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Fran Sutherland

@fransez.bsky.social
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Educational developer | Senior fellow | #Iraqi HE consultant and research |Dabbling here since the Xodus

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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ta 🤗
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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"political literacy is no longer simply an advantage, but an essential part of active citizenship" 👏👏 Top stuff from @rosegann.bsky.social @anaisabelnunes.bsky.social theconversation.com/a-level-resu...
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A-level results: why politics is the fastest growing subject
Young people are not disengaged from politics but increasingly interested in understanding it.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/07/2026
Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
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Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Hello, would it be possible to get a file copy of your graphic? I’d like to use it with applicants, fully referenced of course. (Can’t dm :)) thanks
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Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Anyways always listen to Iraqis. Our fears are legitimate. Our concerns are valid. We are not overreacting. We are not being hysterical or dramatic. Our voices are essential in telling our story.
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Q2 - How do you use storytelling as a pedagogic tool in your subject specialist area of teaching or educational practice? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response.
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Sheff indie band the #klementines 1st single out today #music #pop #sheffield #proudmommoment open.spotify.com/album/2Dael8...
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Echoes of a lost homeland: art, memory, and the invisible scars of violence - Subjectivity
This article investigates the intersection of nostalgia, memory, and artistic representation in preserving and reimagining homelands that no longer exist due to war, transformation, or displacement. T...
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Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
#LoveLD - love #LTHEchat: Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 15th March at 8pm BST with guest Danielle Hinton (@hintondm.bsky.social to discuss Brookfield’s Four Lenses: lthechat.com/2026/04/12/l...
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LTHEchat 360: Through the Prism: Illuminating Educational Impact with Brookfield’s Four Lenses
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 15th March at 8pm GMT with guest Danielle Hinton (@hintondm.bsky.social to discuss Brookfield’s Four Lenses! Introduction Educators in Higher Education…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/04/2026
AI products are reaching further into our lives. Does it matter who controls the companies behind them? | Van Badham
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AI products are reaching further into our lives. Does it matter who controls the companies behind them? | Van Badham
Every organisation needs guardrails that channel them away from human fallibility and collectively minimise the harm they can do
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Thank you Sue for the opportunity - been v interesting all round and lovely to get to emeet new people.
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Join us tonight at 8pm BST where we'll be exploring 'Academic wellbeing, emotional energy and caring leadership: why care is a superpower in challenging times' with @deebaparmar.bsky.social Read the blog for more info: lthechat.com/2026/03/23/l...
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LTHEchat 359: Academic wellbeing, emotional energy and caring leadership: why care is a superpower in challenging times
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 25th March at 8pm GMT with guest Deeba Parmar (@deebaparmar.bsky.social) to discuss Academic Wellbeing, Emotional Energy and Caring Leadership! –…
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 25th March at 8pm GMT with guest Deeba Parmar (@deebaparmar.bsky.social) to discuss Academic Wellbeing, Emotional Energy and Caring Leadership!
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LTHEchat 359: Academic wellbeing, emotional energy and caring leadership: why care is a superpower in challenging times
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 25th March at 8pm GMT with guest Deeba Parmar (@deebaparmar.bsky.social) to discuss Academic Wellbeing, Emotional Energy and Caring Leadership! - Higher education continues to navigate significant challenge. Change is constant, expectations are high and the pace can feel unrelenting. In these moments it is often the visible outputs that take priority: delivery, performance, metrics.
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Join us this Wednesday 18th March at 8 pm GMT where we’ll be exploring the Use of Humour in Higher Education with @hankumna.bsky.social
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LTHEchat 358: Academics’ Use of Humour Styles in Higher Education Teaching
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 18th March at 8pm GMT with guest Hannah Robinson to discuss the Use of Humour in Higher Education Teaching. Have you ever found yourself making a joke or laughing at yourself during your lectures? Research evidence shows most academics report that they use humour with their students. The use of humour in education has been reported to effect different areas of students’ educational experiences such as their wellbeing, the classroom environment, relationships, and learning outcomes.
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
*blog will be available tomorrow!
