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Ian Kinchin

@profiankinchin.bsky.social
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Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Interested in: Education, Photography, Nature, Springsteen, Tardigrades, Model Railways, Microscopy, Gardening, Football, Acrylic pouring and Politics.

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sunset on the canal in Bruges 😎
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The canal in Bruges 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A quiet corner in Bruges 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Forde Abbey near Chard, Somerset A hidden gem 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Forde Abbey kitchen garden 🥕🥦🍅
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lewisia in full bloom on the patio 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In the lichen university, the tardigrade serves as a model for non-compliant survival. ☺️
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Considering the welfare and wellbeing of others used to be seen as a positive trait . 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I like dahlias 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Blue sky today 😊
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Nature @nature.com · 04/09/2026
"The deepest returns on basic research are frequently the ones that could not have appeared in the original proposal. Roman itself makes this argument almost poetically." go.nature.com/3UuFWuI
go.nature.com
NASA’s Roman telescope holds promise far beyond mapping the invisible Universe
Discovery flourishes when instruments, ideas and people come together in unpredictable ways.
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In the lichen university, the tardigrade serves as a model for non-compliant survival. ☺️
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Long-term ethnographic research, reflective pedagogy, or sustained collegial communities are precisely the practices marginalised by neoliberal regimes because they cannot be easily measured, replicated, or accelerated. We need an alternative system 😐
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This paper is on free access for the next two months at: eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Yep. Pretty much. 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Lake at Cricket St Thomas Love it 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Looking towards the Jurassic coast from Lyme Regis 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in Times of Crisis - now available 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Part 3 of “The lichen university” published today 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Glastonbury Tor under a dramatic sky 🙂
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Now THAT’S what you call a reflecting pool 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Let’s do the time warp again 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Saw this today. Made me smile 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Day of the dahlia 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It rained today Woohoo 🌧️😊
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Lewis Winks @lewis-winks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Scrapping geography degrees while we are stifled by yet another heatwave. These graduates would have taken on roles sorely needed and too little championed at this time of immense crisis. Our universities should be leading the conversation, not following the money. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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University of Exeter scraps geography admissions at Penryn campus
The decision impacts the BA, BSc Geography and associated joint undergraduate programmes.
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The camera lens saw multiple eclipses 😎
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Watching the solar eclipse in Stoke Park 😎
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Surrey hills looking golden 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A sunny day at Orcombe Point 😎
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Teasels in the sun 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Guildford cathedral 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Shiny pebbles 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The grass is so brown! Sure sign of a long hot summer 🥵
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Enjoyed the M.C. Escher exhibition at Somerset House yesterday 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Summer nights But no insects around the lights 🦋🐝🐞🪲
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
So AI could be problematic and turn against us. Who’d have thought? 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
One of many post box toppers in Exmouth 😊
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Garth-Gasu ガース in日本語 @gasugasu1984.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
'do I have a dream' ..................... 'wouldn't that be nice' it sure would Sam
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
There's a lovely quote from Kurt Vonnegut that captures this idea, the essence of being an amateur:
Short essay by Kurt Vonnegut about being an amateur.
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Exmouth has never looked better 🙂
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Colour at the seaside 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The Exe Estuary looking superb in the sunshine 😎
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It could only be Dawlish 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Sunset over the beach huts 😎
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Life on a thistle 😊
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It’s summer 😎
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John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I found time this morning to write down some considered ideas about how we got into this mess at UK universities. I discuss government neglect, university mismanagement, and the general problem of relying on management and strategy from the top down. johnheathershaw.substack.com/p/the-crisis...
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The Crisis in Britain’s Universities
The cuts that have been proposed at the University of Exeter demonstrates the crisis of purpose in Britain’s universities. Should not universities also be places to prepare for "eternal dwellings"?
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 25/06/2026
Temperatures have reached 36.4°C at Yeovilton, provisionally making it the hottest June day on record, surpassing both the previous record set yesterday and the longstanding record from 1976 🌡️
A map showing Yeovilton reaching 36.4°C making it the UKs hottest June day on record, surpassing both the previous record set yesterday and the longstanding record from 1976.
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