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Kay Sambell

@kaysambell.bsky.social
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Independent consultant in HE, specialise in Assessment For Learning, Visiting Professor Univ. Cumbria & Sunderland. NTF, PFHEA. kaysambell.wordpress.com Assessment in HE Network: ahenetwork.org/about-ahe

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
I had the brilliant opportunity to work with @profwgarnham.bsky.social and our new book is now available for pre-order! Creative Approaches to Personal Tutoring and Academic Advising: A Practical Guide of Methods, Activities, and Curriculum Design. www.routledge.com/Creative-App...
Creative Approaches to Personal Tutoring and Academic Advising: A Practical Guide of Methods, Activities, and Curriculum Design.
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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Long anticipated #bookofdust Volume Three collected on day of release from Cogito Books!
Copy of the Book of Dust volume 3 with tote bag and pin badge!
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Dialogic Learning in the Age of Gen AI with @nurun.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm BST #dialogiclearning #genai #highereducation
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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
@drdeena.bsky.social You’ll be pleased to see our new recruit , Alf, enjoying his first ever trip afloat on the Keswick Launch today! After chatting amiably with the skipper he lay flat out by his feet and snoozed for the whole trip! #GreytBoatdog
Black retired greyhound enjoying a boat trip
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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @york.ac.uk You can see @yorkminster.bsky.social top right If you like this card, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
An old colour picture postcard showing a 1960s university campus set round a lake. In the distance the city of York can be seen, the medieval minster in the top right
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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
A social constructivist perspective on the development of student feedback literacy over a 4-year period. Free eprints www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BARHM...
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Towards an idealized model of feedback uptake: longitudinal development of feedback literacy from a social constructivist perspective
One of the potentials and challenges for the implementation of effective feedback processes lies in promoting and enacting purposeful student uptake of teacher written feedback. The theoretical fra...
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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Sharing this open resource that can be used with students to talk about the responsible use of GenAI created with @profpeter1.bsky.social Beckingham, S. and Hartley, P. (2025). The Generative AI CHECKLIST discussion cards. National Teaching Repository. doi.org/10.25416/NTR...
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The Generative AI CHECKLIST discussion cards
This resource is a collection of cards which complement the GenerativeAI CHECKLIST to use with students and staff to discuss ethical use of GenAI.See: Beckingham, Sue; Hartley, Peter (2024). The Gener...
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
New @hepi-news.bsky.social blog on how higher education should respond to calls to be relevant: www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/06/16/h...
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How should higher education respond to calls to be relevant? - HEPI
Higher education’s true value lies not in skills or facts, but in transformative access to structured bodies of knowledge.
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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
100% For those not familiar with AHE conference it is a must go to event for next year #LTHEchat ahenetwork.org/about-2/who-...
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Who is it for?
The conference is aimed at those working in all contexts where higher education is delivered who have an interest in the practice and research of assessment. It will be of interest to lecturers, ed…
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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Thanks, Bas @bastrimbos.bsky.social We missed your company at #AHEConf2025 this year- hope you are well.
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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
More examples of ‘Drawing from Experience’ using visualisation to reveal the emotional impact of assessment on academics. #AHEconf2025 stumblingwithconfidence.com/2022/06/23/r...
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Revealing assessment through drawing
When leading workshops on assessment I often start with a ’warm-up’ exercise in which the participants, supplied with sheets of paper and plenty of coloured pens, are asked to draw/make marks on pa…
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Prof Lydia Arnold @lydiaarnold.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Great start to #AHEConference2025 - I got to lead a workshop looking at assessment change (lots of engagement and ideas) and now at the mini keynotes - always such a valuable conference.
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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Hope everyone travelled safely home from #AHEConference2025 in Manchester. Inspiring contributions from presenters and collegial input from all participants made for a great two days. Food for thought and lots of joy. Thanks to everyone who made this a special gathering. Looking forward to next year
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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
So sorry to miss this great session, but I was giving my own masterclass! Wonderful to be at #aheconference2025
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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Dr Kath Ward from @edreslancaster.bsky.social speaking about her feedback research at #aheconference2025
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Prof Lydia Arnold @lydiaarnold.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Here is a quick summary of our Leading Strategic Change in Assessment Masterclass session this morning at #AHEConference25 #AHEConf2025 #AHEConference2025, it has the pictures of the session outputs to share too ..... lydiaarnold.net/2025/06/19/l...
