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Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

AND ... shouldn't it be paradoxical that the more HEIs adopt KPIs, the less time there is for all of these valuable activities that surface and share good practice! #LTHEchat

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Highly recommend this from Rose bsky.app/profile/rose... and Julie bsky.app/profile/juli... #LTHEchat Gann, R.J., Hulme, J.A. Scholarship reimagined: creating the DARSHE, an inclusive and flexible framework for developing scholarship in higher education. High Educ (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s107...

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

#LTHEchat How is that hour over already?!!! Great chatting with you all tonight, we'll be looking back through the responses and getting in touch for contributions to the Scholarship Spotlight. Keep fighting the good fight folks

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

#LTHEchat I second that! The more voices and stories we can get on there, the more inclusive and helpful it will be scholarshipspotlight.uk

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A6 #LTHEchat a collaborative companion to coach and nudge me to help me navigate my post-unmasking brain as a neurodivergent, menopausal woman!

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A5 #LTHEchat people who welcome you in no matter what your background or intersectionality is, those who nudge you with gentle challenges, online communities like #LTHEchat are the bomb - I felt genuine loss when X 🤮 died for me, but genuine excitement when bluesky emerged from the ashes!

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A4 #LTHEchat one key spotlight was our Hard Graft project. Working with amazing colleagues to explore how our working class roots have shaped our educator identities was so worthwhile, it didn't feel like research! openjournals.ljmu.ac.uk/prism/articl...

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Hard Graft: Collaborative exploration of working class stories in shaping female educator identities | PRISM: Casting New Light on Learning, Theory and Practice

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A3 Also deadlines! But mostly it’s firefighting and the dreaded admin pile. What helps is putting space in for collaborative meetings and events, and submitting abstracts for conferences when the work isn't finished because it will make me do it! #LTHEchat

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Loving all these examples of great ways to get started with scholarship #LTHEchat Chat and collaborations are a key theme here A2

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A2 For me it’s people that help me get going. A conversation helps me clarify my thinking and gives me energy. Also looming deadlines help a lot!!! #LTHEchat

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A1 Sooo many things! Blogs, presentations, games and other playful/creative activities, corridor conversations, journal articles obvs, also #LTHEchat! Anywhere that conversations and sharing happens

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Hola #LTHEchat My pooches (and I) are ready and raring to go!

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

The fabulous @neilwithnell.bsky.social is retiring. He's had such a +ve influence on digital learning, staff & students. He's not one for bigging himself up, so let’s do it for him! Add your messages here 👉 lancashire.padlet.org/EGillaspy/neil #LTHEchat #BYOD4L #SocMedHE25 #creativeHE #PlayLearn

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Happy Retirement Neil

We all know Neil is a star. Please share your thoughts, messages and pictures below to celebrate the positive influence he has had on us all!

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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 17/12/2025

Latest Playful Learning Newsletter is out, news about lots of playful conferences, contributing towards things like RE:PLAY, & a cheeky little extension for a journal special issue too. Take a look if you're interested in adult play, playfulness, learning. playfullearningassoc.co.uk/december-new...

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December newsletter / update – Playful Learning Association

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

🥄Grab your spoons #PlayLearn community for a jam-packed online meetup! 🎈 Thu 12 Feb 2026, 13:30–16:30 Together we'll blend ideas, share flavours & preserve the magic of play. 👉 bit.ly/PLAfeb26 @markchilds.bsky.social & I are creating the menu, let us know of any flavours you'd like to sample!🫙

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Such a joy co-facilitating an online #Menopause Café for the @unilancashire.bsky.social Women’s Network with the fab Zoe McGlynn & María Iglesias Mora. Our network shared messages of self-kindness - now turned into this advent. Sharing in case it also helps others🎁 app.myadvent.net/calendar?id=...

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15 days of self-kindness

Women's Network at the University of Lancashire has created an advent calendar for you! Happy holidays! :)

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I ❤️ the Playful Learning Conference! If you come down to the woods with us in 2026, you'll definitely be in for a surprise! Call for papers out now, deadline 2 Feb. #PlayLearn 2026 theme: Into the Woods youtu.be/jPfK6Q6yL4A playfullearningassoc.co.uk/conference/

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Looking forward to a great day at #NET2025 today presenting our @unilancashire.bsky.social #IPE programme with Matt Rees and HEI collaborative project with Leah Greene, Peter Roberts, Abhi Jones and @neilwithnell.bsky.social

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Fantastic couple of days at MMU for the Playful Learning Association meetup! Conversations about killer robots, imposter queens, being weird and hairy deer legs were just what I needed. Such a joyful, creative and inclusive atmosphere! 🎲🧩 #playlearn Join in here playfullearningassoc.co.uk

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This is so, so, sad, he was a genius and legend! RIP Mani, love to all his family and friends. *Madchester forever*

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Thank you to the amazingly fabulous @rachelleeobrien.bsky.social @katiepiatt.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social, Dawne Irving-Bell & Clive Palmer for sharing stories with @unilancashire.bsky.social staff thinking about @advancehe.bsky.social #NTFS or #CATE today. What a stellar panel!

