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Paul Ashwin

@paulashwin.bsky.social
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I teach and research about higher education

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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I am truly delighted that my PhD student Yuhong Lei passed her PhD viva- Forthwith. Yuhong's thesis is: A Discovery of Chinese Undergraduates’ Engagement on Campus. @edreslancaster.bsky.social. Many thanks to the engaged and thoughtful examiners: Bruce Macfarlane & @paulashwin.bsky.social
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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Really looking forward to this talk and the discussion to follow. You can join by Teams or in person if you are near Oxford.
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I'll be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme, which is specifically designed for mid-career professionals working in higher education, on Tues 21 April 13:00-14:00 (UK time): www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
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PhD HEREE Applicant Webinar - 21st April 2026 Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement, Tuesday 21 April, 1:00pm - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Looking forward to giving another @cghe.bsky.social seminar - it's been a while! www.researchcghe.org/events/the-p...
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The problem with grade differentiation: from affirmative to transformative change | Centre for Global Higher Education
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I'll be hosting an applicant webinar from 9:00-10:00 (UK time) Wednesday 25th March: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-sciences/events/phd-heree-applicant-webinar-25th-march-2026-higher-education-research-evaluation-and-enhancement/
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PhD HEREE Applicant Webinar - 25th March 2026 Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement, Wednesday 25 March, 9:00am - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Thoughtful and critical of our book by @jimdickinson.bsky.social on @wonkhe.bsky.social. Addressing issues related to poverty and material need is incredibly important to a meaningful education wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
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Is the "doom spiral" about curriculum or poverty?
There’s a super new book out from Lancaster Professor of Higher Education Paul Ashwin (and nine colleagues) about what higher education does to the people who go through it.
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I have written @hepi-news.bsky.social blog that attempts to outline the central argument of our new book "Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education": www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/02/13/r...
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Realising the educational potential of mass higher education - HEPI
This blog was kindly authored by Paul Ashwin, Lancaster University. It is based on a new Open Access book Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education which was written by an internati...
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 17:00-18:00 (UK time) on Thursday 26th February: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
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PhD HEREE Applicant Webinar - 26th February 2026 Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement, Thursday 26 February, 5:00pm - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I am delighted that our new open access book “Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education” has been published by @bloomsburyaced.bsky.social. www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
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Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education
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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Just been to a really interesting webinar with @paulashwin.bsky.social about the Lancaster online PhD in higher education Question: do I want to do a PhD and if so, why? This is only partly a rhetorical question
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
There's still time to register for this webinar on our online, part-time PhD in Higher Education.
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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Thinking of doing a PhD about higher education? Learn more about our world-leading programme.
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 13:00-14:00 (UK time) on Monday 26th January: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
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PhD HEREE Applicant Webinar - 26th January 2026 Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement, Monday 26 January, 1:00pm - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Today I am giving a keynote on Assessment for Social Justice in Theory and Practice for scholars in Chile committed to more inclusive higher education. eduinclusiva.cl?p=14220
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EduInclusiva inaugurará su 3ª Escuela de Primavera 2025 con foco en evaluación inclusiva en contextos universitarios – Educación Inclusiva
“Hacia una evaluación inclusiva: Diversificación y Equidad en la Formación Docente” se titula la 3ª versión de la Escuela de Primavera, actividad organizada por el Centro de Investigación para la Educación Inclusiva y la Escuela de Pedagogía (EPE) de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV), instancia que contará con reconocidos expositores nacionales e internacionales, especialistas en evaluación en educación, quienes ofrecerán conferencias y presentaciones que abordarán estos temas desde perspectivas teóricas, prácticas y de investigación aplicada.
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I was delighted to receive my Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) fellowship at the recent @srhe.bsky.social Annual Conference, particularly as part of such an impressive group of new fellows.
Photo of Paul Ashwin receiving his Society for Research into Higher Education Fellowship Photo of group of new Society for Research into Higher Education Fellows
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
There is still time to register for tomorrow's webinar about our fully online part-time PhD programme in higher education.
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Carolyn Jackson @carolynjackson.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
👇 a piece that @mvanhoutte.bsky.social and I wrote for @theconversation.com. It's based on our analysis of PISA data from England & Flanders, published in @berj-2025.bsky.social. Below we've connected our work to the Curriculum & Assessment Review led by @beckyfrancis.bsky.social. shorturl.at/7pHms
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High-stakes tests are common in England’s schools – and they’re linked to a fear of failure
In England, where high-stakes testing is common, students’ fear of failure is higher.
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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Just published! The new edition of the definitive guide for reflective professionals at every stage of their career, fully updated by @paulashwin.bsky.social and an expert author team. Now 30% off: bit.ly/3KiWPDM 💡📚 #BookSky #AcademicSky @bloomsburyaced.bsky.social
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 9:00am to 10:00am (UK time) on Tuesday 16 December 2025 www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
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PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement Applicant Webinar - 16th December 2025, Tuesday 16 December, 9:00am - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
A @hepi-news.bsky.social blog on why the TEF will collapse under the weight of OfS & @departmentforedu.bsky.social plans. The points I raise are well known to those who understand the measurement of HE educational quality. Why are OfS/DfE so deteremined to press ahead? www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/11/30/w...