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore 'Academics’ Use of Humour Styles in Higher Education Teaching’ with @hankumna.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post at:
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#LTHEchat
The weekly Learning and Teaching in HE chat created by the community for the community - Wednesday 8-9pm
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Undeniably I seem to get a lot less cranky with woman voice Siri than man voice…🤔
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Forgot again! #LTHEchat
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A6 By allowing choice in the spectrum of assessment design. Whether it’s a traffic light or 2 lane approach or… and these should be overarching with integrity in mind. Moderation & standardisation should be mandatory for reliability.
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A3 Open and regular dialogue. Sharing ai tool updates and encouraging s’s to share also. Utter clarity with assessments - or - let s’s choose what they use as long as it’s within guidelines and ensures academic integrity. Require disclosure - in a positive rather than punitive frame. #LTHEchat
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
And I forgot #LTHEchat
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ALT: a baby in a striped shirt is covering his face with his hand and says `` dear lort '' .
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A2 I subscribe to the UOSydney 2 lane idea - although even closed exams now challenged by smart glasses 🤦🏻‍♀️. I like that it embraces insecurity as both real and a route for A4L. Validity for me means detailing granular process in design & providing rationale for which bits should/n’t involve ai.
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Q2 What does a valid and secure assessment look like in your area of interest right now? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A1 I think that depends on having chunked the assessment process and having decided which bits need to be human, synthetic or hybrid knowledges
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Q1 How does GenAI prompt us to re-examine what “valued forms of knowledge” look like in areas you teach or support students in? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A1 It’s taken us back to basics. Fundamentals - what is knowledge? What is learning? What is education? I like the way it makes us narrow what is /isn’t so meaningful. #LTHEchat
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
One hour to go to get ready :) Read the blogpost lthechat.com/2026/03/06/l... and follow the hashtag #LTHEchat - it's that easy.
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LTHEchat 357: Talking About GenAI in Higher Education As If Education Came First
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 11th March at 8pm GMT with guest Rachel Forsyth to discuss GenAI in higher education. In many conversations about generative AI in higher education, th…
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Tribute and Marxist materialist positioning of the recently murdered Iraqi feminist Yanar - RIP. By @mehiyar.bsky.social www.counterfire.org/article/the-...
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The life and work of Iraqi Communist and Feminist Yanar Mohammed
Following the assassination of Yanar Mohammed on 2 March, Dr Mehiyar Kathem Al Sa’edi pays tribute to a fighter for women’s rights Born in Baghdad in 1960, Yanar Mohammed graduated from the Baghdad...
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Join us for next week’s #LTHEchat which will explore “Talking About GenAI in Higher Education As If Education Came First” with @rmforsyth.bsky.social on Wednesday 1tth March 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/03/06/l...
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LTHEchat 357: Talking About GenAI in Higher Education As If Education Came First
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 11th March at 8pm GMT with guest Rachel Forsyth to discuss GenAI in higher education. In many conversations about generative AI in higher education, th…
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Yanar Mohammed [RIP] and Iraq’s Struggle for Gender Equality and Accountability. by Taif Alkhudary, Hayder Al-Shakeri blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2026/03/...
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Yanar Mohammed and Iraq’s Struggle for Gender Equality and Accountability - Middle East Centre
On 2 March 2026, Iraqi feminist and human rights defender Yanar Mohammed was shot and killed outside her home in Baghdad by unidentified gunmen. Her assassination came just one day before so-called Ir...
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow, Wednesday 8-9pm BST, for #LTHEchat, which will explore "Algorithmic Bias of Social Media: Should Educators Teach Students How Social Media Bias Shapes Knowledge?" with @oliviakellyou.bsky.social Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/02/27/l...
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LTHEchat 356: Algorithmic Bias of Social Media: Should Educators Teach Students How Social Media Bias Shapes Knowledge?
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 4th March at 8pm GMT with guest Dr Olivia Kelly to discuss how algorithmic bias can influence what students see on social media and what our role as ed…
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
There really is a new geopolitics of higher education with respect to AI. It maps pretty neatly onto which countries prioritise STEM vs. Social Science/Humanities. Watch South Korea. It's the country that appears to be sitting right on top of the fault line.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
As the analysis starts of the Gorton and Denton result, I wanted to flag some aspects that my experience yesterday suggests are being over or under-played (Caveats - I went to Longsight, Gorton and Denton town centres and spoke to as many people as I could, but it was mostly during the working day)
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
We hosted a second "Avoiding AI" panel earlier this month. It featured three faculty sharing their strategies for keeping AI (mostly) out of their courses. Here's my recap of the event: cte.virginia.edu/news/more-st...