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Thanks to the @unilancashire.bsky.social School of Nursing and Midwifery and wider Burnley campus teams for making today's Burnley community and open day a massive success! Had to bring a few playful learning #playlearn activities along of course 😀

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Can you help spread the word? @gemmaspencer.bsky.social 's #PhD is looking at the experiences of UK #nursing or #midwifery female students who identify as having ADHD. This research is vital in helping us in the HE sector shape the best possible student experience. Thanks!

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Great workshop from the fab @lizcable.bsky.social at #playlearn25 on game making - business as usual playfullearningassoc.co.uk/conference/c...

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Dr. Gustavo Espinoza-Ramos @tavoer8.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Shining the Spotlight #SOS will enhance the scholarship of educators. Congrats to all colleagues involved, including Earle Abrahamson, @suebecks.bsky.social @archaeocobb.bsky.social @rosegann.bsky.social @juliehulme-psyc.bsky.social Dawne Irving-Bell, @egillaspy.bsky.social Susan Smith #ANTF2025

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

It was a real pleasure to chat to you on the podcast @rogerjsaunders.bsky.social and @jimt77.bsky.social about all things playful learning #playlearn. If anyone is thinking about sharing their practice, I can highly recommend the L&T Chatshow podcast experience!

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Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

#LoveLD L&T Chat Show double bill: Amina Easat-Daas & Simon Stevens talking about decolonising the curriculum: open.spotify.com/episode/1A9z... & Markus Wohlfeil talking about Film Theory and Marketing: open.spotify.com/episode/56Ky...

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Love it! This is such a fab and inspiring team to be part of, do check out the website scholarshipspotlight.uk and let us know what you think 😁 Is there anything else you would like to see on there that might help you with your scholarship activities?

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

So proud of our whole Interprofessional Education team, we only went and won the Educate North student experience award 🎉🥂 Very well done to all the winners and finalists, @unilancashire.bsky.social scooped 3 awards and a highly commended in total, what a fantastic night!

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the wonderful and powerful women, there are so many of you and the world is better as a result!

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 08/03/2025

Gender equality doesn’t just 'happen.' Women’s rights must be fought for and protected. Our responsibility is clear. To lead by example and create a world where opportunities are fair for all. Not just today, but every single day. #InternationalWomensDay

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Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

#LoveLD Punk it out! Our latest #Take 5 #123 blog is brought to you by Maria King from the University of Leeds, an educational developer and former academic librarian whose teaching and learning practice is underpinned by punk pedagogy aldinhe.ac.uk/take5-123-pu... .

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rogerjsaunders.bsky.social @rogerjsaunders.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Today's L&T Chat Show podcast episode is Paul Kleiman on Creativity in Teaching. open.spotify.com/episode/31fO... If you've used any of the ideas in the 100+ episodes or if you have something to share contact roger.saunders@dmu.ac.uk

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S5E19 - Paul Kleiman on Creativity in Teaching

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Thanks @lthechat.bsky.social @sfaulknerpando.bsky.social for a fab chat! It's been a while since I've been on these chats so it's been awesome to see you lovely folks again tonight. Will remember to use a laptop next time so I can type quicker 😂

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sfaulknerpando.bsky.social @sfaulknerpando.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A5 @colldash.bsky.social If you're looking for ideas, the Playful Learning Conference is a great place to try out different playful learning activities, magpie them and adapt them to fit your setting. #LTHEchat playfullearningassoc.co.uk/conference/

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David Collett @colldash.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A6 I think it’s important to build the evidence base not for now but the future, the lack of unsupervised risky play in gen alpha ect and its effects on socialisation mental health and anxiety could lead to a reduction in play in learning in the future #lthechat

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A6 LTHEchat definitely! How else would SoTL happen? We need conceptual frameworks and theory but also understand how it's experienced. You can design the impact measurements into the playful activity rather than just having 'happy sheets' too

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A4 #LTHEchat create a space for people to share and celebrate their practices is vital Loads of practice from UCLan and beyond on this padlet uclan.padlet.org/EGillaspy/pl... Make sure you join the playfullearningassoc.co.uk to share more widely. There are more of us out there than people think!

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Playful Learning Resources #UCLanPlayLearn

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A4 #LTHEchat show people what's possible through being brave enough to experiment yourself. Be by someone's side the first time to support and coach them, gently nudging to take calculated risks. Gather the data to show them it works!

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Emma Gillaspy @egillaspy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A3 #LTHEchat I see barriers as a challenge to rise to! If someone says you can't possible do that in this space, it just makes me roll my sleeves up and prove them wrong 😂

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