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Leading Strategic Change in Assessment #AHEConference2025
This morning I ran an invited workshop, with Dr Iain McDonald of Cumbria University, at the Assessment in Higher Education Conference 2025 in Manchester. One of my favourite conferences, just by th…
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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The Padlet contains the presentation slides and various guides including: The Alchemists Grimoire of Assessment Transformation The Alchemists Cupboard of Curiosities Prompt Engineering 101 for Academics #aheconference25
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Nurun Nahar @nurun.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
The opening keynote from Prof. Sam Elkington provided gentle provocations for rethinking assessments for a time when multimodal technologies are blurring digital-human divide divide #Aheconference25
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Nurun Nahar @nurun.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Developing programmatic assessment strategy or looking for resources and opportunity to engage with a community of practitioners developing toolkit for integrative progrommatic assessment? You may want to checkout IPA network or speak to Prof. Peter Harley #Aheconference25
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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
We will miss you, Jo, but look forward to seeing the rest of the crew
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Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Alas I won't be there at #aheconference25 but keep an eye out for other #CRADLE crew! Phill, Dave, Jack, Thomas, Juuso, students @teganlittle.bsky.social & Chad, and fellow Maria going to represent.
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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
#aheconference25 are you going to the assessment in higher education conference in Manchester?It’s 19th-20th of June and lots of dead good people are going including @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @fabioarico.bsky.social &more. I will be using this hashtag on BlueSky& hope you do too!
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which explores where teaching, learning and assessment in HE has been and is going with @profsallybrown.bsky.social and @philrace.bsky.social on Wednesday April 30th 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post at:
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#LTHEchat 327 Quo vadis teaching, learning and assessment in Higher Education?
Led by Emeriti Professor Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social and Emeritus Professor Phil Race @philrace.bsky.social We published the first edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit with Routledge 1998 …
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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Debate and role-play as interactive oral assessment: some tentative thoughts scape.edu.hku.hk/creative-ass...
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Creative Assessment Design in the Time of GenAI
Zheng Wenxin and David CarlessI am Zheng Wenxin, a second-year HKU student participating in the Eureka Undergraduate Research Programme, conducting a research project with Professor David Carless. Our...
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Join us Wednesday 30th April at 8pm BST for #LTHEchat 327 Quo vadis teaching, learning and assessment in Higher Education? Led by Emeriti Professor Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social and Emeritus Professor Phil Race @philrace.bsky.social
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#LTHEchat 327 Quo vadis teaching, learning and assessment in Higher Education?
Led by Emeriti Professor Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social and Emeritus Professor Phil Race @philrace.bsky.social We published the first edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit with Routledge 1998 and there have been four further editions since, published by Phil alone. When we were asked to do a sixth edition for 2025, we had to recognise just how much has changed in the last five years.
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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
You might like this @it-se.bsky.social @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profpeter1.bsky.social @philrace.bsky.social See also my website at sally-brown.net
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Michelle Morgan ITSE -Improving the Student Experience @it-se.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
If you are a uni interested in getting involved in the National PAQ pilot with @AdvanceHE and @Jisc complete the interest in participating form by the end of April 👇 wonkhe.com/blogs/the-po...
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The power of pre-arrival student questionnaires
Michelle Morgan and Jonathan Neves introduce a sector-wide pilot of a tool to find out more about students and their expectations before they arrive at university
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The Association of National Teaching Fellows @ntfellows.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
ANTF Symposium 2025 – Bookings open! #ANTF2025 “WISER Together: Advancing Excellence in Education” 20-21 May 2025 at NMITE in Hereford ntf-association.com/annual-sympo...
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ANTF Symposium 2025 – Bookings open
“WISER Together: Advancing Excellence in Education” 20-21 May 2025 at NMITE in Hereford #ANTF2025 promotional video The image/link above should take you to our #ANTF2025 promotional video, sh…
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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
NEW on Wonkhe: Michelle Morgan and Jonathan Neves introduce a sector-wide pilot of a tool to find out more about students and their expectations before they arrive at university buff.ly/lrMuiKV
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Mark Glynn PFHEA @markglynn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Absolutely thrilled to get my copy of the latest edition of the "Lecturers Toolkit" - 6th Edition, by Phil Race and @profsallybrown.bsky.social . I recommended it to numerous lecturers (new and experienced) over the years. I was honoured to be asked to contribute to the latest edition
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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Well that’s got my steps in today!
View from top of Clifford’s tower York
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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Sixth edition of the Lecturer’s Toolkit by @philrace.bsky.social @profsallybrown.bsky.social arrived today! And I spotted my first swallow flying overhead in Northumberland: brilliant day so far!