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WEEKEND READING: Three reasons why the TEF will collapse under the weight of OfS  and DfE expectations - HEPI
This blog was kindly authored by Paul Ashwin, Professor of Higher Education, Lancaster University. The Office for Students (OfS) and the Department of Education (DfE) have big plans to make the TEF mu...
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Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference @socmedhe.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Session abstracts are now available online - do take a look to find out more about the range of topics we'll be discussing on Dec 16th :-) There is still time to register if you would like to join us in Lancaster - closes 5th Dec. See website at: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/p...
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Programme
Please note that the programme is provisional and may be subject to minor changes before the conference. Below is an overview of the programme for the day; a copy of the provisional programme inclu…
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Not sure what happened with that link: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/reflectiv...
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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I am so pleased to have again contributed to the third edition of this important volume, with great co-authors and all led by the extraordinary @paulashwin.bsky.social
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I am delighted that the third edition of Reflective Teaching in Higher Education has now been published. It's a privilege to work with such a brilliant international team of co-authors. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/reflectiv...
Cover of the third edition of reflective teaching
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KathyMChandler @kathymchandler.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Are you studying for a doctorate at a UK university via a programme that is wholly or mostly online? If so, please take part in an anonymous, 10 min survey about the impacts of online doctoral study on wellbeing and share the link lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....
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Online doctoral researchers' wellbeing survey
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
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Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference @socmedhe.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
We're very happy to share the conference programme - you can view the range of exciting topics we'll be discussing here: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/p... If you would like to join us on Dec 16th in Lancaster, registration is open - *closes 5th Dec*: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/r...
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
There's still time to register for this webinar about our online part-time PhD programme in higher education on Wednesday 26th November 17.00-18.00 (UK time).
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KathyMChandler @kathymchandler.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The programme for the #SocMedHE25 conference at Lancaster University on Tuesday 16 December 2025 is now available. socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/p.... Register by 5 Dec registration.lancaster.ac.uk/Registration...
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Programme
Please note that the programme is provisional and may be subject to minor changes before the conference.Programme outline: TimeDurationTitle09:0030-minRegistration09:3015-minWelcome and housekeepin…
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Carolyn Jackson @carolynjackson.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Free online seminar – all welcome. Corridor Cultures: Transforming school cultures of gender and sexuality in partnership with students, teachers, and school leaders. Dr Victoria Rawlings, University of Sydney. Wednesday 26th November, 4.30-6pm (UK time).
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Corridor Cultures: Transforming school cultures of gender and sexuality in partnership with students, teachers, and school leaders, Wednesday 26 November, 4:30pm - Lancaster University
'Corridor Cultures: Transforming school cultures of gender and sexuality in partnership with students, teachers, and school leaders'. Dr Victoria Rawlings, University of Sydney. Free online seminar. ...
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Jonathan Vincent @jmvincent.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Delighted to have this paper out in Disability & Society on autistic students' & graduates' experiences of negotiating diagnoses / identities whilst at university. Important insights for other autistic ppl at uni + staff and peers. It's #openaccess via link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Screenshot of paper in Disability and Society. Title: Diagnosis and distinction: understanding autistic identity construction in university students and graduates through the tactics of intersubjectivity
Author: Jonathan Vincent
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Carolyn Jackson @carolynjackson.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Here's a piece by Emily Gray and me in University World News about our recent article on university staff experiences of gender-related violence in Australia and England: www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto... There's a link in the piece to the full article, which is available open access.
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Gender-related campus violence is a problem for staff too
Research on sexual violence in universities tends to focus on students, but a study across two countries – England and Australia – shows that staf...
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Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
As we discussed, there has been a lot of progress on promoting #inclusion in many ways but nowhere near enough. Even those with the best of intentions face countermanding pressures ranging from sectoral hierarchies and poor governance to insufficient resourcing and knowledge sharing. 2/2
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Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Was part of a panel with @rhordosy.bsky.social , @mannymadriaga.bsky.social and @soniailie.bsky.social as @srhe.bsky.social network convenors talking about wider widening participation dynamics for Cambridge Faculty of Education's new THRiVE research group. www.educ.cam.ac.uk/research/gro... 1/2
Rita Hordósy, Manny Madriaga, Sonia Ilie and Richard Budd in formal attire.
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Carolyn Jackson @carolynjackson.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Great to see my article with Emily M. Gray is now published open access.
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Gender-related violence in Australian and UK universities
We analyse interview data from two projects undertaken in Australia and England to explore gender-related violence (GRV) and its impact on university staff. This focus is novel and important as mos...
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Really enjoyed contributing to the @wonkhe.bsky.social Festival of HE panel on knowledge & skills with Gemma Marsh, Tony Moss and @debbiemcvitty.bsky.social. Heartened by the panel's shared pragmatic commitment to making education meaningfully accessible to a diverse a range of students.
