What's the difference in the actual moment of assessment between 'for' and 'of'? Maybe the distinction rests in what we are doing with the outcome/results of the assessment act rather than the moment of judgement/evaluation/appreciation itself. Do we give out a certificate, or some feedback?
I need to wake up a bit because I still have some work to do this evening so am #NowPlaying Minor Threat. This should do the trick
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Well I guess it's all about why we need to assess stuff in the first place as much as what we are assessing. For our students, is there any form of assessment that is not high stakes? For us, are our assessment practices always sufficiently valid in relation to our own knowledge/expertise?
Perhaps the question is also something to do with what sorts of stuff can be assessed and how tolerably meaningful/reliable/valid can that act/instance/process/warrant of assessment actually be?
Slow Listening. Why yes, I *have* got the place to myself! #NowPlaying the incomparable Talk Talk and then Mark Hollis - for quite a while. Four of the very best records in my collection
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#NowPlaying Rainy Sunday Afternoon. Last week, an absolutely excellent matinee show from @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social at the Brudenell in Leeds (was particularly delighted when they did The Happy Goth). Today, my copy of their new record has arrived so here we go!
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Slow Listening. Mornings and late evenings are my favourite times to listen to jazz so let's do that. #NowPlaying John Coltrane and with McCoy Tyner on piano, it's a particular treat.
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OpenAI's rapid rush into education has been achieved by habituating users through training programs, institutional lock-ins, strategic marketing partnerships, and third party integrations that together are helping it become infrastructural to teaching and learning. It's going to be hard to get out.
That's an excellent record. Love it. I never much cared for the Fatboy Slim remix tho (remix = speed up the record and add some percussion?) This and Handcream For A Generation are two of my very favourite albums
Slow Listening. Am #NowPlaying The Godfather of Soul! Perfect to motivate me for one more day's work before the weekend.
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My eldest was there last night to see Clipping. Still buzzing when he got back from the train. Really loved the venue.
Enjoyed the Wynton Kelly/Wes Montgomery so much yesterday that I am going in again courtesy of the always excellent Resonance Records
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Please know that this is Trump scaremongering.
There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism.
A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism.
A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump attacks Tylenol as officials unveil highly contentious conclusions on autism
President says acetaminophen – also known as paracetamol - increases risk when taken by pregnant women, assertion contradicted by research
www.theguardian.com
Slow Listening. Time for jazz club! Am #NowPlaying Smokin' At The Half Note. Told that it's one of those jazz albums that you *have* to have so made the purchase - and it does not disappoint. Verve Acoustic Sounds reissue - frighteningly expensive, totally worth it.
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Slow Listening. I am #NowPlaying @psbhq.bsky.social because they're great and whichever record you go for you know it's going to be excellent listening. The Last Flight - on a zoetrope pressing and looks amazing! Can never get the strobe effect to work very well tho 🤪
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That's the first Miles Davis record I ever bought. Love it.
Slow Listening. I am #NowPlaying Different Class by Pulp. After all it is Jarvis Cocker's birthday. Cannot quite believe that this record is thirty years old. Loved it then, love it now. More going on next for sure. And then possibly This Is Hardcore as well.
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"Oxford becomes first UK university to offer ChatGPT Edu to all staff and students" - imagining a lot of staff there pretty upset about, but also it says much about OpenAI's education strategy that it's targeted Oxford as its first institutional capture in the UK www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
Oxford becomes first UK university to offer ChatGPT Edu to all staff
OpenAI’s flagship GPT-5 model will be provided across the University and Oxford Colleges through ChatGPT Edu, a version of ChatGPT built for universities that includes enterprise-level security and
www.ox.ac.uk
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Thank you Suzanne! I have been a bit preoccupied (see earlier post from today) but am feeling a little more like my old self these days!
Slow Listening. #NowPlaying Humanhood by @theweatherstation.bsky.social and it is simply one of the best records that I have listened to for ages. What a writer Tamara Lindeman is.
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I haven't been on social media much for a while (see photo) but am feeling a little better these days and so am back! Here for stuff about records, and LinkedIn for university and research stuff but there might be the odd overlap
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Hate self promoting posts! And not going to say 'I am delighted' 😂 but also no one will promote this for me 😂. So sod it! Please give my article some love or a repost. This article means a lot to me on food aid beyond the food bank!
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‘Free Food Places’: Looking Beyond the Food Bank to Better Understand Alternative Models of Food Aid - Kate Haddow, 2025
In the last decade, there has been a vast increase in research into the rise of food aid, particularly food banks, in wealthier countries. However, what has bee...
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Huge scale of carnage in UK Higher Education revealed
96 Universities are announcing redundancies in 2024-25
Not all give numbers. Average of those who do is 245
245 x 96 is 23520 job losses
This doesn't include fixed term positions not renewed
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96 Universities are announcing redundancies in 2024-25
Not all give numbers. Average of those who do is 245
245 x 96 is 23520 job losses
This doesn't include fixed term positions not renewed
@qmucu.bsky.social @gsoh31.bsky.social
