Katy Jordan

Ghost Stories for Christmas: how TV’s most haunting locations look today Ahead of the latest in the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas strand airing on Christmas Eve, we revisit the atmospheric locations for the original series to see how time has changed them.

As one of my favourite things about Christmas, this article from the BFI about filming locations for classic Ghost Stories from Christmas is brilliant 💀🎄https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/ghost-stories-christmas-how-tvs-most-haunting-locations-look-today

Are you studying for a doctorate at a UK university via a programme that is wholly or mostly online? If so, please take part in an anonymous, 10 min survey about the impacts of online doctoral study on wellbeing and share the link lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....

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We're very happy to share the conference programme - you can view the range of exciting topics we'll be discussing here: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/p...
If you would like to join us on Dec 16th in Lancaster, registration is open - *closes 5th Dec*: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/r...

Soft Power Rankings? What the…? World leading, or not…? Something caught my eye online recently – the publication of the “HEPI/Kaplan Soft Power Index” (LINK). I clicked on it out of curiosity and almost instantly wished I …

I took a deeper look at the HEPI/Kaplan Soft Power "Index".

To me what it isn't saying - what is effectively being taken for granted - is far more important and interesting than what it purportedly tells us (which is of very little real value).

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The definition of educational quality in a quasi-marketised higher education system: stumbling towards a knowledge crisis In this article, I examine the definition of educational quality in the English higher education system. I examine three phases in the measurement of educational quality, each prompted by the repor...

Delighted my article 'The definition of educational quality in a quasi-marketised HE system: stumbling towards a knowledge crisis' is now published open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... & even happier it's part of a brilliant special issue edited by @jo-annebaird.bsky.social & Gemma Moss

Keynote speaker We are excited to announce that Andy Tattersall will be the keynote speaker at the conference!  #AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next X was once the number one place for …

I've attended the excellent @socmedhe.bsky.social Conference a few times over the past decade.
It's a real honour to deliver the keynote at this year's iteration at @lancasteruni.bsky.social
#AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next?
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Keynote speaker We are excited to announce that Andy Tattersall will be the keynote speaker at the conference!  #AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next X was once the number one place for …

Excited to announce that the #SocMedHE25 keynote speaker will be @andytattersall! Andy will be speaking on '#AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next?'. For more info, including the CFP and registration, see the website at: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/k...

Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 13.00-14.00 (UK time) on Thurs 30th October on Zoom. Register here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...

The call for abstracts for sessions at this year's #socmedhe25 conference is out now! Me and @kathymchandler.bsky.social look forward to seeing you in Lancaster in December :-)

Call for submissions! Join the 48th #CALRG Conference (w/c 16 June, online & free)! Open to all.

🔹 Type 1: Full talk (25–30 mins incl. Q&A)
🔹 Type 2: Doctoral consortium (30 mins)
🔹 Type 3: Wildcard/Innovative sessions

📄 Abstracts: 250–300 words
📢Submit your abstract to:calrg@open.ac.uk
#CALRG2025

Still time to sign up to our online @edreslancaster.bsky.social seminar this week - Wednesday 30th of April, 12:30-2pm.

Do boys really need saving? A critical exploration of ‘Boy Crisis’ - learning from the Chinese case - Yuhan Wu from @uomseed.bsky.social

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what are your challenges/opportunities around OER/OEP and AI? How can open educational practices provide counter narratives, critically informated hope and resistance to the seemingly inevitable march of AI? Get your submission in . . . #oer25

👇Not to be missed👇

Dr Tiffany Nelson will be talking (online) @edreslancaster.bsky.social about her intersectional research on the lived experiences of Black autistic girls in UK education

Weds March 12, 12:30
#autism #disability #gender #race #education

Deets: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Reminder that this week (Wednesday 5th of March, 12:30)Louis Major from @educationuom.bsky.social will be talking about Educational Technology and ‘Personalised Learning’ as part of our online @edreslancaster.bsky.social seminar series.

Details/registration at:
www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

2022-2025 X Twitter mention data

Here's Twitter's descent since 2022

Less than a month to go until the deadline for submissions for our new conference exploring critical perspectives on Research in Digital Learning. The submissions system is now open.

Please share 😀

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Happy Imbolc! Today, I will be mostly in the garden :-)

Are you interested in studying for a PhD in HEREE that you would undertake on a p/t basis and that is entirely online? We are hosting a webinar at which you can ask any questions you may have about our programme - Monday 27/1/25 4pm-5pm GMT. www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Re-Routing and Re-Imagining Gender and Education conference The 21st Gender in Education Association conference. Discover the themes being discussed, key dates and how to get involved.

There's still time to submit an abstract for the Gender and Education Association (GEA) 2025 Conference in Manchester. GEA conferences are my favourite by a country mile 👇

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Why knowledge is central to ‘graduateness’ – implications for research and policy Debates about the employability of graduates in policy and research have increasingly focused on graduates’ employment outcomes and the development of generic employability skills. This suggests th...

New open access article out on 'Why Knowledge is Central to Graduateness' based on work from a Centre for Global Higher Education project with a brilliant team: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

On a related note, I had a nice conversation with a taxi driver today who asked if I was a professor - I said no but I'd be an assistant prof in the US - & he said on that basis, I should definitely consider myself to be a professor :-)

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The many, many UK unis where grads now get more jobs than Russell Group students Should've gone to Lancaster

"The many, many UK unis where grads now get more jobs than Russell Group students"

Plant biology education meeting poster

Plant Biology People - have you registered for our January education focussed event yet? Lancaster (UK) Jan 7-8th, in person or online. You’ve got until Dec 12th to register for what is shaping up to be a fab meeting! #PlantScience #PlantBiology web.cvent.com/event/a17159...

The Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University is now on Bluesky! 🎉 Find us at edreslancaster.bsky.social for news, events and updates :)

Re-Routing and Re-Imagining Gender and Education conference The 21st Gender in Education Association conference. Discover the themes being discussed, key dates and how to get involved.

Gender and Education Association Conference 2025 - 27-30 May, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Call for abstracts is now open, deadline 20 December 2024. This is one not to miss 👇

*Deadline approaching!* The special collection call for papers on 'Metaphors of AI in Higher Education: Discourses,
Histories and Practices' is closing soon - full papers due by *December 15th* - more info & how to submit at: account.jime.open.ac.uk/index.php/up...

Award Winning Doctoral Students and Alumna - Lancaster University Many congratulations to two current doctoral students and an alumna of the Educational Research Department for their recent awards.

Many congratulations to 3 of our PhD researchers who have won awards for their work.

We have a vibrant community of over 400 PhD students based around the world studying on our 4 programmes - www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Today: Wednesday 20th of November: 12:30 UK time, Online.

Still time to sign up to this @edreslancaster.bsky.social seminar, where Dr @sallywelsh2003.bsky.social - one of our own PhD graduates 😊- will be talking about mature students' care work.

All welcome - details and registration below...

Thanks for sharing Doug! By coincidence this issue came up last week I mentioned Pret in a conversation about coffee shops with a taxi driver in Lancaster and he had never heard of them.