Photo of the four members of the panel
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
We're looking for a Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning to contribute to our PhD in E-Research and TEL for 12 months. Please share: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning
Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning in the School of Social Sciences, Lancaster University (Temporary one-year post).The School of Social Sciences seeks to appoint a full-time Lecturer in Technol...
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Quoted on the danger of putting too much weight on TEF judgements by using them to allocate resources because it will completely undermine the TEF's already limited validity as a measure of educational quality in this @timeshighered.bsky.social piece www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/tef-so...
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Is the TEF a solution that has finally found a problem?
The Teaching Excellence Framework’s reliance on existing outcomes and satisfaction data, as proxies for teaching quality, has always invited criticism. But with the OfS now proposing to use it to asse...
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Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Nobody is more surprised than me that I'll be a keynote speaker for the Emerging Researchers' Group at the European Educational Research Association Conference in Tampere in August 2026. (Conference submissions open from the 1st of December, by the way.) eera-ecer.de/conferences/...
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Keynote Speakers | EERA
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 17.00-18.00 (UK time) on Wed 26th November on Zoom. Register here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...
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PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement Applicant Webinar - 26th November 2025, Wednesday 26 November, 5:00pm - Lancaster University
Interested in applying for our fully online PhD Higher Education: Research Evaluation and Enhancement in October 2026? Join one of our monthly online webinars. You will have the opportunity to hear mo...
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
As ever, thoughtful analysis from my colleague @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
New paper just out on how changing sociotechnical systems of knowledge production and access - platforms, the cloud, AI - pose profound challenges to educational practice and research doi.org/10.1080/0305...
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Knowledge infrastructure crisis: digital democratic deficits and alternative designs for education
The production and circulation of knowledge in education increasingly depends on large-scale digital infrastructures. In this article we provide a critical review of the transformation of the conte...
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The "knowledge infrastructure crisis" paper is part of this special issue on various "knowledge crises" and "democratic deficits" in contemporary education -all of it just published together in Oxford Review of Education www.tandfonline.com/toc/core20/5...
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Oxford Review of Education
Special Issue: Knowledge crises and democratic deficit in education. Guest Edited by Gemma Moss and Jo-Anne Baird. Volume 51, Issue 6 of Oxford Review of Education
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
For those interested (anyone?), it was the work for the Oxford Review of Education article that led me to write a @wonkhe.bsky.social blog on the way that the Office for Students has ventriloquised the student interest: 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 Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Delighted my article 'The definition of educational quality in a quasi-marketised HE system: stumbling towards a knowledge crisis' is now published open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... & even happier it's part of a brilliant special issue edited by @jo-annebaird.bsky.social & Gemma Moss
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The definition of educational quality in a quasi-marketised higher education system: stumbling towards a knowledge crisis
In this article, I examine the definition of educational quality in the English higher education system. I examine three phases in the measurement of educational quality, each prompted by the repor...
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KathyMChandler @kathymchandler.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I'm looking forward to being part of a panel at the launch event of the Language Education Technology Research Group tomorrow. The Future of Technology in Language Education Wednesday 29 October, 2025 13:30-15:00 www.lancaster.ac.uk/confucius-in...
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The Future of Technology in Language Education, Wednesday 29 October, 1:30pm - Lancaster University
All welcome to join 'The Future of Technology in Language Education' event. This event will launch the Language Education Technology Research Group.
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
There is still time to register for this applicant webinar this Thursday for our part-time fully online PhD in Higher Education. I look forward to seeing you there.
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Chris Havergal @chrishavergal.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Reforming external examining and introducing progression measure risk standardising university curricula and treating them like schools, warn @paulashwin.bsky.social @davehitchcock.bsky.social @profstevenjones.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/risk-st... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social
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Risk of ‘standardisation’ as ministers mull progression measures
Universities would look to ‘game’ new metric for testing learning gain, critics warn, with external examination defended as ‘best we’ve got’
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
me, @profstevenjones.bsky.social and others on the dangers of the Skills White Paper proposals for measuring and assuring the quality of education offered by HE institutions: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/risk-st...
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Risk of ‘standardisation’ as ministers mull progression measures
Universities would look to ‘game’ new metric for testing learning gain, critics warn, with external examination defended as ‘best we’ve got’
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Mieke Van Houtte @mvanhoutte.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🎓 New publication alert 📢 Open access in British Educational Research Journal: "System failure? Exploring the interplay of fear of failure, competition, cooperation and sense of belonging in education in England and Flanders" with @carolynjackson.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/berj...
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<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Fear of failure is damaging in a host of ways yet is rife in many schools. Drawing on self-worth theory, we explore whether fear of academic failure is higher in education systems with features that ...
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Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference @socmedhe.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Excited to announce that the #SocMedHE25 keynote speaker will be @andytattersall! Andy will be speaking on '#AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next?'. For more info, including the CFP and registration, see the website at: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/k...
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Keynote speaker
We are excited to announce that Andy Tattersall will be the keynote speaker at the conference!  #AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next X was once the number one place for …
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