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Bev Gibbs

@bevgibbs.bsky.social
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Engineer, higher education, music, history, sewing, books, ideas, movies. Views expressed are personal. Day job on LinkedIn Megalithic tombs on Instagram

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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Exciting developments on my train to Paddington after a train fault, but "The Network" and "Hitachi" have said the train can continue if it switches off its electronics module and runs diesel-only. At £2 per litre I'm expecting the conductor to organise a whip-round at any moment.
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Mariana Z @mariana057.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Went to a Mary Poppins themed restaurant last night. Super cauliflower cheese but the lobster was atrocious.
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I can't believe so few people in the LinkedIn world see LLMs through the enshittification lens. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I saw this referred to as the Strait of Warm Ooze. Very good.
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
current "sleep"stage: It will be dawn in 40 minutes and the moths will go to sleep, then I can open the windows and get cool air for a couple of hours sleep before it heats up again
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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Last week on Wonkhe: Engineering professor Beverley Gibbs argues that the time has come to rethink the engineering curriculum
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Are we ready for a revolution in teaching engineering?
Engineering professor Beverley Gibbs argues that the time has come to rethink the engineering curriculum
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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This week on Wonkhe: Engineering professor Beverley Gibbs argues that the time has come to rethink the engineering curriculum
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Are we ready for a revolution in teaching engineering?
Engineering professor Beverley Gibbs argues that the time has come to rethink the engineering curriculum
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Johnny Rich @johnnyrich.com · 17/06/2026
With #EANCongress26 starting today, this compelling piece by @bevgibbs.bsky.social is brilliantly timely and a must-read for the whole HE sector, not just “canaries in the coal mine” in engineering. @epc.ac.uk wonkhe.com/blogs/are-we...
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I was today years old when I realised that Bonfire Night celebrates the defeat of the Gunpowder Plot, rather than celebrating them having a go. (Still think this might be fake news from @theresthistory.bsky.social)
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Michel Estefan @mestefan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
If you're applying for a job at Anthropic, they want to make sure you write the first draft of your resume and the answers to the job questions ON YOUR OWN (WITHOUT CLAUDE) FIRST.
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Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com · 12/04/2026
My book's out on Thurs. I have a request - pls ask your local library to get a copy so everybody can enjoy it? (also available as audiobook). ISBN: 9781529930276 / @hjm.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social @rogerhighfield.bsky.social @romatheengineer.bsky.social @robinince.bsky.social
Cover of the book "Up" by Dr Lucy Rogers. There are butterflies, fireflies, glowworms, bats, a kite, an aeroplane, a hot air balloon, clouds and the moon on the cover. And inside the book too.
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
New post by me on the rural-industrial paradox. Across the UK rurality is important to engineering capacity, and engineering is economically significant in 3/4 of our rural regions beverleygibbs.substack.com/p/the-rural-...
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Royal Institution @rigb.org · 28/03/2026
Why is the sky blue, and how do things stay aloft? ☁️ Join engineer Lucy Rogers to discover the forces shaping everything overhead through hands-on demonstrations and stories. www.rigb.org/whats-on/liv...
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The living lab above: Science of the sky
Join engineer and inventor Lucy Rogers for a vivid, curiosity-fuelled journey through the sky as a dynamic living laboratory.
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
📢 I've joined the Substack game, writing about work, capability and place. Post 1: England is making strategic decisions about AI and industrial policy on the basis of an incomplete map, and the Marches region shows us why that matters. Comments welcome beverleygibbs.substack.com/p/the-hidden...
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The Hidden Engineering Economy of the Marches
England is making strategic decisions about AI and industrial policy on the basis of an incomplete map, and the Marches shows us why that matters.
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 16/03/2026
Babs Streisand has just Streisand Effected her own name. Incredible work. #oscars
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Did Frankenstein's Kate Hawley just curtsey to Anna Wintour? 🤣😅 #oscars #oscars2026
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Phil Syrpis @syrpis.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Must read piece. 'The US has started a war without any legal, moral, strategic or political basis whatsoever. And yet instead of raising the alarm about it, the British press’ main question is why Britain is not more involved.' And 'Is Iraq really that long ago?'
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Which came first - banoffee pie or Banana Toffos? 🧐
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Warren Pearce @warrenpearce.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Join me trying to make sense of this lot on the 1st Sounds Critical radio show on Swingdash, 5-7pm today. Meeting the moment by selecting bangers www.swingdash.live/schedule/not...
Many coloured record sleeves strewn in a wooden table
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Mike Ratcliffe @mike-rat.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Academic freedom & freedom of speech are not ‘in the DNA’ of universities as some claim. They are hard-won privileges that need protection and we need to be alive to the possibility they are not equally distributed. Some myth busting here: www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/19/c...
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‘Cancel culture’ is older than we think - HEPI
This blog was kindly authored by Helen Mountfield, KC, Principal of Mansfield College, University of Oxford (@helenmountfield.bsky.social). You could say that cancel culture has been an issue at the U...