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More Strategies for Avoiding AI — UVA Center for Teaching Excellence
More UVA faculty share their strategies for directing students away from the use of AI in course assignments and activities.
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
2 days to go before #LTHEchat this week! This week we will feature @2standandstare.bsky.social exploring: ‘Shifting sands and professional identities in Higher Education’. Check out the blog for more details: lthechat.com/2026/02/20/l...
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LTHEchat 355: Shifting sands and professional identities in Higher Education
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 25th February at 8pm GMT with guest Samantha Ahern to discuss “Shifting sands and professional identities in Higher Education”. Change in H…
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
But seriously, surely this is peak ‘why bother being at uni / college’ and it can only get better from here.
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
‘"Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom." ~ Albert Einstein
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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I was mildly incensed at the latest use of 'Mickey Mouse degree' as a derogatory term for any course that's not directly industry-tied and/or actually helps develop critical thinking skills, to the point where I wanted to write something about it. drsamuelsaunders.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/w...
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What’s wrong with a ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree? As it turns out, absolutely nothing.
A few readers might have seen a comment I recently put on a LinkedIn post from Times Higher Ed COO Phil Baty, who was playing anti-university bingo with Suella Braverman’s, Reform UK’s …
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A6 #LTHEchat I think I’ve sensed mattering most to international students. Maybe for obvious reasons inc dealing with homesickness, unfamiliarity, and seeking a deeper sense of belonging as they’ve made such an effort to be here/there. But also culturally-there’s recognition of roles-and gratitude.
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Interesting question!
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
#LTHEchat speaking from personal experience as a student in the recent past as well as being staff- I found having to search for and navigate almost every query online borderline soul destroying. It just feels like what it is - a money saver.
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Q5. How can we create mattering moments in online spaces? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response
How can we create mattering moments in online spaces?
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A3 #LTHEchat IME, with webpages. You know, when you need or would like a human conversation but are pointed to a webpage to trawl through policy and links and docs instead.
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A2 #LTHEchat I think active learning techniques enhance this because of the thought involved. Asking questions and listening. Suspending dis/belief. And personable things, relationality. Following up when you say you will. Lots of stuff really.
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Q2. How do our everyday interactions signal to students that they are noticed, valued, and taken seriously, that they matter? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response
How do our everyday interactions signal to students that they are noticed, valued, and taken seriously, that they matter?
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Q1. If a sense of belonging is framed as something students need to have to be a successful student, what might change if we instead focused on what we do as student-facing staff to foster belonging? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response
If a sense of belonging is framed as something students need to have to be a successful student, what might change if we instead focused on what we do as student-facing staff to foster belonging?
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 17/02/2026
The barrister Setu Kamal sued @danneidle.bsky.social for £8m for defamation. Representing himself in court, Kamal cited three cases that made Neidle’s case “untenable”. But, in a bizarre twist, it turned out that these cases were hallucinated by ChatGPT: goodlaw.social/n1cv
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Fake law: Barrister suing Dan Neidle relied on cases from ChatGPT
Demand for £8m supported by fake legal cases generated with AI tools – but that’s not the worst part of this shocking lawsuit
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Dr Alina Congreve @alinacongreve.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Climate change keeps showing up in our teaching, often in messy, uncertain ways. This week’s #LTHEChat is a space to think together about authenticity, care, and collective professional learning. Hope you’ll join us on Wednesday evening 8-9PM GMT #LTHEChat
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
2 days to go before the #LTHEchat this week! This week we will feature @alinacongreve.bsky.social exploring “How real is too real? Authentic learning and climate change across the curriculum." Check out the blog for more details:
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LTHEchat 353: How real is too real? Authentic learning and climate change across the curriculum
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 11th February at 8pm GMT with guest Dr Alina Congreve to discuss how can we empower students to be part of a larger university ‘How real is too real? A…
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