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Smita Odedra

@drodedra.bsky.social
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SoTL & ChemEd / Deputy Director of Teaching, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow. Badger enthusiast.

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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Happy International Day of Men Mostly Avoiding Learning About The Experiences of Women and Girls in Science!! 🥰
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Looking forward to welcoming Charlie Simms of @periodically.bsky.social for seminar tomorrow! Come and hear about the groundbreaking student-run podcast that has highlighted the challenges periods create for people in HE, and inspired greater equity. @uofgchem.bsky.social @drlinneasoler.bsky.social
A poster in pink and red advertising a School of Chemistry Seminar with Charlie Simms
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
A fly agaric mushroom sprouting on a leaf-strewn lawn at the University of Glasgow
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Dr Mary Jacob L&T @maryjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This looks great for embedding wellbeing in our higher education teaching! Even if you can't participate live, the blog post has loads of useful ideas and resources. #AberPGCTHE #AcademicSky #EduSky
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Curious about how rural students experience the transition into Higher Education? Check our some findings from our recent study, a staff-student collaboration between Josh Hylands, @drlinneasoler.bsky.social and I, in this podcast by @raise-network.bsky.social 🎧
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Episode 2 - What can we learn from the experiences of rural students in HE chemistry at the University of Glasgow
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
We are back for the new academic year. Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat, which will explore Effective Note Making Systems from Paper to AI with @drntasler.bsky.social on Wednesday (tomorrow), 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/09/19/l...
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LTHEchat 336 Effective Note Making Systems from Paper to AI
Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 24th September 2025 at 20:00 BST At the University of Glasgow we are in our first teaching week, the topic of note making, and its related systems see…
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
This year's induction outfits by Vivienne Westwood 💅🏻 Double whammy welcoming in both first year and final year!
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
#RAISE25 is in Glasgow and our podcast has been recorded for the occasion! This might be the cutest conference sponsor merch I've ever seen #chippo @raise-network.bsky.social @drlinneasoler.bsky.social
A row of six hippo plushies on a table. Each one is wearing a (slightly tight) tshirt emblazoned with Chippo branding
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PERIODically @periodically.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
On Thursday Sofia Olendraru from PERIODically presented at the Variety in Chemistry/Physics Higher Education Conference 2025! Sofia presented her poster titled ‘Towards Period Dignity: Increasing and Improving Accessible Provision of Free Period Products’. ❤️🩸🧪 #ViCEPHEC2025
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Really inspiring keynote from @jacquieosborne.bsky.social at #vicephec25 yesterday, time to mull over her padlet of collective career wisdom now!
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Had a wonderful few days in Bristol - thank you @learnsci.com for choosing @drlinneasoler.bsky.social and I as award finalists! 🏆 #LSTeachingInnovationAwards #eduSky @uofgchem.bsky.social
Bill Heslop speaking at a podium introducing the audience to the awards day
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Janet Salmons, PhD @2write.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Exactly! What damage is this doing to emerging writers? I look at the people pushing AI onto us - while they stand at the side of authoritarians and resist any minimal protections for users. Why? If we don't think, we don’t resist oppression. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/01/28/g...
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Guest Post:  Finding Your Voice in a Ventriloquist’s World – AI and Writing - The Scholarly Kitchen
What are prompts in our writing tools asking us if we want to "rewrite with AI" really telling us? And what would broad adoption of those tools mean for creativity and scholarly research communication...
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Where's Wally? #ewTechForum @drlinneasoler.bsky.social
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Ready for the awards ceremony!
Smita smiling in front of Big Ben at sunset
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LearnSci @learnsci.com · 13/03/2025
Finalist spotlight 🔦 @drodedra.bsky.social and @drlinneasoler.bsky.social at @uofgchem.bsky.social won a Teaching Innovation Award in 2023 for their work supporting students transitioning into labs. They’ve since been awarded funding to extend the project! Read more→ ow.ly/j9i850Vht7f
Dr Smita Odedra and Dr Linnea Soler
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We're in Londoooon! @drlinneasoler.bsky.social
Smita and Linnea in front of the River Thames. Behind them is the Oxo building, st Paul's, and further down the river the glass skyscrapers of the City glint in the sunlight
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for #LTHEchat, which will explore postplagiarism: academic integrity in an age of AI with @saraheaton.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT/BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/03/10/l...
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#LTHEchat 322: Postplagiarism: Teaching and Learning in an Age of Artificial Intelligence
Led by Prof. Sarah Elaine Eaton @saraheaton.bsky.social In higher education, we find ourselves at a fascinating inflection point. The emergence of powerful artificial intelligence tools has forever…
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Christoph Jacob @christophjacob.eu · 11/03/2025
The ACS Inclusivity Style Guide used to include sections on “Gender and Sexuality” and on “Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality”. Both are now gone. www.acs.org/about/inclus...
