Alicia Owen

1000 days 😁😬

We get a few finches, starlings, tits, sparrows, dunnocks and the occasional woodpecker. Quite a few pigeons and jackdaws too. Got excited seeing blackcaps and redwings recently. 😀

Glad it's not just me. 😁

Screenshot from Merlin app showing bird of the day - European Greenfinch

Waiting for the train and spotted my Bird of the day 😁

Gary 'Mani' Mounfield of Stone Roses dead at 63 - latest tributes The musician rose to fame with the Stone Roses in the 1980s

Aw, gutted. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

The word Welcome in large letters at All Saints Park

Love being based next to All Saints Park and getting to see this on my way into the office this morning. Good to see campus busy again and reminding us of why we do what we do. 😀

Chaired a #McrMetL&TConf25 session on 'Enhancing student-student and student-staff relational pedagogy through simulation games': Emma Stringfellow, Ashley McCoy & Christopher Mitchell shared how simulation blends digital and in-person groupwork, facilitates authentic assessment & develops skills.

Reflections on relational pedagogy from Innovation Scholars at #McrMetL&TConf25. Rod Cullen argues for empathising with students (many caring, working, commuting, digital poverty, disabilities), & need to support through accessibility, flexibility and authentic assessment (key to our DELTA strategy)

Stacey Gillespie and Emma Holt presented on embedding opportunities for immersive learning and transforming employability, equity and student success (clear evidence of impact). Student Mahnoor Mahmood Shaheen also reflected on how CPD opportunities had transformed her own journey. #McrMetL&TConf25

Next at #McrMetL&TConf25 David Yarwood presented rationale for embedding Adobe Express for portfolio development (industry-standard, supports visual storytelling, enables personalised outputs). Students Katherine Hornsey & Abigail Tait articulated benefits of Express for developing digital skills.

Great interactive presentation at #McrMetL&TConf25 from Anne Everett and Mark Burgess about their partnership approach to supporting students' AI and Information Literacy skills (academic and library colleagues co-delivering, which led to great engagement and positive feedback from the students.

Day 1 of the Manchester Met Learning and Teaching Conference 2025, with theme of building an excellent student experience through relational education. Inspirational keynote from Prof. Jason Arday starting us off, arguing for purpose and kindness being at the heart of all we do. #McrMetL&TConf25

Stage set up for recording with a screen that reads BBC Radio 4.

Very funny evening watching Mark Steel's In Town: Wrexham. Will be broadcast in October apparently. 😀

Park with green grass and trees against clear blue sky

First train so late a few of us missed our connection by about 30 seconds. Luckily there is a country park next to the station. There are worse places to eat breakfast. 😁

Tracks Of The Week Focus Wales Special - God Is In The TV That's right, it's Focus Wales time. From this Thursday (Wednesday if you're lucky) the best bands and artists you may not have heard of (but we'll do our

Off to @focuswales.bsky.social this weekend? Here is our Tracks of the Week #FocusWales Special - #thefamilybattenberg #Diarysounds #annaerhard #gulpworld #teethin #jessikakay #Shale #wehateyoupleasedie #focuswales and more! www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/05/06/t...

Thanks for sharing Phil! Good to see you and looking forward to our visit to Leeds tomorrow with @profjanetlord.bsky.social and @dpresc.bsky.social 😀

Great session thank you - sparked a lot of great discussion and reflection.

Interesting talk #udigcap from Rob Howe (Northampton) on their 'whole institution approach to embracing and enhancing digital capabilities in a world of AI'. Really helpful to see their work aligned to Kotter's 8-stage model, in particular building the right coalition and developing a shared vision.

Thanks Chris! Looking forward to presenting with you, Steven and Jack this morning.

Brilliant!

View of the Mawddach Estuary from Barmouth Viaduct. The water and the sky is blue.

View of the beach at Barmouth

I never tire of these views. #YBermo

Crows chasing off a buzzard at our local country park last weekend. 😬

Ooh not spotted any yet so far. Fingers crossed!

Blossom tree in frontier of a university building

Blossom tree

Mistle thrush by some daffodils

Mistle thrush walking towards the camera

Signs of Spring in Manchester earlier this week. 😃

prof Janet Lord on stage talking about the DELTA strategy

At the Adobe Jisc Transforming Together panel discussion #Digifest25 - listening to Man Met's own @profjanetlord.bsky.social and colleagues from across the sector @cbthomson.bsky.social, Mark Andrews, Adam Levi, Nigel Hayes, Jen Gainsford. Shoutout for the DELTA strategy @manmetdigied.bsky.social

The plan v. the reality. I think we’re all familiar with this landscape! But too often, when talking about projects and innovations, we focus on the start and the end, or the high points along the way, and obfuscate or leave out the troughs. But that’s where most of the learning happens! #Digifest25

This morning, blue skies, daffodils and blossom on the way to the train. 😃 Off to that there #Digifest25. Looking forward to learning lots and catching up with colleagues from across the sector.

NEW on Wonkhe: Moving the conversation on from hype and worry, Sue Attewell details the current range of use cases for AI in HE bit.ly/4ig1LF8

Perfect timing this morning waiting for my train to see the sun rising and hear greenfinch and goldfinch singing. #LittleThings

Daffodils in Alicia's garden

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!