Anna R L Carter @annarlcarter.bsky.social β¨ Research Fellow at Northumbria University, Newcastle working on the Re:Play Project exploring Playful Learning in HE.
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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social Educator
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Anywhere near Books, Music and Films
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East Durham College @edc.ac.uk Helping you create your outstanding future! EDC is a further education college in County Durham, offering a wide variety of courses for school leavers and adult learners.
Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology (Routledge) @joaesth-phenom.bsky.social Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology aims to encourage and promote research in aesthetics that draws inspiration from the phenomenological tradition as broadly understood
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SiΓ’n Etherington @sianether.bsky.social Senior academic developer, mum, owned by 3 cats
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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social Welcome to the library. We're here to connect with the academic community at York, and beyond. Tips, updates, dialogue and scholarly comms.
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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social director @CREMS-York.bsky.social ~ advocacy & public engagement @royalhistsoc.org ~ writing on early modern religion & culture: music, language, sound, travel, women ~ reviews editor: sonancejournal.com ~ views mine ~ www.york.ac.uk/history/people/murphy/
Arts and Humanities Alliance @artsandhums.bsky.social AHA is an association of learned societies working together to promote the Arts & Humanities in higher education. Posts by @emmacayley.bsky.social and @TheaPitman.bsky.social Find us at: http://artsandhumanitiesalliance.org
John Dermo @jdermo.bsky.social Academic Developer, Hebden Bridge and University of Salford.
Interests: Authentic and Inclusive Assessment and Feedback, Professional Development and Recognition, Quality Enhancement.
Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social Professor of medieval studies. Leverhulme major research fellow. Norman history and landscapes. Occasional gardening, knitting, cricket and Anglicanism https://normanlandscapes.wordpress.com/ πβ±οΈπ
Alex Reid @alexanderreid.bsky.social Senior Lecturer (T&S) in the Dept. of Psychology at the University of York, UK. Passionate about improving access to education and fostering critical thinking skills. Views are my own π§ π
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Frances Jones @francesjones.bsky.social Reporter at Times Higher Education.
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Prof. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social Professor in Psychology of Learning, University of Leeds, UK. Imminently PVC learning and teaching, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA. Welsh learner, #psychology #HE #assessment. She/her/hi. SFHEA. NTF. Opinions my own, reposts are not endorsements
Harriet Swain @harrietswain.bsky.social Journalist writing about higher education
Association of Heads of University Administration (AHUA) @ahuauk.bsky.social The representative body for senior university managers in the UK and Ireland.
Steve Richards @steverichards.bsky.social Political writer, broadcaster, podcaster and host of Rock N Roll Politics live shows. Latest book-Turning Points in Modern Britain
Vikki Goddard @vikkigoddard.bsky.social Higher Education professional, Chief Academic Services Officer at University of York. Usually found talking about #HE #NFFC #Manchester #politics #music #food
General ranter.
Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social Political philosophy and theory, migration, refugees, Rousseau, photography, French literature, Crooked Timber, books, Bristol ... Wrote "Do States Have the Right to Exclude Immigrants" (Wiley/Polity, 2018). Pensioner.
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Prof Amanda ML Taylor-Beswick @amltaylor66.bsky.social Professor of Digital and Social Science. Working at various sociotechnical intersections.
Also on LinkedIn
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QAA @qaa.ac.uk The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) is the UK's expert quality body for tertiary education.
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Liz Cable π² πΎ π UKGE @lizcable.bsky.social Game-based learning & community-building
Educator, Author, Experience Designer
ARGs, LARPs, Escape Games
Convener of #GamesInEdu26 at #UKGamesExpo
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Start here: https://bit.ly/GamesinEdu
Suzanne Hardy @suzannehardy.bsky.social Senior Consultant, Jisc. She/her.
Needle crafts, soup making. Cat cohabiter. Shifting stuff.
