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Steve F 🇬🇧🇿🇦 @stevef63.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

This seems to be the issue,lack if guts. No idea why though.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 31/12/2025

Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

What a marvellous way to spend 15 calm minutes in the garden with @philrace.bsky.social ! We saw lots of large white and some green vein white plus one brown we weren’t certain about but think was a fritillary How about you @kaysambell.bsky.social ?

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I’ll be giving away at the very end of #aheconference25 a hardback copy of 6th edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit by @philrace.bsky.social and me with help from brilliant friends inc @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profpeter1.bsky.social @it-se.bsky.social &more Discount Code below

Banner with 20% discount code for the sixth edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit

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Dr. Gary Ackerman @garyackermanphd.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

That education is a public good is a long-forgotten reality in education policy.

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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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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

And the good old @philrace.bsky.social triggers: what, why, so what, what else?

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Cutting the cake at the book launch for the sixth edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit by @philrace.bsky.social and me with help from @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profpeter1.bsky.social @it-se.bsky.social at the #sedaconf25

Cutting a large chocolate cake ie Beckingham with a cake topper with an edible photo copy of the 6th edition of the Lecturers Toolkit at the SEDA conference in Liverpool today flanked by Peter Hartley and Sue Beckingham

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

@profsallybrown.bsky.social holding the 1998 1st edition of the Lecturers Toolkit written with @philrace.bsky.social and the brand new 2025 6th edition #SEDAconf2025

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William Carey @wcarey.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Closing Day 1 #SEDAConf25 #SEDAconf with a high energy @profsallybrown.bsky.social @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social et al. workshop. Generous with sharing sector wise practice, including national pilot to launch @it-se.bsky.social Pre-arrival questionnaire wonkhe.com/blogs/the-po...

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Huge thanks to @jonnybranney.bsky.social for the great questions See you next week - same time, same place! #LTHEchat

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Q6: Are the challenges going on in higher education right now an opportunity or barrier to small group learning? Please explain. Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response

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Jonathan Branney @jonnybranney.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

A4. I think more depth when same task, yes. Since I got into same task I have never returned to groups having different tasks. Maybe it depends on the intended learning outcome which we should choose? #LTHEchat

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Jonathan Branney @jonnybranney.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

A2. It can be positive to respond positively to student teams too, especially if some of the students in the team got answers wrong when they attempted themselves #LTHEchat

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Huge thanks to @dompates.bsky.social for the great questions. See you next week - same time, same place! #LTHEchat

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Santanu Vasant PFHEA @santanuvasant.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Thanks Sally to you and @kaysambell.bsky.social for being one of the first guests on the Podcast, plus your episode for the ALT, Jisc and SEDA 30th anniversary mini series and your support for the podcast #LTHEChat 🙏

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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Trying to give a presentation without 'hesitation...' that'd be quite an achievement for me! A great idea though :-D #LTHEchat

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#lthechat A5 @philrace.bsky.social and I do our morning exercises ( me on the floor doing yoga and him on the exercise bike) listening to informative podcasts from BBC radio 4 and learn so much. If I was teaching modern politics, literature or linguistics I would refer to them constantly

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Kelly Trivedy @kellytrivedy.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A5 - my parents used to play the radio when we were kids and I think I liked the familiarity of it. I wonder if there is a place for regular CPD via radio for HE in like a radio 4 style? I think the value could bring more communities together! #LTHEchat

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I recall talking to one of my students pre start of class that I''d listened to this interesting R4 programme about tech. He looked at me quizzically and asked "So you actually own a radio?" #LTHEchat

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Steve Rowett @srowett.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

We also did a presentation to the rules of Just a Minute once with animal sounding buzzers for the 4 of us. #LTHEchat

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Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

That would be wonderful!! And perhaps some with some instruments in - including yogurt pots and watercooler drums - where people could make some music together? #LTHEchat

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Bird song is so uplifting #LTHEchat

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Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#LTHEchat A4 Music as background would not work - but - we asked a colleague to run a low stakes music and 'composition' session for our UG students - with crazy instruments - for fun, blonding and belonging - and reflecting back that they could construct meaning together. It was Ace!