Photo of Kay sambell holding new edition of lecturer’s toolkit
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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
@ntfellows.bsky.social I’m very pleased to see the association of national teaching fellows on blue sky! follow @suebecks.bsky.social @scholastic-rat.bsky.social @profpeter1.bsky.social @philrace.bsky.social @fabioarico.bsky.social @kaysambell.bsky.social @juliehulme-psyc.bsky.social
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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Angel looking mighty cheerful this morning ! 🏆
Angel of the North in NFC stripAngel
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Mark Childs @markchilds.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Fabulous book by fabulous people. Make sure there's a copy in your department.
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
2 days to go before this week's #LTHEchat! This week we will feature Prof. Sarah Eaton @saraheaton.bsky.social who will be leading a discussion on postplagiarism: teaching and learning in an age of Artificial Intelligence. Check out the blog for more: 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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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Fabulous news 👇. Try and make it if you can- @saraheaton.bsky.social is inspirational! #LTHEChat
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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Sixth edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit out soon- significantly updated to address recent changes, so worth looking out for! 👇🏾👌
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore podcasting as assessment, with Jonatan Berhane @jonatanberhane.bsky.social and Nicole Blythe @njblythe18.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/03/02/l...
Students recording a podcast
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ntrepository.bsky.social @ntrepository.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Happy Friday! The top resource shared on the NTR is: Building Bridges to the Future: Assessment which Promotes Learning post coronavirus with 16,461 views and 782 downloads created by @profsallybrown.bsky.social and Prof @kaysambell.bsky.social doi.org/10.25416/NTR...
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Building Bridges to the Future: Assessment which Promotes Learning post coronavirus
Contribution for SOLSTICE and CLT Conference 2020 from Prof. Sally Brown and Prof. Kay Sambell.Edge Hill University CLT Visiting Professors and Visiting Fellows’ reflections and thoughts on Teaching, ...
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Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
🚨🥳 new paper alert! The House of Cards paper (the companion to last year's seminar - youtube.com/watch?v=IO-y...) has been published. Thanks to Rola for her leadership of the project and the team for their hard work. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The house of cards: equity-group students’ experiences of structural inequity in higher education
Globally, correlations are reported between lower academic attainment and university students being a member of an ‘equity’ or ‘historically under-represented’ group. We seek to illuminate how this...
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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
@gcwood.bsky.social - welcome - here’s a great starter pack! 👇🏾
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Helen Smith @wordsmith.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Amazing panel & paper proposals coming in for English: Shared Futures 2025. Deadline is next Friday. If you're not already cooking something up, please do! It will be a fantastic conference & a great chance to think about teaching & research across English Studies. www.englishsharedfutures.org/cfp
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Call for Papers — English: Shared Futures 2025
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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I'm getting interested in the idea of digital notebooks - I go through a lot of notebooks with my horrendously untidy scrawl - but I have caveats and reservations. They seem expensive, clunky, and limited in terms of colour options. Happy to be proved wrong, though - does anyone use one and love it?
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
A piece for @wonkhe.bsky.social on how 'the student interest' in the OfS draft strategy appears to be remarkably similar to the priorities of the previous government: wonkhe.com/blogs/ventri...
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Ventriloquising the student interest
Paul Ashwin argues that the Office for Students’ proposed strategy puts government priorities into the mouths of students Paul Ashwin argues that the Office for Students’ proposed strategy puts govern...
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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
My interview on creativity in learning and teaching with Roger Saunders on his fab L&T Chatshow podcast is now up and running. open.spotify.com/episode/31fO... #education #creativity
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S5E19 - Paul Kleiman on Creativity in Teaching
L&T Chat Show · Episode
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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Here’s a version of the Egg Game sally-brown.net/2012/09/09/t.... #lthechat @profsallybrown.bsky.social #LTHEChat
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The Egg Game - Sally Brown
On 3rd-5th September I worked with staff at Letterkenny Institute of Technology in Country Donegal, helping colleagues think through recommendations from recent institution-wide Programme Reviews and ...
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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
lta.hw.ac.uk/wp-content/u.... Biscuit game (I think) #lthechat
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Lucy Blakemore @lucyblakemore.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Thank you @suebecks.bsky.social @profsallybrown.bsky.social and @kaysambell.bsky.social for making my first #FlutterChat such a positive experience. A bit retro, but in a really good way 🙃 I'll be back! #LTHEChat #HigherEd #AcademicSky lx.uts.edu.au/blog/2025/01...
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Bluesky thinking: a fresh space for academic connection? - LX at UTS
Is this where all the academics are hanging out now? Lucy Blakemore explores what Bluesky might have to offer...
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Generative AI (GenAI) with @jamesbedford.bsky.social on Wednesday, 8-9pm GMT. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com
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