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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

At #VitaeCon2026 in Edinburgh? Join me on Wednesday for Beyond the Tools: The Capabilities Researchers Need for GenAI. We’ll draw on all our experiences to explore the skills, behaviours and judgement researchers need as GenAI becomes part of research practice. #ResearcherDevelopment #GenAI #Vitae

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A6 A small but important practice: making time each week for coffee or lunch with a colleague, ideally outdoors. It takes effort with the pressures we’re all under, but those conversations make a real difference. #LTHEchat

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A5 Caring rigour means expecting good work, but also creating the conditions for it; time, support, fair workload, funds. Without that, “rigour” risks becoming unreasonable pressure. #LTHEchat

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A4 Celebrating the relational side of L&T means valuing what often gets overlooked; conversations, trust, informal learning. Making space for it, not squeezing it out in favour of metrics. #LTHEchat

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A3 I’m wary of “emotional intelligence” as a term. It’s too often claimed rather than demonstrated. For me, it shows up in real decisions: recognising when someone needs support, flexibility, or time away. That’s where it actually matters. #LTHEchat

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A2 Leadership that creates positive energy advocates for their teams, pushing for fair workload, time and proper resourcing. Protecting people from being stretched to 1.2FTE all the time. That kind of backing makes a real difference. #LTHEchat

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A1 A ‘well’ academic community is one where learning is visible and shared—students and staff in conversation, ideas being tested, informal exchange happening all the time. Saw this at the AA—felt like something many universities are quietly missing. #LTHEchat

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

#LTHEChat A6 Students may increasingly encounter second-order knowledge: AI summarising human content and then AI commenting on AI summaries. The problem is no longer just algorithmic bias, but algorithmic synthesis. Students need to ask: why its appearing in my feed? and was it created by a human?

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

#LTHEChat A4 Historically we taught:how peer review works; how publishing incentives shape research; how media framing operates. Algorithms are the new knowledge gatekeepers. Students now encounter information through: recommender systems, search ranking algorithms. If we don;t we are out of date.

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

#LTHEchat A5 Students search the same question in: Google YouTube Facebook an academic database Example question: “Is biodiversity net gain effective?” (or urban density, or Electric vehicles etc.). Students compare: what appears first who the sources are framing of the issue evidence quality

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

A3 #LTHEChat I think there is a reduction in listening skills - active listening to someone else's point of view. Its not that you are expected to change your view - but to carefully listen to and respect that someone else takes a different one and that is valid.

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow, Wednesday 8-9pm BST, for #LTHEchat, which will explore "Algorithmic Bias of Social Media: Should Educators Teach Students How Social Media Bias Shapes Knowledge?" with @oliviakellyou.bsky.social Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/02/27/l...

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LTHEchat 356: Algorithmic Bias of Social Media: Should Educators Teach Students How Social Media Bias Shapes Knowledge?

Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 4th March at 8pm GMT with guest Dr Olivia Kelly to discuss how algorithmic bias can influence what students see on social media and what our role as ed…

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Been reflecting on using generative AI in a recent grant proposal ahead of a Vitae workshop. The most useful function was “reviewer 2 mode”. It kept pushing to sharpen the theoretical framing, sometimes in contradictory ways. However, too many caveats weaken a central argument. #HigherEd

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Vitae Generative AI Workshops - Vitae

Explore Vitae's events on generative AI and researcher development, upcoming in March 2026.

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

One thing I’m carrying from #LTHEchat: climate change exposes the limits of surface realism. Making something “more real” isn’t always more authentic. Sometimes it’s about careful framing, space for emotion, and not pretending we (or our students) can solve everything. Grateful for the conversation.

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Thank you everyone for such rich reflections on authenticity, climate and professional learning. It’s clear this isn’t about bolt-ons, but about how we work together over time. Let’s keep the dialogue going. #LTHEchat

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Q6. Looking ahead, what kinds of collective professional learning would you like to see to help educators develop confidence and expertise in teaching climate change authentically? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Q5. What kinds of spaces, conversations, or communities help educators engage with climate change authentically over time? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Q4. How do emotions like anxiety, hope, or frustration show up in climate-related learning, and what responsibility do we have to respond to them pedagogically? Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Q3. What do you find most difficult about engaging students with climate change in higher education, regardless of discipline or role? Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Q2. In your experience, what makes learning feel authentic to students: is it the task itself; the purpose behind it; or how students are involved? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Q1. When you hear the phrase “authentic learning”, what comes to mind in your own role or context? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Hello, I’m Alina Congreve, working on sustainability, wicked problems and authentic learning in HE and with the professional body CIEEM. Delighted to convene tonight’s #LTHEChat. Let’s explore climate change across the curriculum together

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

It’s barely stopped raining this year 🌧️ Climate change feels present in our daily lives and in our teaching. Tonight’s #LTHEChat (8–9pm UK) is on authentic learning and climate change. How to work with complexity, uncertainty and support each other? On Bluesky #LTHEChat. 📷 Image: S J Objio Unsplash

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A5 #LTHEChat I sometimes wonder whether learning communities emerge when we leave space for interaction and shared meaning-making, rather than tightly specifying every activity. Some of our very tightly written module specs and lesson plans have little room for adjustment.

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A3 #LTHEChat It feels easier to get staff on board when learning communities grow out of existing teaching practices, rather than being introduced as something additional.

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A4 #LTHEChat Inclusion feels less about demographics in the abstract and more about whose ways of participating are treated as legitimate.

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A1 #LTHEChat I tend to associate learning communities with learning that feels meaningful beyond assessment — where participation matters, not just completion of an essay or exam.

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

#LTHEchat Hello everyone, I’m joining from a train heading back from a workshop in Leeds — looking forward to the conversation this evening. Today’s discussion about learning communities is also giving me lots to think about for next week’s chat on authenticity and climate change across disciplines…

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

A6 #LTHEChat Thinking about the unique contributions that people make and AI can't replicate and framing assessment around that.

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

A5 #LTHEChat I think there are really big differences in how it plays out in the arts and humanities compares to law, or computing or medicine. So university wide policies are not - going back to question one going to help us navigate the disruption.

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

A3 #LTHEChat I think we will get to this very quickly as detection and policing use is not working. That does not mean AI use is unproblematic or should be uncritically embraced - just a reality of getting into an arms race trying to stop students using it.

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

A2 #LTHEChat I feel really uncomfortable about the framing with an age of abundance. In very practical terms we will run short of water in southern England if we don't think more about when and how we use AI.

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

A1 #LTHEChat I think it is disrupting some very long-standing approaches to assessments - in particular academic essays as a written form; and software based approaches to checking student authorship - Turnitin.

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#LTHEChat A3 In a month - to do these exciting new things we need to stop doing some other things to make room for them. And free up our time to do them. We should stop running so many optional modules on niche research interests for very small numbers of students. I would map out what we can stop.

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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

@lthechat.bsky.social #LTHEChatQ1. I think the ability to cope with change and uncertainty. I'm preparing some teaching materials right now for ecologists. All that framework I'm teaching about is being changed under our feet in Parliament right now. They need to be able to cope when it changes.

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