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/
Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social This is the bot for TrumpActionTracker.info - a website that documents the actions, statements, and plans of President Trump and his administration that echo those of authoritarian regimes.
This bot automatically posts the latest actions.
Marc Spooner @drmarcspooner.bsky.social Professor, Fac of Ed, University of Regina. Social/ political commentator. Say no to irresponsible austerity! opinions are yours
The Productivity Institute @productivity.bsky.social ESRC-funded research organisation bringing together world-leading experts from a range of disciplines and backgrounds. Headquarters at Alliance Manchester Business School.
Stefan Pedersen @stefanpedersen.bsky.social Interested in planetary politics and planetary political theory. Honorary Research Fellow, School of Global Studies, Sussex. Co-lead, Planetary Justice Taskforce (Earth System Governance Project).
Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social Museum Curator and Professor of Contemporary Archaeology, Oxford University • Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford • Tutor Art/Anthropology • https://linktr.ee/danhicks
Jonathan Clarke @jrlclarke.bsky.social Associate Professor in Global Sustainable Development. Interested in cities, energy, water and housing. Methods around resilience, representation and co-creation. 
Nick Clanchy @nickclanchy.bsky.social Departmental Lecturer in Ethics and Feminist Philosophy @ University of Oxford | Associate Editor @ Hypatia | www.nickclanchy.com | boxd.it/TfcR | 🏳️🌈🌱 | they/them
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social Political Ecologist, interested in IWT, conservation politics and animals. Professor at Sheffield University.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/people/academic-staff/rosaleen-duffy
Tim McLellan @timmclellan.bsky.social Lecturer in Anthropology at ANU.
Researching urban nature-based solutions, agroforestry science, audit cultures, and Nous UniForum data (themes that are more interconnected than you’d think…).
https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/tim-mclellan
Camilla Priede @camillapriede.bsky.social Senior University Teacher. Lifelong Learning Sheffield. e-bike convert, tuba playing. views-own etc.
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
Chris Parr @chrisjparr.bsky.social Award-winning education journalist. Senior editor, Research Professional News. Formerly Times Higher Education.
Non-award-winning musician. 
Joseph M. Forte, Ph.D. @drjmf.bsky.social Philosophy professor, author, editor, based in southern Maine, teaching in Boston, rooting for NYC teams (bc I grew up in the Bronx)
Website: https://www.josephmfortephd.com/
David A. Richards @davidrichardsed.bsky.social Postsecondary Education Statistics.
Formerly: UNCF. NCES. Agora. QEM Network.
Currently: ED FSA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidrichardsed/
Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social Global Expression, FIRE. Book: Authoritarians in the Academy, @hopkinspress.bsky.social (August 2025). https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53835/authoritarians-academy
Signal: sarahemclaugh.01. Go birds.
Department of Education, University of Oxford @education.ox.ac.uk World-class education research. Rigorous academic programmes. Unrivalled teacher training.
Latest updates from the Department of Education, @ox.ac.uk
Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social Teaching labour politics in Treaty 6 territory, the Paris of the Prairies. Co-Editor of Labour/Le Travail. Terrible guitarist. Even worse Pianist. Proud father of twins. Blue Jays nut. Fair weather runner. Opinions are my own.
Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social MIT-trained economist & Harvard prof | 1st-gen college grad | Education, inequality | Shitposts in a Boston accent | 1st career: union organizer
NYT Columns
https://www.nytimes.com/by/susan-dynarski
https://linktr.ee/susan.dynarski
www.susandynarski.com
Masud Husain @masudhusain.bsky.social Professor of Neurology & Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Oxford, and Professorial Fellow, New College, Oxford. Editor-in-Chief, Brain
Students and Politics @studentspolitics.bsky.social ESRC-funded research project (2025-28) answering the question: Does higher education politicise today's students?
Run by @rachelbrooks.bsky.social, @rilleraaper.bsky.social & Tom Fryer
Project website: https://tinyurl.com/StudentsPolitics
John Morgan @johnmorgan3.bsky.social Editor (acting), @resprofnews.bsky.social- A AnneMarie Graham @amgraham.bsky.social Chief Executive at UKCISA
Chair of Trustees at Ouseburn Trust
Tom Williams @twilliamsthe.bsky.social News editor, Times Higher Education
Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com Education policy analyst. Host of 'Inside Your Ed' podcast (www.insideyoured.com). Former teacher, think tank director and government advisor. Follow my work here: https://linktr.ee/tomrichmond
QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social Local University & College Union branch at Queen Mary University of London. || Account checked only part-time; allow time for responses or reach us via email. https://qmucu.org/
Juliette Rowsell @julietterowsell.bsky.social Reporter at @timeshighered.bsky.social covering employment issues, pensions and job cuts ✍️ juliette.rowsell@timeshighereducation.com ✉️ Also available on Telegram 📞
Dr Eleanor Hopkins @drejhopkins.bsky.social Deputy Head of Policy (Research) at The British Academy. Interested in all things research, development and innovation. C19th infrastructures nerd (former and forever). She/her. All views my own.
