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SuMo📞Congress 202-224-3121📞CSPAN 202-748-8000 @sumoh7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Donald Johnson is 81. He has driven over 200,000 miles delivering lost luggage as his wife Josephine has cancer & he needs to pay her medical bills. “It’s the only job that will hire me.” Vote blue for a country where 81-year-olds get to care for their wives. #BlueWaveIn40Days

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Doug Belshaw @dougbelshaw.com · 24/09/2026

Just registered for both! #SysPrac26

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sign the petition. Let water companies go bust. Ofwat approved 36% bill increases for 2025-2030, companies want more. Prices doubled - in real terms - since privatisation. We got sewage in rivers, water outages, hosepipe bans. Need public ownership.

weownit.org.uk

We're telling Ofwat: let water companies go bust!

consultation to reject proposed water company bill increases. Ofwat.

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Liberal England: A podcast on Christopher Hill's The World Turned Upside Down liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-po...

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good! I did Child Development at 16 (at the time it was a CSE) and it was a fantastic course. We did a nursery placement as part of it. Enough of the 'only academic subjects matter' approach to learning.

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Natalie Brito @nataliebrito.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My department is looking to hire 3 new faculty members! Please share widely. Assistant Professor - Cognitive: apply.interfolio.com/193975 Assistant Professor - Social Psychology: apply.interfolio.com/193979 Associate/Full Professor - Mental Health: apply.interfolio.com/193984

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was just contemplating how I used to teach secondary English Literature using a roller chalkboard when I started out and basically we would be live modelling most of the time because you had to. Interesting to consider how PPT has made teaching less interactive and more 'delivery' based. #EduSky

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 24/09/2026

“I tried giving up football and finding a pursuit that made me less miserable.” In The Sociological Review magazine, academic and lifelong Sheffield Wednesday supporter Michael Brennan makes the case for protecting the social and civic function of football clubs. buff.ly/Wfk7DXf @swfc.co.uk

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We must build closer connections between research and practice to make sure the questions researchers are asking are grounded in everyday realities, says CEO @beckyfrancis.bsky.social as @theeef.bsky.social launches consultation on the challenges facing education

tes.com

Creating a closer connection between research and practice

EEF’s Professor Becky Francis explains why it’s vital that education research answers the most pressing questions facing educators – and how teachers can help ensure they do just that

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ifawolowo.bsky.social @ifawolowo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We can ask educators to build belonging, but if institutional systems continually squeeze out the time needed for relationships, we are working against the grain. Perhaps belonging needs to become an institutional priority, not simply another responsibility placed on individual educators. #LTHEchat

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Penny Wheeler @pennyjw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A6 - We feel how the system tries to hijack our time and effort away from sustaining relationships with staff colleagues and with students, so changing the institution seems the most(?) important target #LTHEchat

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thanks for the great questions @ifawolowo.bsky.social and engaging discussion! #LTHEchat

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

See you all next week - same time, same place! #LTHEchat Next week we will be joined by Colum Cronin, @columfromcork.bsky.social as we discuss student engagement. Colum’s blog post has the intriguing title, “Apathy or Architecture? The hidden curriculum of time and space”. See you then!

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thank you to @ifawolowo.bsky.social and to everyone who participated. #LTHEchat

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Louise Rees 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🎨🦒🦦 @louiserees.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A6 - a session in the coffee shop/walking/getting to know to build the connections at the start. Ideally timetabled (otherwise I worry learners would not attend), but mindful of those who might find this challenging - so having an alternative for them to connect with me/others #lthechat 1/2

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abbi @abbis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A6 #LTHEchat I would hire a lot more staff to make time and space for us to a) develop our teaching and assessment b) develop ourselves c) find resource and space to work with students to cultivate belonging. Time is everything's enemy this year.

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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yes, last week at my institution's L&T Conference @it-se.bsky.social quoted Dr Emily McIntosh (both fellow PFHEA and NTF) 'Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that IS counted does count' #LTHEChat

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Penny Wheeler @pennyjw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A5 - Can the kindness of challenge be something that is made explicit to students, the way the value of the challenge of learning is explained to them in this AI phase? #LTHEchat

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Q6 - If you could change one thing tomorrow in your teaching, course or institution to help more students move from simply being present to genuinely belonging, what would it be? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response @ifawolowo.bsky.social

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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A5 No, it does not. As I have said in previous #LTHEChat sessions, Care Doesn't Have a KPI. Actually, it does, but we reduce everything to inhumane outputs, we fail to see it.

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Q5 - Does higher education value care, kindness, and compassion as seriously as it values academic rigour, and should it? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response @ifawolowo.bsky.social

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A4 - some disciplines or subject areas make this more challenging. I like Rudine Sims Bishop’s idea of mirrors, windows and sliding doors as applied to curriculum. Sometimes the activity can support that connection. #LTHEchat

Illustration for books as mirrors, windows and sliding glass doors.

