Lawrie

@lawriephipps.co.uk

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Professor of Digital Leadership, and Digital Education. Veteran, Remain, he/him, #RefugeesWelcome #BlackLivesMatter The Elves did not go too far. https://lawriephipps.co.uk/

A bridge in Porto crossing the river Douro
Me holding a big plastic hammer
Two Portuguese trains in a station
a 3d model of 3 circles with groves in them
A screen shot of text that reads: I’ve written 800–900 LinkedIn posts using ChatGPT since May 2025. Which also means I’ve spent an unhealthy amount of time in front of a screen. So recently, I switched to using ChatGPT voice mode while going for walks instead of typing prompts. And honestly, I underestimated how good it is. I now brainstorm ideas, refine posts, think through business problems, and dump random thoughts while walking. Without trying too hard, it quietly added 1 to 1.5 hours of movement into my day.
A pot of baked beans on a plate with toast and butter
A linked in post showing how the author created an image set in the past at a specific location. In this case the model as created a very westernised “Messiah” during the crucifixion.
A grumpy cat looking directly into camera
Snowy street
An advent calendar showing a man falling from the tower at Nakatomi plaza.
Hungarian Houses of Parliament
Boat on a river at night
A bridge at night - Liberty Bridge
Journal paper reporting on VLE's and if we would see the end of them, the paper reflects on will they have to evolve or become extinct in the light of technology developments and student expectations. It reports on an online symposium organised by Jisc in 2008.
A network diagram of social media posts and a list of hash tags
Actors on an outdoor stage
A crowd of people in front of a stage
Image of the band cutting crew on stage at Brit Fest
screenshot of an email from Academia.edu saying that an AI wrote a review of my paper
Two people having beers outside in the sun, at a pub called The Euston Tap
A string of LED dinosaur “fairy lights”
Canal boat going under a motorway system
Advertising chocolate veal from the Black Country Living Museum - no it’s not a thing Veal was the name of the shop owner
A canal boat going though locks
A canal boat in an urban area
Two mannequins dressed in pink, one is riding a fairground horse
A canal boat going through a lock
An angry vice chancellor saying "on my desk", "in an A4 folder", "by the end of the day!"
A promotional video for the fictional university of Banford, with a logo and a vice chancellor standing in front of a field of cows and an old building.
Poster explaining how people can show up and support and trans and gender diverse people. for example using correct pro nouns, speaking out against transphobia, amplifying voices and campaigns, and listening and learning from the Trans+ community
3 eggs, one white, one blue, one brown
three chickens by a feeder. Speckaldy Breed and Two Cream Leghorn Breed
A chicken, looking shifty. Exchequer Leghorn Breed
A short video of chickens in the sunshine
a two panel cartoon - the first panel is a hand hovering over two buttons. The buttons read "help people" and "buy edtech". The second panel is a man mopping sweat from his brow and looking really worried. implying he does not which button to push.
A cartoon of Superman and Lois Lane, Lois is at a keyboard holding her head in distress. Lois is saying "you keep saying Teams and Moodle like it's a real solution!" Superman standing behind her and is resting his hands on her shoulders. He is saying "But Lois I'm an EdTech Hero, I have a cape and everything. would it help if I said pedagogy every so often"
A cartoon of of Batman and Robin. Robin is saying "The EdTech Vendor said it was a solution for teaching during Covid19" Batman is slapping him and saying "you don't deserve your edtech cape"
A girls stands in front of a black board listing lots of differences
3 old white academics in front of a PowerPoint slide with a University of Banford logo and a female academic
Delegates in a workshop
A 19th century university quad, the grass is well manicured, the buildings are sandstone and ornate.
An industrial unit with a sign saying “Sauce Brewing Co.”
Dinosaur (possibly apatosaurus) shaped biscuit
A section of a pottery bowl with ammonites and trilobites added to the rim
Three pieces of wet pottery drying out on my work station. One is a round large bowl, one is a large octagonal (wonky) bowl, one is a spoon rest.
A stoneware paperweight, with a Dudley Bug Trilobite (Calymene blumenbachii)
Desi Breakfast Masala Omelette, Masala Beans and Paratha
A seascape in the sun, including a beach and cocktail bars.
A snowy Christmas scene of rural houses, with the text “may your holidays be with family & friends”. In the background towering over the scene is Godzilla holding a gift wrapped box.
A video shot at night of a Tractor procession, each tractor is decked out in Christmas lights and decorations.
A row of airplane seats with no window
Self portrait with a cat staring at a computer screen
A theatre set made up of wooden planked walls and decks, with simple wooden tables and chairs
A photo of a foggy moor. There is a stone wall a few metres in, most everything else is obscured by fog.
A depressing hotel corridor, with a robot vacuum scurrying off around a corner
Oval shaped bowl with imprinted starlings
Three odd shaped freshly thrown clay pots aka Baerytes
A row of Scottish houses painted different bright colours