Peter Thompson @peterthompson78.bsky.social Strategic research analyst | Higher Ed | Internationalisation | Mobility | Global Political Economy
Julie Cruse @academicabuse.com 📣 The Whistleblower: juliecruse.com
📚 The Story: goodreads.com/juliecruse
🛍️ The Shop: https://a.co/d/0htxv3RT
🥞 The Stack: substack.com/@juliecruse
📊 The Data: academicabuse.com/data
🌐 The Hub: academicabuse.com
🎙️ The Verdict: podcast.academicabuse.com
Chris Hale @chrisghale.bsky.social Posting in a personal capacity mostly on higher education & occasionally on cycling and Southampton FC. Brit and former Lewisham resident currently living in the wonderful Aotearoa New Zealand.
Ruth Arnold @rutharnold1.bsky.social Public Affairs, Intl Education & Charities
Outstanding Contribution PIEoneerAwards 2020
#WeAreInternational cofounder
Poetry and ideas. Own opinions, open to revision.
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
Send us tips: propublica.org/tips
Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference @socmedhe.bsky.social #SocMedHE25 will take place 16th December 2025 at Lancaster University!
http://socmedhe25.wordpress.com/
Altmetric @altmetric.com We measure the attention that research outputs receive from policy documents, mainstream news outlets, Wikipedia, social media and online reference managers. We detect sentiment of Bluesky/X posts.
Come for the attention to research. Stay for the memes.
Miranda Prynne @mirandaprynne.bsky.social Editor of Campus, professional advice on all things higher ed from @timeshighered.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus
Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social Global HE news, data, insights and events
Vicky Lewis @drvickylewis.bsky.social Independent consultant working with higher education institutions on international strategy development and implementation planning
http://linkedin.com/in/drvickylewis
www.vickylewisconsulting.co.uk
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
Andy Westwood @andywestwood.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy at University of Manchester. Soon to be Birmingham.
Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social Mild-mannered lecturer by day…mild-mannered lecturer by night. Welsh lit, politicians’ fictions. Fencer, cyclist, UCU. Dysgwr Cymraeg; tá gaeilge agam. Barnau fy hun.
Read books; join unions; block cookies.
University of Mordor.
Jennie @unabridgedopinions.com Student success w/ a HigherEd perspective. Associate Director T&L & Student Success at UoM Library & Academic Lead for Student Success. Constantly tilting at windmills. Often seen reading, riding & running about. NTF/CATE/PFHEA, data and pedagogy obsessed
Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social 
@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social Associate Professor L&T Sheffield Hallam Uni | National Teaching Fellow | PFHEA | CMBE | SFSEDA | Visiting Professor Arden Uni | #TEDxSpeaker @lthechat.bsky.social #LTHEchat @socmedhe.bsky.social LinkedIn.com/in/Suebeckingham socialmediaforlearning.com
Prof Debby Cotton @profdcotton.bsky.social Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange at Plymouth Marjon University, UK. Interested in all things HE. Sustainability education and behaviour change researcher. Accidental AI expert. NTF.
Carlos Azevedo @carlosazevedo.bsky.social Higher education, social justice, and some other stuff.
Dr Karen Smith🪴🕷🦇🐇🐈 💚🇮🇪🎶🎭📽️🎞💙😷💉🕯️🦋🌻 @karenapsmith.bsky.social Taught HE for over 25 years, Art School Dep Head/Film/Media scholar/programmer/cinemas/cult/horror/ gothic/folk horror/music/clubs/neighbourhoods/audiences/gentrification/Scala Cinema
UCL+KCL
Lived opposite Grenfell Tower over 20 years 💚 W10 to WKen London
Pat Thomson @patthomson.bsky.social Academic, educator, silversmith. Researching arts ed, school change, leaders work. Patter academic writing blog - Patthomson.net. Semi-retired. Working part-time @ U Nottingham & U South Australia. #FAcSS
Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social UK independent scholar. Critical University Studies. Fascinated by US politics. Tweets mostly about Higher Ed issues. Open Water swimmer. Blog https://academicirregularities.wordpress.com/
Duncan Exley @duncanexley.bsky.social Not-for-profits struggle to recruit & get the most out of people from non-middle class backgrounds. I can help: Analysis-&-recommendation &/or training.
Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social Social / cultural / political / media analysis
Prof @Goldsmiths @MediaComGold.bsky.social
📕📗: Left Feminisms, Care Manifesto, Against Meritocracy, Politics of Heritage
#firstgen
All views socially & culturally constructed.