Professor Sue Black OBE @drblack.bsky.social Professor of Computer Science and Tech Evangelist at Durham University; International Keynote Speaker; #womenintech, #100moments tech #podcast host and so much more⦠https://linktr.ee/drsueblack
Simon Kerridge @simonkerridge.bsky.social Research Consultant
Professor Anna Vignoles @annavignoles.bsky.social Director of the Leverhulme Trust and Fellow of British Academy. Formerly Professor of Education. All views are my own and retweets do not suggest endorsement.
DORA @dorassessment.bsky.social San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment. Advancing practical and robust approaches to research and researcher assessment globally and across all scholarly disciplines. Sign the Declaration at https://sfdora.org/sign and join the movement.
Helen Turner @helenturnermi.bsky.social Championing the research and innovation strengths of the Midlands as Director of Midlands Innovation - a collaboration between eight universities (Aston, Birmingham, Cranfield, Keele, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham & Warwick).
Alice Wilby @aewilby.bsky.social Pro Vice-Chancellor @uninorthampton.bsky.social, PhD student in social sciences. Interested in education policy, tertiary education, pedagogy, widening participation and cats.
Higher Education Research and Development @herdjournal.bsky.social International peer reviewed journal of the Higher Education Research & Development Society of Australasia. Published by @TandFResearch.bsky.social.
#HigherEducation #SoTL #Universities
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cher20
Perspectives Journal @perspectiveshe.bsky.social We're a journal dedicated to Policy and Practice in Higher Education you can find our latest issue here https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tpsp20/current
Univ of Manchester UCU @umucu.bsky.social
Research Ireland @researchireland.ie Irelandβs new competitive research and innovation funding agency
Helen Wright @stochaj.bsky.social Impact geek. North Notts lass. All views my own.
John F. Cryan @jfcryan.bsky.social VP Research & Innovation, University College Cork @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social |PI @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social |Prof Dept. Anatomy & Neuroscience |MRIA @ria.ie|
Stress, Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis, Brain-Body Interactions, Research Policy
Virtual Classroom @almacollege.online The Virtual Classroom β Where the Future Happens!
Bioscience πΉ Biotechnology πΉ Artificial Intelligence πΉ almacollege.online πΉ
Kieran Balloo @kieranballoo.bsky.social PhD | SFHEA | HigherEd Academic/Researcher: Feedback; SoTL; Student Mental Health; Student Equity, Inclusion & Transitions | π¬π§ in π¦πΊ | Views my own
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Alastair Thomson @alastairthomson.bsky.social Accounting, dad jokes, and obscure musical references. Not necessarily in that order ...
Mark Dabee Saltmarsh @dt-technician.bsky.social Technician Demonstrator - Cardiff Metropolitan University - BA PGCE MIScT - Technician Commitment Lead - UKITSS Council Member - THE Outstanding Technician of the year nominee 2024
Campaign for UCU Democracy @ucudemocracy.bsky.social A loose collective of UCU members who wish to see the unionβs democratic structures become more representative of the views of ordinary members.
kri burkander @kri-burkander.bsky.social Qualitative postsecondary and OST researcher at Research for Action. Amplifying the words and experiences of those systematically marginalized by education systems to promote equitable outcomes.
Do justice. Love mercy. Walk humbly.
Go Birds.
Dr Abdul Jabbar @ajhud.bsky.social University Academic Data Analytics, Dean of Internationalisation, avid walker and loves running in the rain. Opinions my own.
Declan John @declanjohn.bsky.social Care about HE politics. Conscript in the Culture Wars. Fan of the Socratic method. Mackem and Corcaigh rebel. Opinions my own. 27. Go Tobann
Tony Gallagher @tgeducation.bsky.social Professor Emeritus, Queenβs University Belfast. Interested in the role of education in divided societies, the civic role of higher education and AC Milan.
Dr Bohdana Kurylo @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social Ukrainian academic in the UK | LSE Fellow in Qualitative Methodology | PhD from UCL SSEES | Research: security, critical IR & post-Soviet politics: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/People/Academic-Staff/Bohdana-Kurylo/Bohdana-Kurylo
Dr. Jill McSweeney (she/her) @jillmcsweeney.bsky.social Assistant Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning; assistant Professor, Wellness & Education | Elon University
ED, FacDev, SoTL, HigherEd, dog mom, game enthusiast, reader of terrible fiction, π¨π¦
Dr Sadia Habib @sadiahabib.bsky.social Senior Lecturer - University of Manchester. Also based at Manchester Museum & Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity. Co-founder of The Riz Test.
