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Nick Quinn

@otherdrnick.bsky.social
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Academic Chaos Coordinator. Experiential learning nerd, authentic assessment, capability, feedback and reflective practice in higher education. Entrepreneurship. Celtic🍀. “Clinically enthusiastic”. Permanent Student. Views my own (or somebody else’s)

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...
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We’re Diversifying the University by Hiring More Crackpots
“For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underreprese...
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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
NEW on Wonkhe: Jayne Pearson and Brenda Williams explore whether staff and students can articulate why they're assessed through essays buff.ly/v3CAn6P
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just going to leave this here
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
good to see this Switch Party? Stand Again! petition has doubled in the past 24 hours petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
UK Parliament Petition with 35,027 signatures

By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party

When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their elected official.

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By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party

When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their elected official.

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Nick Quinn @otherdrnick.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover.
Picture of a pint of Guinness with the G split.
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University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School @uofgasbs.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Honoured to be shortlisted for two 2026 AMBA and BGA Excellence Awards. Congratulations to Jan Shearer for her partnership work with Barefoot in Business & Dr Nick Quinn @otherdrnick.bsky.social who has been shortlisted for MBA Director of the Year. #GlasgowMBA #BusinessSchoolExcellence #AMBA #BGA
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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
NEW on Wonkhe: Nick Quinn explores why second-career academics and pracademics challenge traditional notions of academic leadership, and why that’s exactly what universities need. buff.ly/YUhnaRY
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Wait till he gets home and has to explain to his wife, “Your Honor, I didn’t mean to call the judge ‘honey.’”
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Wet Owl @levisatyrane.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
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Miranda Prynne @mirandaprynne.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Academics can be so focused on meeting specific #promotion criteria, they forgo opportunities for scholarly #collaboration. Perhaps it’s time for a shift in mindset, writes @otherdrnick.bsky.social of @uofglasgow.bsky.social: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/tickb... #academicsky #PhDsky #edusky
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Is the tick-box structure of promotion preventing true collaboration?
Academics can be so focused on the hoops they have to jump through on the path to success, they forgo opportunities for genuine collaboration. Perhaps it’s time for a shift in mindset, writes Nick Qui...
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Nick Quinn @otherdrnick.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Are narrow ‘tick-box’ promotion metrics in #highereducation stifling genuine collaboration, skewing academia’s core values and distracting from focusing on the bigger career picture? www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/tickb... @uofgasbs.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social
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Is the tick-box structure of promotion preventing true collaboration?
Academics can be so focused on the hoops they have to jump through on the path to success, they forgo opportunities for genuine collaboration. Perhaps it’s time for a shift in mindset, writes Nick Qui...
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University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School @uofgasbs.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
We're thrilled to announce that our MBA programme has been ranked in the Top 100 in the world by the Financial Times. A huge thank you to everyone whose hard work made this possible! #GlasgowMBA #FTMBA2025 #Top100 #Rankings @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Wow! We're at 1k followers! We're so grateful for your support! 🧡 As a thanks, we are giving away one of our popular tartan scarves! To be in with a chance to win, you need to: 1. Be following us 2. Share this post ** Competition closes 3pm tomorrow. Winner announced at 5pm! ** Best of luck! 😃
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Dr Jon Goldin @drjongoldin.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
For anyone who may need these over Xmas…just in case
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Do you want to know why Britain's university system is imploding? Well, if you do... Make yourself a nice coffee, pull up a chair and take a look at what I wrote back in the summer for Prospect magazine. Please repost if you agree! www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
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Crash course
The UK’s universities are among the best in the world. So why do many appear close to collapse?
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Nick Quinn @otherdrnick.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
This wee guy has found his space. He hasn’t moved in about ten minutes 😬 #stormbert
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Nick Quinn @otherdrnick.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
To paraphrase the immortal Robin Williams “The weather out there today is cold and shitty with continued cold and shitty in the afternoon. Tomorrow a chance of continued crappy with a pissy weather front coming down from the north”. There is a 350m hill in this photo 🤣🤣 time for coffee and cake.
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Nick Quinn @otherdrnick.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Name a show you’re positive no one remembers but you
Uk tv show 1973-1995 Why Don’t You
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Nick Quinn @otherdrnick.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I think I might be hallucinating. #Scotland just beat Poland away. Can’t be real!!
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 18/11/2024
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
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Nick Quinn @otherdrnick.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Why is it that no matter how long a meeting is, the last five minutes are spent frantically deciding everything we ignored for the first hour? It’s like a group panic attack disguised as productivity.
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Nick Quinn @otherdrnick.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Tried writing a smart post today but realised I was overthinking it. Be good to people and don’t make life harder than it needs to be. Shame many politicians missed that memo.
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Nick Quinn @otherdrnick.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Politics, rugby, football, teaching—everything in life can be explained by a good metaphor or a bad joke. Usually, I choose both. #LifeLessons
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Nick Quinn @otherdrnick.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Trying to break my Twitter addiction. This place seems nicer.
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