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Dad of Three | Sociologist | Professor of Higher Education at University of Bristol | Co-Director of CHET | West Ham Season TH | Wannabe Surfer | Half Saffa

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Should Generative AI tools be used for the REF? This survey is intended to collect views from across the UK higher education community as to whether generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools should be used for Research Excellence Framework (...

Should Generative AI tools be used for the UK’s REF? Have your say here: tinyurl.com/4ca8h2rm

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02.05.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats Rachel and Rille! Look forward to seeing your findings.

27.03.2025 21:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us for our sixth seminar β€œThe death of prestige: disbanding a rankings imperative” with Leslie Gonzales, Michelle Stack, Georgiana Mihut, PhD and Camille B. Kandiko Howson.

πŸ“…Date: Wed, March 26th
πŸ•Time: 1:00 p.m. (GMT)
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Register here β–Ά shorturl.at/cS6U7

12.03.2025 12:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Who should lead universities? This survey is intended to collect views from across the UK higher education community on whether academics or non-academics are best placed to lead UK universities.

WHO SHOULD LEAD UK UNIVERSITIES?

πŸ“’ All UK academics and professional services staff, there is still time to provide your views on who you think is best placed for Vice-Chancellor roles by completing this short survey (est. 10 minutes completion time): tinyurl.com/3xsbjwwa

25.02.2025 13:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A truly wonderful album. Great choice, Jonathan. β€˜City of immigrants’ is a personal favourite.

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Who should lead universities? This survey is intended to collect views from across the UK higher education community on whether academics or non-academics are best placed to lead UK universities.

πŸ“’ All UK academics and professional services staff: WHO DO YOU THINK SHOULD LEAD UK UNIVERSITIES?Β Please provide your views on whether academics or non-academics are best placed for Vice-Chancellor roles by completing this short survey (est. 10 minutes completion time): tinyurl.com/3xsbjwwa

11.02.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting post from @lsebr.bsky.social @andresbafer.bsky.social Christopher Neilson & Seth Zimmerman suggesting that who you know is, is more important than what you know at elite higher education institutions

#AcademicSky #HigherEducation blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

05.02.2025 17:21 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Understanding the knowledge gap: public perceptions of UK universities | APPG Research we commissioned from Public First shows that parents want their children to go to university, but there’s a knowledge gap between the public and higher education institutions.

51% of people in the UK know β€œnot much or very little” about what their local university is actually for, which contrasts with many institutions' confident rhetoric about their central place in 'the community'. universityappg.co.uk/resources/re...

18.12.2024 09:13 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
CH12254 Research Assistant/Research Associate - Jobs at Bath Research Assistant/ Research Associate

Come work with @alinecourtois.bsky.social @rachelbrooks.bsky.social & myself on a new Open Research Area project, β€˜Virtual Mobilities of International Students: towards a new model for the internationalisation of higher education?'

www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

Deadline: 5 Jan 2025

Pls repost!

11.12.2024 18:38 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Researcher | Institute for Government We are inviting applications for researchers, to start as soon as notice periods allow.

Fantastic opportunity to join the @instituteforgov.bsky.social as a researcher - please flag to all the brilliant people you know! www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...

12.12.2024 10:58 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Academics’ Weak(ening) Resistance to Generative AI: The Cause and Cost of Prestige? - Postdigital Science and Education The disruptive potential of generative AI (GenAI) tools to academic labour is potentially vast. Yet as we argue herein, such tools also represent a continuation of the inequities inherent to academia’...

Academics' weak(ening) resistance to Generative AI tools: link.springer.com/article/10.1... New from @donnalanclos.com @lawriephipps.bsky.social Hanne Shapiro @danielleguizzo.bsky.social @cathryn-knight.bsky.social and me.

03.12.2024 10:05 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Join @davidstaley8.bsky.social @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social Darren Moon and @jkom.bsky.social on Dec 11th at 1:00 p.m. (GMT) for our next online seminar β€œThe reshaping of #HigherEd by #DigitalTech”.

πŸ”—Register here β–Ά shorturl.at/ifwnA

#HigherEducation #Digitalisation #AI

28.11.2024 11:54 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Access our Starter Pack ➑️ go.bsky.app/8MuPLnT

27.11.2024 08:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Great to see The Centre for Higher Education Transformations (CHET) now on Bluesky @chet-bristol.bsky.social

22.11.2024 09:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Undoing internationalisation? Eventbrite - Centre for Higher Education Transformations - CHET presents Undoing internationalisation? - Wednesday, November 27, 2024 - Find event and ticket information.

Looking forward to this @chet-bristol.bsky.social and IoE CHES seminar on HE internationalisation with amazing speakers Hans de Wit, Malcolm Tight, Jenna Mittelmeier and Catherine Montgomery. All details: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/undoing-in...

22.11.2024 09:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Do we need a league table of scholars produced by Silicon Valley? For Lawrie Phipps, Donna Lanclos, and Richard Watermayer a new ranking of individual academics is a troubling development in a changing academic landscape

Do we need a league table of scholars produced by Silicon Valley?: wonkhe.com/blogs/do-we-... New from @lawriephipps.bsky.social @donnalanclos.com and me in today’s @wonkhe.bsky.social.

21.11.2024 09:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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NEW on Wonkhe: For Lawrie Phipps, Donna Lanclos, and Richard Watermayer a new ranking of individual academics is a troubling development in a changing academic landscape https://buff.ly/4eLzJyF

21.11.2024 07:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are professors "Intellectual Leaders"?
πŸ“’ Calling all Associate & Full Professors, working in any discipline/university in the world. What are the opportunities & barriers you face as providers of 'intellectual leadership'? Please complete/circulate this important global survey: tinyurl.com/25jtcabf

20.11.2024 14:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0