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I do wonder if "public expectations" here actually means "what universities think is right for themselves". I imagine the general public would support, eg, B3 conditions and REF/TEF ideology unless presented with a (presently absent) compelling alternative system vision
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John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I know it’s crazy out there an all that, but you still should be working on an artistic pursuit and/or making music. You’ll be glad you did.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/01/2026
This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
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Ben Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I was telling one of my kids that it was physically impossible for an ad to play between songs on any of the records I own, and they asked "and you only have to pay for it once?" and you could see how strange that seemed. You cannot overstate how many basic rules of media consumption have changed.
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
A legend.
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
@johnthejack.bsky.social Seasonal greetings JtJ! Hope you're successfully evading current viruses (apparantly "Latin-based plurals are best avoided")
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
This is terryfing, tragic, and completely and utterly unfuriating
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Innovation, Investment and Inclusion. I've been proud to have been part of the Social Mobility Commission's Economic Growth & Investment Group this year, and today our report is released. Take a look! socialmobility.independent-commission.uk/reports/inve...
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Innovation, investment and inclusion: a framework for regional renewal - Social Mobility Commission
Innovation, investment and inclusion, calls for bold changes to drive economic growth and opportunity in the UK's most disadvantaged areas.
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Outside London,not a single UK region is a net contributor to the economy. London's success helps mask a very dysfunctional economy.
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Καλησπέρα
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Johnny Rich @johnnyrich.com · 27/09/2025
It’s ironic that the makers of Snickers bars didn’t think the old name was suitable for the long run. #weakendpun
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Johnny Rich @johnnyrich.com · 06/09/2025
What do you get if you cross a baker with a gardener? Self-raising flowers. #weakendpun
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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz348bs
MY WIFE is always complaining
that I am an unromantic skinflint.
So next year, I'm going to plant some
spring bulbs in the hope they will
bloom on her birthday in March
beautiful yellow and purple crocuses
arranged to spell out 'SUE' in the lawn.
Her actual name is Christine, but have
you seen the price of crocus bulbs?
Professor Dave, Cape Cod
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Johnny Rich @johnnyrich.com · 18/08/2025
Please note: when it was originally posted last week Bev's article was restricted content for EPC members only, but given the wider relevance, we've decided to make it open access for a limited period. You can find and share it here: epc.ac.uk/article/how-... 4/4
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Johnny Rich @johnnyrich.com · 18/08/2025
The brilliant @bevgibbs.bsky.social has written a piece for @epc.ac.uk on inclusive assessment – it's a must-read, not only for engineering academics, but for anyone interested in how HE can deliver fair assessment for *all* students. epc.ac.uk/article/how-... 1/4
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Johnny Rich @johnnyrich.com · 16/08/2025
I used to think that orthopaedic footwear was unnecessary, but I stand corrected. #weakendpun
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Amongst all the public information campaigns us Brits need, none is more pressing that getting people to understand what Merge In Turn actually means at roadworks.
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
In contrast the Engineering Council's CEO today talked explicitly about technology ethics and ethical practice being priorities for the engineering community (and he knew the difference between those things)
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Neuroinclusion in engineering education: webinar with @epc.ac.uk Wednesday 9th July 3.30-4.30pm epc.ac.uk/event/all-in...
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All in for Engineering: populating the neuro-inclusion maturity framework - Engineering Professors Council
Addressing inequality and exclusion from engineering education of those who are wired to think differently calls for more than just a research project, instead we seek momentum for a movement. The EPC...
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
At the EPC Congress this year, Chi Obwura's keynote went seamlessly from 'technology can cause harm as well as good, social media is very worrying' to 'here are the 10 things were doing to accelerate AI adoption'. Not one of those 10 was governance or ethics.
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I think these are all Final Year Projects Ive supervised
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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The Ukrainian government has a list of places where you can donate to the war effort here. I personally just donated $100: war.ukraine.ua/donate/ Slava Ukraini.
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Donate to Ukraine’s defenders
The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to open a special fundraising account to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Why would anyone expect someone who has been through what Zelensky has been though in the past 3 years possibly think he'd be intimidated by a couple of grifters? #c4news
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Engineering Professors' Council @epc.ac.uk · 18/02/2025
@bevgibbs.bsky.social, Director of Dyson Inst, and EPC CEO @johnnyrich.com on innovations in Engineering pedagogy that might be helpful to @beckyfrancis.bsky.social's current review of the curriculum and assessment. Via @hepi-news.bsky.social www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/02/18/a...
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Ask not what you can do for engineering… - HEPI
The UK’s school curriculum neglects engineering, missing an opportunity to develop creativity, practical skills, and inclusive, real-world learning.
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Is it true that the British appreciate (nationally celebrate) the underdog more than many other nations? Doesn't every country celebrate figures who have triumphed against the odds?
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Murray Goulden @murraygoulden.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Everything about this case is grotesque, but fact that no tracking tag small enough is available is transparently discriminatory design and in breach of Equality Act's coverage of age and gender. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Just Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag found
Exclusive: Gaie Delap told she will have to serve 20 more days that correspond to period of time at home after recall
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Bev Gibbs @bevgibbs.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
@gcwood.bsky.social Im foĺlowing you, but does this mean I've signed up for a livestream of train-related complaints?
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Tim Vickery @timmytimmytimmytim.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
We live in the ✨ world of tomorrow ✨
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 31/12/2024
My last film of the year was Conclave. And what a film.
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