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A1 #LTHEChat does bird song count?

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Prof. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A5 #LTHEchat not sure. Is it really different to podcasting? I only listen to Six music and The archers, so… maybe we should have a HE soap opera… an everyday tale of academic folk.

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Jen @jenhayes84.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A4 #LTHEchat I love music and always have it on but coming from a hearing impaired family I am always really careful about using anything that can't be transcribed in teaching. Hearing aids will pick up every sound equally so speech and music at the same time can be particularly problematic.

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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A5. Hmm, an interesting one. Does radio feel a little dated in this world of podcasts (which are a great way of sharing practice)? otoh what a challenge to run a CPD session in the style of 'I'm sorry, I haven't a clue'!! (damn, I'm going to have to try that now) #LTHEchat

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Sarah Honeychurch @nomadwarmachine.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Part of the reason I dislike podcasts so much is the annoying music #LTHEChat

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Kelly Trivedy @kellytrivedy.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A4 - it would be great to have a couple of music rooms at conferences where you could just go and reflect in between sessions or at lunch. I love conferences but I do often feel like I’ve got lots in my head afterwards. This could be a good way for some to ground themselves (me included) #LTHEchat

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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A4 Lots of potential for ice-breakers as music is largely universal, but isn't quite universally inclusive. Music can be made more inclusive (vibrations, colours etc.) but would need preparation. #LTHEchat

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A4 I really ike it when you join an event and music is playing to fill the silence as people join. It can be a nice intro to a podcast but also really irritate me but i can mute if needed so it's not a problem! #LTHEchat

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Prof. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

It has to be done inclusively - so think about who it excludes #LTHEchat A4

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Steve Rowett @srowett.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A3 #LTHEchat I cannot remember where I saw it, but a recording of urban sounds (bird song, chatter, like bikes ticking) was used as a nice introductory piece to a class

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#lthechat A3 at Leeds Beckett. I had a standing colleague working with a difficult group who used to walk in to sessions with music and disco lights and sing the learning outcomes for the session to a track by Barry White

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A3 Pre Shazam one of colleagues who gave a very large group lecture started it each week with a guess that tune with a prize. The students loved it #LTHEchat

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Sarah Honeychurch @nomadwarmachine.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

But being different and not being authentic are totally different things. Most of us have different facets of our personalities. #LTHEChat

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

For some work I need to be extremely boundaried, particularly around advice giving and that's clearly explained, even if it's hard to do. For other work, not so much. Sometimes you don't plan on revealing much and yet you do. Even the things you don't say or do can tell a lot about you. A2 #LTHEchat

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#lthechat A good deal of my professional work nowadays involves writing so I find words interfere with words

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#lthechat A1 I’ve lived with Phil @philrace.bsky.social for nearly 30 years now and so the ambient music in the background tends to be entirely classical from Baroque through to 20th century and I can work alongside anything as long as there isn’t singing or talking

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Good evening from Sheffield #LTHEchat

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Sandra Sinfield @danceswithcloud.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

#LTHEchat Well @philrace.bsky.social and @profsallybrown.bsky.social know a thing or two about TLA - and running a lively #LTHEchat Who knew!!?? Thank you - and thank you all!

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Dr Chris Martin CPsychol AFBPsS @drchrism.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Thank you @profsallybrown.bsky.social and @philrace.bsky.social for some great discussion questions 🙂 #lthechat

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Huge thanks to @profsallybrown.bsky.social and @philrace.bsky.social for the great questions and fantastic updated resource for new lecturers. 👍 What a wide range of people participating tonight - thanks for all your comments See you next week - same time, same place! #LTHEchat

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Patricia Xavier @patricia-xavier.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

A6 you say that, but I reckon long before then we'll have genAI versions of @profsallybrown.bsky.social & @philrace.bsky.social on demand for every learning and teaching query! #LTHEchat

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