Prof Janet Lord FCCT PFHEA @profjanetlord.bsky.social Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor; Professor of Digital Education at Manchester Metropolitan University. ‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’ 
Jenna Mittelmeier @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in International Education at the University of Manchester. Research focuses on international students and international higher education. “Research with International Students” book out now! www.researchintlstudents.com
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
Sam Aston she/her @manclibrarian.bsky.social Lecturer in ed tech learning in Public Health CeLP SFHEA Mum. Former Librarian/Learning Developer. Programme manager for LILAC conf. Reads, hikes and occasionally knits. Loves Cornwall and the Lakes.
Dr Kate Carruthers Thomas @drkcarrutherst.bsky.social Interdisciplinary academic, podcaster, 'A Feminist Family History in Eight Lives' https://open.spotify.com/show/3wQk4knM8L8P8FSZ52FJqg Into creative research dissemination and supporting academic writing. www.thinkthreeways.com- R Richard Procter @rp311.bsky.social Education | Technology | Outdoor Education
Vicki Trowler 🇿🇦 🇵🇸 🏴☠️ 🌍 @vicki-t.bsky.social Curiouser and curiouser.
Apparently "disgruntled hard leftist" and "fairly unpleasant hard-line Free Palestine activist".
Rita Hordósy @rhordosy.bsky.social Sociologist | Higher education | Research/teaching nexus | HE transitions and widening access | International comparative education | Associate Professor at UONottingham | Sheffield-based | Views my own https://www.rhordosy.com/
Fadia Dakka @fadiadk.bsky.social Rhythm scholar | Associate Professor in Philosophy and Theory of HE | Editorial board Time&Society, Ethics and Education, Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education, Critical Studies in Education | TRC Lab Sunkhronos
Birmingham and other places.
Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.bsky.social Alternative account; it will be experimenting and evolving. Please, see pinned post and main account @katherinestiles.org · If on 𝕏, see 𓅪 https://x.com/_K_Stiles
🌐 katherinestiles.org
Johnny Rich @johnnyrich.com Director, ResearchPlus
CEO, PushTalks | Author (The Human Script and other works) | Speaker | #HigherEd Specialist
Personal account - any views are all my own fault.
Web: johnnyrich.com
The Tattooed Professor @schwessinger.bsky.social Professor at the Australian National University. Biosecurity, fungal and plant genomics, evolution, and biochemistry. Dad. Swimming, reading, nature.
Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com Univ. of Manchester Prof of Synoptic Meteorology, educator, scientist
Author: Eloquent Science: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker, and Atmospheric Scientist
Free online climate course: "Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes"
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Historian of technology, occasional dad jokes.
www.marhicks.com
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
Prof Lydia Arnold @lydiaarnold.bsky.social Professor. Learning and Teaching.
Pragmatist. Assessment, Action Research, SoTL. Leadership, AI, Technology, EdTech. ADHD. National Teaching Fellow. Kindness matters.
Blogger: LydiaArnold.net 🐶🎧🥾
Prof Damien Page @profdamienpage.bsky.social Vice Chancellor at Buckinghamshire New University and Professor of Education #academicsky
Dr Kate Richardson @theedukater.bsky.social Higher Education teaching, SOTL/PedR. Interested in practitioner research, assessment, mentoring and coaching. Fuelled by Yorkshire tea. 
Dr Mary Jacob L&T @maryjacob.bsky.social Passionate about pedagogy
Aberystwyth University L&T Enhancement Unit
PGCTHE Coordinator, Lecturer in L&T
https://wordpress.aber.ac.uk/e-learning/category/weekly-resource-roundup/
Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social Educational Developer at the University of Liverpool (@livunicie.bsky.social): assessment and feedback, academic integrity, curriculum design, and (sceptical thoughts on) Generative AI. PhD: English, LJMU (2018) C19 crime fiction. SFHEA. He/him.
Samantha Pugh @samlp.bsky.social Prof of STEM Higher Ed, AI, and alumnus @ University of Leeds.
Mum of 3 adults. Wife of 26 years. Crazy Cat Lady! (she/her)
Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social Fragments at the edge of educational, cultural, political chaos.
