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A5 #lthechat projects definitely, various collaborations across our unit, but not so much across units or depts personally, maybe because I'm still relatively new at my institution. I'd love to develop the research angle more and colleagues have certainly achieved lots on this already

Agreed, I like it, it does have its faults, but I prefer it to the other choices we currently have! Certainly bridges and an institutional perspective come up often as strengths of third space roles

A4 #lthechat I like to think I do, but it varies even within our institution, for example, whether they are engaged in staff development would be a key differentiator

A3 #lthechat yes, SFHEA and recently FSEDA. I think it's useful to undertake a structured process of reflection, it certainly helps with professional identity formation and developing your teaching philosophy

A2 #lthechat Not very important- I think it's useful for people to understand who I am and what I do to help build networks and collaborate with others. I think that's often different to job titles and my identity is likely perceived differently by different depts/schools etc.

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A1 #lthechat my professional identity as an educational developer is more about the impact I can have than the job title. I identify more strongly with the term third space professional because I think it gives me more agency and helps me connect with others

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#lthechat always excited for a discussion related to third space and identity @thirdspacehe.bsky.social

Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

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Immigrants do not have to contribute exceptionally to deserve safety Immigrants do not have to permanently grovel to their new country to justify their existence Immigrants are allowed to be just as mediocre, grumpy or homesick as anyone else

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Northern Ireland has a very high level of gender based violence, mainly committed by white Northern Irish men. I’ve yet to see riots after a woman has been violently attacked or killed. Seems like the issue isn’t qwhite about violence but who gets to commit it! www.ulster.ac.uk/research/res...

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Research uncovers eye-watering levels of violence against women and girls in NI

Based on responses from more than 540 women, the report also found seven out of 10 experienced some form of violence or abuse in the last 12 months.

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Dr Maeve O'Dwyer @drmaeve.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Super happy to have joined the #gasta ranks today at #edtech26 - thanks to @iltasky.bsky.social and @gasta.me!

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Steve Welsh @stevedotedu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

On 24th June, DCU will serve as a local hub for the #DigAcc26 conference. Participants from the greater Dublin area are welcome to join us at DCU to engage with the conference sessions together! Info and registration: www.dcu.ie/dcu-communit...

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Dr Maeve O'Dwyer @drmaeve.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Excited for Day 2 of #edtech26 - another great programme of talks lined up (catch me at the gasta later!)

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A6 #lthechat open access research methods training, introduction to diverse/ creative research methods, fair workloading, communities of practice supporting collaborative research. Also if you have a hierarchy then be transparent- what is a top journal for your discipline and who decides that?

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A5 #lthechat lack of guidance- at DCU we give webinars on getting into SoTL, but does that happen in the disciplines or is it assumed to be tacit knowledge? Found my first publication experience confusing esp unclear expectations around image copyright (as a art history PhD candidate c.2015)

Lots of intersections to be explored between pracademic and third space professionals I think!

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Yes, amazing how REF in particular created this hierarchy, yet nowadays GenAI searches in particular mean that even pre-prints could have huge citation indexes, while some top journals have fallen victim to retractions

A4 #lthechat hard to say- mentorship? Looking at the orcid of someone you aspire to? Diversifying research methods e.g. ethnography? Maybe looking to colleagues in the arts who have traditionally advocated for a more sophisticated understanding of what constitutes academic practice?

A3 #lthechat I believe in broadly defining research- but I have heard people say "oh I'm not a proper researcher, I'm not published in top journals". I think it's imposter syndrome which stems from a supposed hierarchy of research - SoTL suffers from this

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A2 #lthechat third space professional, academic developer, lecturer, researcher, educator, facilitator, teacher.. depends what I think is most accessible in the given context

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A1 #lthechat probably a set of colourful markers- whatever you're working on or who you're working with, a bit of colour always brings more creativity

Last but not least to finish up day one of @iltasky.bsky.social #edtech26 it's @gasta.me and the Gastas!

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Continuing #edtech26 day one with a keynote from Dr Ben Williamson, University of Edinburgh

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Last up for prac papers 10 at #edtech26 it's @kate-molloy.net representing the team developing an OER and IEP open course for the national forum (in addition to her conference wizardry!)

@marendeepwell.bsky.social up now at #edtech26 prac papers 10 on open edtech advocacy drawing on collaborative research with reclaim hosting

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Next up at practitioner papers 10 #edtech26 it's @dculibrary.bsky.social Lisa Callaghan on embedding library support within the VLE

Now at #edtech26 it's Marian Murphy from @mtu.ie on gamifying cyber security learning, kicking off practitioner papers 10

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Last but not least at practitioner papers 02 #edtech26 it's Shaun Ferns from TUD on TEL enhancing their programme review process

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Now at practitioner papers 2 at #edtech26 is Shane Cronin from @mtu.ie on the (invisible?) work of learning technologists taking policy towards engaging learning experiences

Now up at practitioner papers 2 #edtech26 it's Niamh O'Mahony Corbett on their support for teaching staff on digital learning at @tcddublin.bsky.social via the digital development team

Excited now for #edtech26 practitioner papers 2- first up Sheila MacNeill, who has been working with a team from @jisc.bsky.social on an online learning design toolkit