#education #museums #cats
Own views
Martin McQuillan @mgmcquillan.bsky.social Blue Skyβs first media baron | senior entertainment correspondent at Research Professional News | The Lonely Arts Club podcast | Director of the Institute for Creative Enterprise, Edge Hill University | Twenty-One Media
Dr Matthew J. Williamson @drgrobby.bsky.social Head of Learning and Teaching, Istituto Marangoni London. EdDev, all things L&T and EDI in HE, student learning development, librarian redux.
Outside work - choir, parkrun, dog, cat, breadmaking, Dr Who
Pooftah, neurospicy, disabled
Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo.bsky.social Director of Education at No More Marking, an ed tech start-up. Author of 3 books about education & 1 about football. West Ham & cricket fan.
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Terry Charlton @tegs1979.bsky.social 60% water
Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social I listen to stories and I think about them. Head of Research Culture & Researcher Development, Co-Director of Lab for Academic Culture. PFHEA. National Teaching Fellow. UCU
π Papers here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ris/staff/kayguccione/#publications
Dr Joanne Caldwell @drjoannecaldwell.bsky.social HE Professional, HE Researcher, Joint Editor @perspectiveshe@bsky.social
Dr Andrew S. Roe-Crines π³οΈβπ @andrewcrines.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Communication | PhD Pol. Sci. | MA Acad. Prac. | Award-winning book author & editor, peer review articles, & media comments.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/staff/andrew-crines/
Liverpool | Yorkshire | United Kingdom
Nora Leopardi (she/they) @noraleopardi.bsky.social Health Professions Education for 21st century learners. Shaping tomorrow's healthcare professionals for the next generation of patients and communities. MD, PhD, #MedEd & #HPE | Millennial, teacher, scientist, learner, crafter, reader, board-gamer.
OxfordDPAG @oxforddpag.bsky.social Oxford University Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
ForThe100 @forthe100.bsky.social Campaigning ForThe100 ~ Higher education providers owe a duty of care to their students. Itβs that simple. We want students safety to be a legal must. π
π https://www.forthe100.org.uk/
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Noel McDaid @Jisc @noel-jisc.bsky.social Higher Education Senior Relationship Manager at Jisc with 24+ years of sector technology experience.
esme hornbeam @esmehornbeam.bsky.social Researcher, sculptor, SE England. Brexit was a fraud! Itβs nice to be nice .. in fact itβs a science!
Ffi Evans SFHEA @ffievans.bsky.social Reader in Social Work Education, Lead Innovation Scholar for Belonging in Higher Education, relational practice/ pedagogy, digital inclusion, youth work, childrenβs and young peopleβs participation. Social worker. Manchester UK
Adam Waddingham @adamwaddingham.bsky.social Chief of Staff, Office of the Independent Adjudicator for HE. Politics, writing, running, beer.
Ed @edmarsh.bsky.social Friend 1, boss 2β¦ probably entertainer 3rd
Hope this place is better than that other oneβ¦
Chief exec of a charity by day, frustrated sports fan by nightβ¦ all views my own etc etcβ¦
Katrina McChesney @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social Researcher of inclusive higher education | Co-Editor of Studies in Graduate & Postdoctoral Education | Lover of coffee β, Christmas lights β¨ and all things pink πΈ
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3991-6265
https://profiles.waikato.ac.nz/Katrina.McChesney
Tom Siviter-Foy @tomfoy.bsky.social Director of Membership Services at Brighton Studentsβ Union. Big on Higher Education, HE policy, and the occasional Brentford FC heartbreak.
Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.
Liam Sutton @liamrsutton.bsky.social Pracademically inclined, professionally interested in UK #HigherEd as a force for real world betterment, personally in all sorts.