HE Consultant. Visiting Professor. PFHEA. Strategic thinker. Assessment radical. Creativity expert. Learning Outcomes heretic. Narrowboat owner. Blog: stumblingwithconfidence.com
Jo FletcherSaxon 🎙️ 👩🏻🎓 🐑 📚 💄 💻 @jofletchersaxon.bsky.social Assistant Principal FE,HE,Adult Ed, #TeacherEducation | #PhD teacher-research #furthereducation | Co-host FE Research #Podcast | Ed. Learning & Skills Research Network | Jisc Community Champion | BERA Teacher Network | https://linktr.ee/JoFletcherSaxon
Peter Goodyear @petergoodyear.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Sydney. Writes mostly about: learning, teaching & research in universities; educational technology; learning spaces; professional education, networked learning; educational design.
https://petergoodyear.net 
Gabriel Cavalli @gabrielcavallip.bsky.social Professor of Science and Engineering Education. Director of LITE (Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence, https://teachingexcellence.leeds.ac.uk ). Views my own (blah blah). 
@philrace.bsky.social @philrace.bsky.social Interests include education, AI, classical music and science. 
Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social Researching data, tech, futures, and biological sciences in education | Senior Lecturer and co-director at the Centre for Research in Digital Education | University of Edinburgh | Editor of Learning, Media and Technology @lmt-journal.bsky.social
Heather Cockayne @hcockayne.bsky.social Lecturer in Education @UoM | Inclusive international higher education
Kathryn Telling @kathryn-telling.bsky.social Lecturer in Education at the University of Manchester. Higher education, elitism and moral sociology.
Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social Professor at LSE Sociology, Co-Editor British Journal of Sociology. Research: class, culture, elites, social mobility. Books: Born to Rule, The Class Ceiling, Comedy and Distinction
Neil Selwyn @neilselwyn.bsky.social digital media + education | Monash University | research interests: automation, AI, tech bans, public interest ed-tech | host of 'Education Technology Society' podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1301377
Amanda McKay @chalkhands.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Education at Griffith University. Researching education policy & school leaders’ work and lives. 
Kate Lister @katemarburg.bsky.social Professor of Education | Director of EDI at Arden University | Visiting prof at the Open University | Expert associate at Advance HE | EDI, accessibility, mental wellbeing & inclusion, online and distance education | PFHEA | Views my own
Alex Hensby @alexhensby.bsky.social Sociologist at University of Kent.
Pete Evans @eksplor.bsky.social Lecturer in digital education | higher education strategy & policy | This is all me and not my employer
Ebba Brooks @ebbabrooks.bsky.social Peer Assisted Learning manager at University of Salford. Interested in learning development and research informed pedagogy. Also books, environment, gardening, politics, jokes, The Archers. A lot of The Archers. She/her
Ying Yang @yingyang0216.bsky.social Post-doctoral Fellow @CHELPS_EDUHK, Honorary Research Fellow @MIE_University of Manchester| Interested in education agents, access to international higher education, educational inequality & longitudinal qualitative research methods
Louise Folkes @louisemfolkes.bsky.social Sociologist working in HE policy, first gen academic. Social mobility, HE & class inequalities, poverty, community & place-making, qual approaches ✨Views my own
Dr Nick Turnbull @nicktur.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Policy and Politics, University of Manchester. Research: public policy, rhetoric, human trafficking policy, higher education politics. Assoc. ed: International Review of Public Policy https://journals.openedition.org/irpp/
Sherrill Stroschein @sherrillstroschein.bsky.social Political Science and other things.
Reposts are for information and do not mean agreement.
Aimie Brennan @aimiebrennan.bsky.social Dean of Education at Marino Institute of Education (www.mie.ie) | 🇮🇪 Teacher Educator #ITE #EducationalResearch #EdPolicy | Sociologist | Founder of STER (www.ster.ie) | Views = Own #SpéirGhorm
Victoria Livingstone @victoriajane.bsky.social Writer | Mother | Immigrant | Managing Editor @mlnjournal.bsky.social | PhD Hispanic Lit | Fulbright (Brazil) | Bylines WaPo, Time, Guernica, etc. (she/her)
Book forthcoming w Bloomsbury Academic
Human Generated: https://victorialivingstone.substack.com/
Ewan McGaughey @ewanmg.bsky.social 🎓Law Professor @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, CBR, Cambridge + @granthamlse.bsky.social
🌹Labour law, enterprise law, pensions, corporations, human rights
🌍Cares about stopping inequality, climate damage + war
🕸️ https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ewan-mcgaughey
Charles Knight @charlesknight.co.uk HE Consultant and loudmouth. Legally, Chuck Knight in the APAC region.
Kim Bullington, Ph.D. @kimbullington.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Higher Education. TriSigma alumna 💜☠️⛵️Co-Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education Politics & Economics. Hair metal aficionado. I like skulls. No DMs unless I know you or have cited you.
ORCID: 0000-0003-4653-3008
Lisa M Given, FASSA, FASIS&T @lisagiven.bsky.social Prof, Information Sciences & Dir, Centre for Human-AI Information Environments (CHAI) & Dir, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform @RMIT | cats | metal | qualitative | Ed. Annual Review of Info Science & Technology https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1840-6175