Image is of a tree with dense leaves. Between the leaves, a large birds nest can be seen.
In the spirit of that first week of bluesky where our feeds were full of pictures of mushrooms, stars and landscapes, here's a blurry photo of a magpie nest on campus. I watched them place their first sticks a few weeks ago and now it's a fully formed nest (yay)! #Swoopyboiseason is coming (yikes)
I wrote a short summary of our latest article here for those interested in quickly understanding the main beats and implications of our research with LGBTQ+ enabling students ππ
Past successes - fixing the water pressure in my taps from blocked filters and calcium build up. π
Past over-estimations of my abilities - moving a brand new mattress up a very narrow flight of stairs alone. It ended up stuck between stairs and a structural beam for 6 hours before a friend helped. π
I won't ask for help for things I think I can work out how to do myself. It rarely pays off but just enough that I keep living like this.
Today I thought I could copy one LMS site to another because I missed the window for IT to do this for me. 1 hour later & all my content folders are dead links π
Calling all academics working in Australian universities - we want to hear about your experiences of academic work!
Whether you work on a casual, fixed-term or ongoing basis, in teaching or research roles, we want to hear from you.
uninewcastle.questionpro.com.au/a/TakeSurvey...
Vale ERIC obliterated in another attack on freedom of information. www.governing.com/policy/major...
I studied a history course with Wayne Reynolds at UON on Australia's foreign relations with the US and UK and it's probably the most memorable course of my undergrad! Shook up so many of my assumptions and unsettled so much of what I learnt in high school history. Good luck! I hope it's enjoyable!!
Announcement graphic for the First PESA Postgraduate & Early Career Researcher Meeting for 2025. The text is displayed over a dark textured background with a circular gold Greek key pattern and the acronym 'PESA' in the center. Event details include the date, Thursday 27 February, and time slots: 7-9pm NZT, 5-7pm AEDT, and 2-4pm CST. Calendar and clock emojis accompany the date and time information.
Postgrads & Early Career Researchers β Join Us!
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Date: Thursday 27 Feb
π Time: 7-9pm NZT | 5-7pm AEDT | 2-4pm CST
Reconnect, meet new members, and plan the year ahead!
π© For details, email @sarahkgurr.bsky.social sgurr@csu.edu.au
#PESAPhilosophy #EarlyCareerResearch
If you:
βοΈ are passionate about the Philosophy of Education,
βοΈ have a PhD, AND
βοΈ are a member of PESA
You should consider applying for this!! Check out the post for more info:
New paper! In this paper, we examined the creation of decausalisation schemes in the latest round of Enterprise Bargaining Agreements. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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ClichΓ© opening to a speech/presentation today: "I asked ChatGPT to tell me..."
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Interested in writing for our EduResearch Matters Blog?
We accept a wide range of posts, from responses to policies, conversational pieces about your own research, opinion pieces, reflections on your own practice.
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π How can educators address the decline in ethical discourse among young people?
Educators can foster values-based dialogue to help young people navigate a complex world and act with moral courage.
Whatβs your take? π¬
#PESAPhilosophy #EducationInquiry #AcademicSky
A promotional flyer for the PaTHES Webinar 2025 titled 'Rethinking Emotions in Higher Education,' featuring a photo of Liz Jackson, Professor of Education at the University of Hong Kong. The flyer highlights that the webinar will challenge assumptions about emotional education in higher education, discussing its role in assessment and doctoral supervision. The event will be chaired by Barbara Grant, University of Auckland, on 12 March 2025, with time zones provided for UK, CET, Hong Kong, Sydney, and New Zealand. The flyer includes registration details and notes Liz Jackson's academic credentials and publications. Logos of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society and its tagline, 'Engaging thinking on universities and higher education,' are at the bottom.
π Emotions matter in higher education too! Join Professor Liz Jackson on 12 March as she explores emotion's role in assessment and doctoral supervision.
Don't miss this opportunity to rethink education with one of the field's leading voices!
Register before 11 March: lnkd.in/gQEAHTri
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@daniella-forster.bsky.social and I wrote a normative case study as part of my PhD and it's been published in this collection with cases from around the world about dilemmas in education!
It's my first book chapter so to say I'm stoked would be an understatement.
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Copy editing is a truly humbling experience! Can develop an argument worthy of a thesis. Cannot guarantee that my Year 3 teacher isn't ashamed of how I punctuated it...
Tangentially related -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm1y...
YAY! Welcome!! π
I swear, I forget everything I know or think I know about punctuation the second someone asks me if a comma is in the right place.
Last-day-of-work nightmare... Colleague emails to say that you forgot to attach a very important file. The aforementioned file (that you definitely saved) is no longer able to be retrieved on your computer.
Last-day-of-work miracle... MS Word 'recover unsaved files' restores the file in full.
Seven people sit on stage - five women and two men. One woman is holding a microphone speaking while the others are listening to what is being said. In the background is a screen that says 'Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia: Shaking Up and Settling Down: Education, Agitation and Regeneration Ka RΕ«, Ka Tau, Ka Ora'
To end the #PESAConference2024, I chaired the Michael A. Peters Looking Forward Panel where Chialin Li, Prof Ruyu Hung, Dr Ezechiel Thibaud, Prof Michael Hand, Philippa Isom & Prof Carl Mika discussed the challenges of being an ECR today & advice for new & established scholars in navigating these.
Five women are standing together smiling. Behind them is a large screen projecting a powerpoint presentation title slide that says: 'Beyond Epistemic Bubbles and Echo Chambers: Global Perspectives on Philosophy in Teacher Education'
I was very excited to present alongside Professor Ruyu Hung, Associate Professor Janet Orchard, @daniella-forster.bsky.social and Ksenia Filatov as part of a symposium discussing the place of philosophy of education (or lack thereof) in teacher education. (Special issue out soon) #PESAConference2024
I had every intention of posting regular updates from the #PESAConference2024 but I got too caught up with the presentations and the beauty of Christchurch that my phone photo gallery is *very* full, my social feeds are pretty bare, and now I'm back in Bathurst. We'll see how I go next year...
The dancing was great!!
Day 2 of #PESAConference2024 starting now!
Keynote Professor Carl Mika delivering yesterday's Marshall Lecture - Essencing the more-than-human: Thinking with wai #PESAConference2024
I'm currently in Εtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand for #PESAConference2024 and she is BEAUTIFUL! This is a photo of the Avon River at 9:20pm (!!!!!) last night.
A letter on Philosophy & Public Affairs letterhead that reads: November 12, 1973 Professor Robert Nozick Department of Philosophy Emerson Hall Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Dear Professor Nozick, I have been meaning to send you a note ever since you did not telephone the second time last week just to say that I decided after all to drop the offending post-apostrophes from the possessive of Rawls. This is, as I told you, according to the Chicago Manual of Style an honor due only to Moses and Jesus, but with us aesthetic considerations won out. The decision puts us somewhat in a class by ourselves -- I note that in Brian Barry's new book he and Oxford Press write Rawls's -- but I don't mind being different. I trust that you will not. sincerelyοΌ Margot Cutter
November 12, 1973 --- The day Philosophy & Public Affairs started treating Rawls like Jesus.
All academics, regardless of their employment contracts, are feeling a sense of precarity with looming job cuts for the tertiary sector. Jess Harris describes other shocking examples of management practices that seem incomprehensible loom.ly/1vxkPrc
