement & Belonging. See our website for details on how to join in: buff.ly/x8SUDdp #TFUNFest2025 #HigherEd #Teaching

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 27d

Excited for the T-FUN Festival NEXT WEEK? We are! 🎉 Join us online from Sept 16-18 for inspiring talks and events on Assessment & Feedback, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, and Engagement & Belonging. See our website for details on how to join in: buff.ly/x8SUDdp #TFUNFest2025 #HigherEd #Teaching

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Professor Julie Hulme @juliehulme-psyc.bsky.social · 29d

Loving our new @ntupsychology.bsky.social #Scholarship & Research in #HigherEducation webpage, showcasing the diverse outputs of my excellent colleagues: www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-co...

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The Scholarship and Research in Higher Education group brings together psychological knowledge and expertise in all aspects of university education to better understand and improve learning, teaching,...

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · Sep 9

One week to go until the T-FUN Festival kicks off! 🎉 Join us online from Sept 16-18 for inspiring talks and events on Assessment & Feedback, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, and Engagement & Belonging. See our website for details on how to join in: buff.ly/x8SUDdp #TFUNFest2025 #HigherEd #Teaching

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Jenny Terry @jennyterry.bsky.social · Sep 8

Keen to help develop the international #StatsEd research community? Interested in running large-scale collaboarative #StatsEd research projects?

Consider joining the @rosenetwork.bsky.social committee! There are a few days left to apply. More details: www.rose-network.org/about-us/vac....

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · Sep 2

Two weeks to go until the T-FUN Festival kicks off! 🎉 Join us online from Sept 16-18 for inspiring talks and events on Assessment & Feedback, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, and Engagement & Belonging. See our website for details on how to join in: buff.ly/x8SUDdp #TFUNFest2025 #HigherEd #Teaching

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