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Inclusivity Style Guide - American Chemical Society
The ACS Inclusivity Style Guide aims to help American Chemical Society staff and members communicate in ways that recognize and respect diversity in all its forms.
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Final reminder. #LTHEchat is happening TODAY at 20:00 GMT/ BST. We will be joined by @nomadwarmachine.bsky.social and @emmadw.bsky.social and will be talking about #edtech Read the blog for more: lthechat.com/2025/02/24/l...
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
@drlinneasoler.bsky.social & I have had such joy working with our students! Josh has been exploring experiences of rural students in HE, while Francesca has been investigating what influences lecturers' teaching. Fascinating work from these two projects! @edusky.bsky.social @uofgchem.bsky.social
Two students, Josh and Francesca, along with cosupervisors, standing in front of their academic research posters
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I hate these stairs so much, why did someone design them like this?? 😬
Stairs with a disconcerting angle that forces your left and right steps to be slightly different
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
It's that time of year again - our BSc Hons @uofgchem.bsky.social students are presenting their work! Lots of exciting projects being shared. Very proud of all the class!
Staff and students mingling and discussing academic posters which are displayed on blue boarda zigzagging across a large airy room
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Don't forget to join us for tomorrow's #LTHEchat which will explore designing for diverse learners with Lee Fallin @leefallin.bsky.social, Tom Tomlinson @tomtomlinson.bsky.social and Gemma Spencer @gemmaspencer.bsky.social. Wednesday 8-9pm GMT. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/02/09/l...
A diverse group learning around a table.
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Thank you so much @learnsci.com for selecting us as finalists in this award!! Over the moon 🎉
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Michael O’Neill @michaeloneill.org · 02/02/2025
**New Blog** What is #ViCEPHEC25 and why should you go? A short description of the Variety in Chemistry/Physics Higher Education Conference, aimed particularly at people who haven't been before. #iTeachChem #iTeachPhys www.michaeloneill.org/blog-1/2025/2/2/what-is-vicephec-and-why-should-you-go
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What is ViCEPHEC and why should you go? — Michael O'Neill
A short description of the Variety in Chemistry Education/Physics Higher Education Conference (ViCEPHEC), aimed particularly at people who have never been before.
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
So much stuff happened just in first month of the year - taking a moment to reflect on achievements and plan ahead for some exciting projects with a wonderful set of people 💜
An open journal on a table in a coffee shop, with purple and yellow pens ready to take notes. There is chocolate cake and coffee on the table too, and the lights of the cafe are twinkling in yhe background.
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Nathalie Tasler 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇩🇪 @drntasler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
PPS: can we decolonise research methods? Particularly in SoTL when we try to capture student (and colleague) voices?! A4 #LTHEchat
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Nathalie Tasler 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇩🇪 @drntasler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
In research methods I like to focus on how "traditional" methods are silencing voices who are not within an expected experience range (pet peeve Likert scales). Again challenge knowledge systems and what counts and knowing. A4 #LTHEchat 2/2
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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Join us Wednesday 8pm GMT for #LTHEchat with guest Dr Paul Ian Campbell @drpauliancampbell.bsky.social to talk about Closing the Race Award Gap: A New Approach to Inclusive Assessment in Higher Education  lthechat.com/2025/01/27/c...
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Closing the Race Award Gap: A New Approach to Inclusive Assessment in Higher Education
Dr Paul Ian Campbell @drpauliancampbell.bsky.social The Race Award Gap There currently exists a difference in degree outcomes between domicile students of colour and their White peers across UK Hig…
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ViCEPHEC Conference @vicephec.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The #ViCEPHEC25 website is live! Follow this account for updates on BSky, and consider submitting an abstract - we are trying to widen the range of formats presentations can take this year. vicephec2025.weebly.com
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ViCEPHEC2025, 28th-29th August 2025, Liverpool, UK
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Writing is thinking. It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
@uofglasgow.bsky.social looking intriguing and cloaked in mystery this evening
A gothic tower rises up and disappears into thick fog, which is suffused with mysterious purple light. Leafless trees flank either side of a river in the foreground, with the water reflecting the purple light
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Dr Stephen Hendry @drstephenhendry.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Looking for festive science activities to spice up your classroom? 🎄✨ Try @drodedra.bsky.social "Twelve Scents of Christmas" for a fun and aromatic way to explore science in your classroom and at home this winter 🧪🎅❄️ Suitable for all ages and abilities figshare.edgehill.ac.uk/articles/edu...