#Bradford #Leeds #Yorkshire
#ThereIsNoWealthButLife
Sara Marsham @sara-marine.bsky.social Dean of Education, Reader in Bioscience Education, SFHEA. Higher education, algae, marine ecology, football, speedway, diving, travelling, cycling, dogs.
From Hull. Living in Newcastle.
Paul Johnson @pesch909.bsky.social Professor of Theatre and Performance, Academic quality and standards, Chair of Shropshire Cultural Compact
Maxine OβBrien @maxineobrien75.bsky.social Nurse (RMN), Senior Lecturer MH @wlv_uni , ACP,NMP, FHEA.Wife, Mother. #Phd Doctoral student. Lover of classic hair metal ! All views my own
Phil Griffiths @philgriffiths.uk A very outdoorsy geek who's interested in pretty much everything.
Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social πΉοΈmetascience - philosophy of science - social psychology - higher education
πΉοΈProfessor at Durham University, UK. He/him.
πΉοΈWebsite: https://sites.google.com/site/markrubinsocialpsychresearch/
πΉοΈSubstack: https://markrubin.substack.com/
Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social English Language & Literature. Quondam Prof. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. ππ―π π₯ππ¦π ππ«π€π©π¦π°π₯. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
Martin Smith @mrtnsmth.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in creative writing and digital media in the UK. Researching scriptwriting for games and immersive media, leading on Digitally Enhanced Education, writing poems and making zines.
http://martinsmith.substack.com
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
@larmon.bsky.social @larmon.bsky.social
@philrace.bsky.social @philrace.bsky.social Interests include education, AI, classical music and science.
Phoebe Walker-Sharpe @pkwalkersharpe.bsky.social PhD researcher looking at information & language processing in Autism Spectrum Condition
Lecturer in Educational Psychology at the University of Manchester
Autistic | Cumbrian | fan of megalodons
Rachael Firth @rachaelfirth.bsky.social Mother, wife, lapsed triathlete.
Chief Operating Officer at taso.org.uk
Cares a lot about social justice
Rose Stephenson @rstephenson123.bsky.social Director of Policy at the Higher Education Policy Institute. Foodie, adventurer, mother of two. Proudly Yorkshire. Views my own.
Julian Gravatt @juliangravatt.bsky.social Work: Deputy chief exec, Association of Colleges. Interests: education systems, public money, local politics and why people do the things they do
Helen O'Sullivan @osullih.bsky.social Chief Academic Officer at QAHE. Posting mostly about UK HE policy, digital education and wildlife. Needless to say - all views my own.
Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Founded MoneySavingExpert, @moneyandmentalhealth.org, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
Dr Charlotte Verney @charlotteverney.bsky.social HE professional, HE Researcher, Joint Editor of @perspectiveshe.bsky.social, Head of Assessment at University of Bristol, EdD from University of Nottingham
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotteverney/
Richard Eyre @rreyre.bsky.social Thoughts on education, policy, politics and other unrelated stuff. Left-of-centrist dad. All views my own.
Richard Hall @hallymk1.bsky.social Works as a Professor of Education and Technology at DMU Leicester. Independent visitor. Primary PRU governor. #walsallfc #Foxesπ¦ #freepalestine The Dissolution of the Universities https://tinyurl.com/ykwvr2ba
Mike Ratcliffe @mike-rat.bsky.social Student and university administrator
https://moremeansbetter.wordpress.com
LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social A collaborative project to discuss learning & teaching in HE with the wider community via tweetchats, first #lthechat 29.10.14, Wed 8-9pm UK time, join us!
Prof Ken Sloan @kensloan.bsky.social VC of Harper Adams University
Andy Youell @andyyouell.com Higher education - data, systems and regulation | LFC | Eclectic musical adventures | Red wine | Saab | www.andyyouell.com
Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social Irishman between Yorkshire and Addis Ababa. Historian of language, education, migration at the University of Leeds. Editor of Renaissance Studies. Occasional BBC radio presenter. Currently learning Amharic/α ααα α₯α¨α°ααα© αα. Dad!