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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A4 They can still bring themselves, their histories and cultures or ways of knowing into the classroom and present this through the lense of the module to their peers. The educator needs to foster and allow students to do this, this is more faciliation. #LTHEChat

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Q4 - Can students truly belong if they rarely see themselves, their histories, cultures or ways of knowing reflected in the curriculum? Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response @ifawolowo.bsky.social

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ifawolowo.bsky.social @ifawolowo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Such an important point. Staff belonging matters too. It is difficult to create spaces of belonging for students if educators themselves feel unseen or constrained. Belonging has to be part of the whole institutional culture, not just something we expect individual educators to deliver. #LTHEchat

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Dr Yaz Iyabo Osho @yazosho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A3-educators do have a responsibility; if they are unaware of how to do this for students, support should be provided, as is the case with belonging among faculty. What can we do? Changes to the curriculum: inclusivity; cases; active learning approaches; flexibility in assessment. #LTHEChat

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ifawolowo.bsky.social @ifawolowo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Absolutely. I often think belonging is built in these small, everyday moments. Who we include in the curriculum, whose voices we value, how we connect students and whether they have genuine choice all send powerful messages about who belongs. #LTHEchat

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abbi @abbis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A3 #LTHEchat A good amount. Where you run the room and hold responsibility for the course, ensuring that belonging is considered is on you. Universal Design for Learning supports some aspects (everyone has a way to contribute); inviting smash group personal response and learning reflection can help.

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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A4 Lots of responsibility as educators to create belonging, but only if the system allows staff belonging. Allowing our students to express their true self during teaching, allowing them to bring their experiences in, offering a choice of engagement. #LTHEChat

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Q3 - How much responsibility do educators have for creating belonging and what can we actually do through our everyday teaching? Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response @ifawolowo.bsky.social

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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A1 In a previous role, working in a team of eight, teaching on a PGCert Academic Practice. The way the Programme Director and the team created psychological safety, by allowing us to be both ourselves and have a sense of belonging to the team. This helped our 125 students too. #LTHEChat

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ifawolowo.bsky.social @ifawolowo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So true. There is something incredibly powerful about being known by name. It says, “I see you, you matter, and your contribution is valued.” Sometimes belonging begins with something as simple as that. #LTHEchat

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Louise Rees 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🎨🦒🦦 @louiserees.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A1 When other attendees spoke/engaged with me, my input was welcomed and respected. There was warmth to the engagement and a level of personal interest in me. #lthechat

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Q2 - What is the difference between being included in higher education and genuinely belonging there? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response @ifawolowo.bsky.social

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abbi @abbis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A1 #LTHEchat just this afternoon - was welcomed into a departmental workshop to facilitate communicating with students around the use, or not, if GenAI in their modules. Colleagues were curious, respectful, interested and so open to sharing and learning from each other. It made hard work fun.

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The Association of National Teaching Fellows @ntfellows.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

NTF Francis Awolowo @ifawolowo.bsky.social is tonight's #LTHEchat Guest. Join the chat and read his blogpost on Beyond Inclusion: Can We Teach for Belonging?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Neoliberals want to end the triple-lock on state pension They inflict low wages, consign millions to poverty. Govt spending on state pension as % of GDP in G7 countries. Italy 12.8 France 12 Germany 9.8 Japan 8.9 USA 6.6 Canada 4.7 UK 4.7 UK has one of the least generous pensions in the G7.

adviserservices.fidelity.co.uk

How does the UK State Pension measure up globally?

A global comparison of State Pension provision highlights the onus on individuals in the UK to build pension savings for their retirement, rather than leaving

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

'Gary Davies, deputy vice-chancellor at London Metropolitan University, was responding to the Department for Education’s release of its Higher Education Sector Action Plan, which forms part of the government’s International Education Strategy.'

timeshighereducation.com

UK has ‘zero chance’ of meeting international earnings target

Government releases action plan to help sector earn £40 billion but critics say policy settings are making it impossible

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Alyson Lewis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @alysonklewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A6 #LTHEchat more sharing of practice across the sector and perhaps more openness to all involved in TNE to say what needs developing/refining - providing spaces to reflect, time to breath and go again!

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

See you all next week - same time, same place! #LTHEchat Next week, we will be joined by Francis Awolowo, @ifawolowo.bsky.social, discussing Beyond Inclusion: Can We Teach for Belonging?

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Dr. Gustavo Espinoza-Ramos @tavoer8.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thanks for the questions, the engagement in sharing ideas and for sharing the resources #LTHEchat

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thank you to @alysonklewis.bsky.social and @heatherpennington.bsky.social and to everyone who participated. #LTHEchat

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Create a space to focus on co-learning and identify successful approaches to student engagement - building intercultural understandign and trust. #LTHEchat

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