A very happy new year to everyone. I wish and pray that 2025 is the year when the world finally decides to take a chill pill, stop going into wars, stop killing innocent people and children, stop burning the planet, and people start being kind(er) to each other. #HappyNewYear #Peace #Kindness
@carlessdavid.bsky.social absolutely delighted to have Prof Feedback in the room! Since dropping X, been missing his feedback & HE updates (and occasional fine wining/dining & hols). Order is restored!!!!
Photograph of Mariah Carey pushing a shopping trolley. Legend says: "in a parallel universe, Mariah Carey is doing her shopping and is sick of hearing me on every store's speaker system"
'T'is the season to be jolly... ... ... 🙄
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Absolutely essential to exercise "letting go" in so many aspects of H education. At a fundamental level, from a #situatedlearning framing: it's about placing learners in a position of agency.
Absolutely essential to exercise "letting go" in so many aspects of H education. At a fundamental level, from a #situatedlearning framing: it's about placing learners in a position of agency.
Sade on the radio on Sweetest Taboo, reminded me of the mother of all misheard lyrics, another song of hers, Mousse Vapourator, or was it Moose Vaporator? Yes, it was fun as a teenager in Uruguay trying to make sense of lyrics in English. I thought Duran Duran were rather political with "No Tories"
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Bluesky is taking off exponentially, I wonder why ;)
Ah well, time of the year to take my wooly hat off and look like Vir Cotto from Babylon 5
We're recruiting! Postdoc research + research support permanent role #PedRes #SOTL research of research (drivers, mapping, impact, sustainability of PedRes/SoTL) jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
@leedsteaching.bsky.social LITE is on LinkedIn! www.linkedin.com/company/leed...
Thank YOU! Your legacy is impressive!
It is indeed. It's a strange mix of physically tiring but super energised at the same time! My days are filled with "Education, Education, Education"... (am I possessed by the spirit of PMs past? Oh, the dread!!!!). It's REALLY fulfilling!
Loving my job @leedsteaching.bsky.social This month is busy with feedback on fellowships and preparing to launch the first stage of our 5-yr strategy. This means I spend my days with great colleagues focusing on meaningful/purposeful conversations around HE. Having the time of my life! Thank you!
Prof David Carless, World expert in feedback in Higher education, shows a photo of himself at a conference talking about the importance of self-feedback and using other sources of feedback to calibrate it.
We keep on ignoring the evidence, the experts, and misunderstanding what they mean at our students' peril. If anyone had any doubt, here's from Prof Feedback himself...
@leedsteaching.bsky.social (teachingexcellence.leeds.ac.uk) has landed on BlueSky! @diervilla.bsky.social can you add to the Leeds and the T&L HE Starter Packs?
Look who's here!!!! Prof Kandiko-Howson!!!! @cbkh.bsky.social
Aaaaahhhhh you got a list.... !
Thanks Masud! I just hadn't thought before that it'd cause confusion.
I dreamt that I heard that Jonnie Peacock had won gold at Paris. I dreamt I actually went online to check. I dreamt I found the news he indeed had won. And I was so happy in my dream. I hope it is a premonition!
Exactly that!
My father's generation favourite office prank for young interns: make them wash the carbon sheets for carbon copy. So cruel! Especially in a generation that wore suit and ties for any office job.... OMG (!) the related memories: did you ever get mimeographed notes at school, or am I just THAT old?
And that's Vice-Chancellor... Jesus, and *I* was the OP!!!!
Oh that's a serious thing!!!! Happy to!
It's all AR (acronyms redefined) to me...
I'm not sure I am slick enough for anything ending in "LTD" 🤣🤣🤣 I am struggling with the rest! But I haven't been to Norwich yet! (although I went to one of your former students wedding last year, there were a few alumni Profs).
For a neurodivergent person any page restrictions mean, well, Critically Restricting (my) Ability (to) Perform... see what I did there?
Ooooh I'd love an acronym decoder on Teams/Outlook.
Recently I went "who?"... not realising it was our incoming VC... bad Gabriel! (Cavalli) 😉