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Twelve Scents of Christmas How To Guide
This guide was written by Dr Smita Odedra (Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow), who created the Twelve Scents of Christmas chemistry outreach activity.Tw...
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Check out the @uofgsotl.bsky.social Advent Calendar for a blog by @drlinneasoler.bsky.social, me, and our two project students! 🎁 We discuss our approaches for launching SoTL activities with students, shifting from disciplinary research to chemistry education and SoTL and centring student voice. 🎅
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Axiom 🤣🍷 @drlinneasoler.bsky.social
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Today the undergrad students in our CHERPS section presented on their work so far in their ChemEd/SoTL projects. I'm blown away by how awesome and articulate their presentations were, how much work they've done within a short time, and the quality of their work. What a delightful day!
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Today has been such a thought-provoking whirlwind of a day! 🌀 Exploring media opportunities in morning; then learning about interview methods from @annakwood.bsky.social. Followed by absolutely amazing chat about creativity with @drntasler.bsky.social & Linnea, and Becca & Sunita from Washington 💜🤯🎉
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Looking for a festive science activity to do with your class or for public engagement events this winter? 🎅 Try ⭐ Twelve Scents of Christmas ⭐ - a fun and interactive chemistry guessing game that's great for all ages #EduSky doi.org/10.25416/NTR...
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Twelve Scents of Christmas How To Guide
This guide was written by Dr Smita Odedra (Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow), who created the Twelve Scents of Christmas chemistry outreach activity.Tw...
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Looking for a festive science activity to do with your class or for public engagement events this winter? 🎅 Try ⭐ Twelve Scents of Christmas ⭐ - a fun and interactive chemistry guessing game that's great for all ages #EduSky doi.org/10.25416/NTR...
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Twelve Scents of Christmas How To Guide
This guide was written by Dr Smita Odedra (Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow), who created the Twelve Scents of Christmas chemistry outreach activity.Tw...
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
It's time to start organizing the 2025 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program! Feel free to reach out with any questions! Mentee application: forms.gle/Xgha7wf6vrwa... Mentor application: forms.gle/mc5a8Bc6mXJX...
A graphic made on Canvas stating that the DisabledInSTEM 2025 Mentorship Program is now open and that applications are due December 7th. It also states this is going to be the fifth year of the program. On the pink ombre background, there are colored test tubes and glasses in the corners.
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
Thanks to the Active Learning Network for inviting Linnea & I to deliver a CPD session! Delighted to share e-resource co-created with Drew Gupwell to help Chemistry students learn how to make the most of lectures. Take a look - we think you'll love it as much as we do! 💕 doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... 👀
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Understanding Chemistry: Your Guide to Slaying in the Lecture Hall
Students often struggle when entering university and trying to learn from large-group lectures because the delivery, the expectations and the requirement for self-motivation in the learning process di...
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
Ok I'm going to give things another try here as it seems to have a flurry of activity since I last was here! Great to see so many of you at ViCEPHEC last week, and looking forward to next year in Liverpool!
An audience in a lecture theatre. The screen has a slide showing some buildings at the University of Liverpool as the dates & location for the next conference are revealed
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
We are thrilled to announce that Dr Alison Hill will be visiting Uni of Glasgow on 5th April to give a talk "Unique data sets for robust and authentic online open book assessments". Join us to hear from this double Learnsci Prizewinner and winner of prestigious RSC Higher Education award!
A poster showing  a portait photo of Alison Hill against a colourful background of pink and purple wavey lines. The poster is advertising Alison's visit to the School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow on 5th April 2024 between 2-4pm. Her talk is titled "Unique data sets for robust and authentic online open book assessments".  Alison has won three awards recently : two Learnsci Teaching Innovation Awards (2022 and 2023), and an RSC Excellence in Higher Education Prize (2022).
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Smita Odedra @drodedra.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
What a whirlwind of a week. We won an award!! Delighted about this and also feeling grateful that I get to work with Linnea Soler on so many cool projects!
Dr Smita Odedra & Dr Linnea Soler with a purple background and yellow graphic reading "Learnsci Teaching Innovation Awards Winner 2023"
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Michael O’Neill @michaeloneill.org · 26/01/2024
Free meeting online/London on Weds March 6th from the RSC's Higher Education Group. Programme and tickets on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rsc-he-che... #iTeachChem #ChemSky
Flyer for an RSG HEG event on Weds March 6th hosted by Helen Coulshed, Simon Gerrard and the ICL team, and Anna Roffey. Hybrid online/London (KCL).

Blurb: "the Winter meeting aims bring together chemistry educators specifically to kickstart collaborative chemical education research projects. During the event, participants will identify research areas and shared interests in educational development, find potential collaborators they want to work with, and start to design research questions and projects."
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